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Steve Knutson/Audika Records/Arthur Russell Estate

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Audika Records. Label, archive and home of the Arthur Russell estate. PDX, OR https://audikarecords.bandcamp.com/merch

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Dead Moon Night is Back at Cherry Sprout Park October 5! At 6 PM on October 5, 2017β€”just 35 days before Fred Cole’s deathβ€”the City of Portland officially decreed the date, and all following October 5’s into perpetuity, an official City holiday: Dead Moon Ni...

This Sunday, October 5, is the 8th annual Dead Moon Night. A City of Portland sanctioned holiday celebrating Portland's greatest rock & roll band, Dead Moon πŸŒ™

Check out details for this year's celebration put on by Mississippi Records at Cherry Sprout Parkβ€”link below ❀️‍

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Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

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Trump administration sues Oregon to force it to turn over full information about every state voter "I look forward to seeing them in court," Oregon's secretary of state said.

Oregon has been the national leader on vote-by-mail for decades. Now Donald Trump thinks he can undermine our elections for his own benefit. Hell no.

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Arthur Russell Day Mix for NTS NTS asked me to contribute a mix of my favorite club tracks Arthur Russell wrote or was involved with. Broadcast Nov 14, 2019 celebrating the life & work of this composer, musician and cultural icon w

@darkentries.bsky.social mix to brighten your day soundcloud.com/darkentriesr...

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Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out (Live 12/20/85), by Arthur Russell 9 track album

Worth it for β€œChanging Forest” and β€œSunlit Water” along.

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somewhat burdensome, by claire rousay from the album a little death

New music from claire rousay!! "somewhat burdensome" is the second single from her upcoming album a little death
listen to "somewhat burdensome" on Thrill Jockey and Bandcamp and major streaming platforms
clairerousay.bandcamp.com/track/somewh...

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The Bloody Lady, by claire rousay 11 track album

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Sick mix - includes Arthur Russell's 'Let's Go Swimming' @jonsavage.bsky.social

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I visited once in the mid-90's looking for Les Baxter records along with a few soundtracks. Sanders was gruff but very helpful and I found what I was looking for. But what did disturb me was the frail dog covered in open soars resting in it's bed near the front door.

02.09.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Arthur Russell - Calling Out Of Context album cover. The artist with cello in a red t-shirt and blue baseball cap.

Arthur Russell - Calling Out Of Context album cover. The artist with cello in a red t-shirt and blue baseball cap.

"I was listening to it last week, and no one sounds like that. Discovering him and everything he’s made, it felt like a door into another world. In that sense, it’s monumental for me."

Dev Hynes (Blood Orange) on Arthur Russell - Calling Out Of Context

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It’s bad enough to flatter the boss as a requirement for employment. But it’s even worse to sell out your fellow Oregonians along the way.

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claire rousay has announced a new album: a little death (out October 31st)

The end to an unofficial trilogy (A Heavenly Touch, a softer focus, a little death), claire says "all three records were approached and constructed in similar ways - pulling sounds from lived experience"

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This Arthur Russell cover is bellissimo!

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Picture of Bunny Rabbit, by Arthur Russell 9 track album

On the headphones now: more Arthur Russell.

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Smoking cigarettes the same time as 2Pac in the tiny work lounge.

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Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out (Live 12/20/85), by Arthur Russell 9 track album

Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out par Arthur Russell

A la fois compositeur, violoncelliste et chanteur, Arthur Russell doit sa notoriété tardive à sa participation à la scène rock new-yorkaise. Décédé à 42 ans, il laisse une importante discographie dont cet album live.

urlr.me/t7RWTQ

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They are all singles Arthur had in his personal collection. Purchased on a trip to Italy.

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10 years ago: Arthur Russell Instrumentals (w/ Peter Gordon, Rhys Chatham, Peter Zummo) @ Islington Assembly Hall, London, 24th May 2015

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Arthur Russell: Sketches for World of Echo / Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out Read Philip Sherburne’s review of the albums.

Arthur Russell Best New Reissue. Epic review from @philipsherburne.bsky.social pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

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Cover art of Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out, by Arthur Russell (2025). Silhouette of Arthur against a soft pink and orange sunset, with trees framing his head

Cover art of Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out, by Arthur Russell (2025). Silhouette of Arthur against a soft pink and orange sunset, with trees framing his head

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This is, without question, my happy place

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Arthur Russell: Sketches for World of Echo / Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out Read Philip Sherburne’s review of the albums.

Arthur Russell Best New Reissue. Epic review from @philipsherburne.bsky.social pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

19.05.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Arthur Russell: Sketches for World of Echo / Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out Read Philip Sherburne’s review of the albums.

I reviewed a pair of essential archival Arthur Russell recordings
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Arthur Russell: Sketches for World of Echo / Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out Read Philip Sherburne’s review of the albums.

Pitchfork Best New Reissue. Epic review from @philipsherburne.bsky.social πŸ™Œ
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

17.05.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sketches For World of Echo/Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out, by Arthur Russell 17 track album

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Yes.

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Tell Us Today β€” Steven Hall Remembers Arthur Russell "The studio was like heaven for us." Decades after their collaboration, Steven Hall offers rare insights into Arthur Russell's creative process, his ban on vibrato, and their search for musical purity...

Close friend and key collborator Steven Hall Remembers Arthur Russell www.thetonearm.com/tell-us-toda...

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Arthur Russell requested a football-shaped sticker that stated, β€œUNINTELLIGIBLE” to be placed on the cover of the original World Of Echo LP. Arthur’s joke was honored posthumously with the Audika reissue of WOE, and now lives on in wearable T-shirt form for all to understand. Link in profile

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ALBUM REVIEW – ARTHUR RUSSELL: OPEN VOCAL PHRASES, WHERE SONGS COME IN AND OUT Arthur Russell is a big inspiration for me. His unconventional voice with his cello is a combination that has resonated with me ever since he was first recommended to me by a friend a couple of years ...

"It’s worth checking out, if not as an introduction to the music of Arthur Russell, then as very compelling supplemental listening."
Levi Mulholland reviews new LP via
@steveaudika.bsky.social
www.silentradio.co.uk/05/01/album-review-arthur-russell-open-vocal-phrases-where-songs-come-in-and-out/

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