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Perfected Steps

Episode one digging into the variety of programming being offered at Suoni Per Il Popolo 2022. Hosts, Kiva Stimac, Penny Pattison, Amy MacDonald,  Louise Burns and Alex Moskos discuss the history of the festival, what it is like coming out of a pandemic, themes from the artists work and more.

SUONI SESSIONS 2022 EPISODE ONE AN AURAL PROGRAMME GUIDE

Recorded at The Crystal Lake Ballroom in Crystal Lake, CT. 
Terry Adams - clavinet / Joey Spampinato - bass / Steve Ferguson - lead guitar / Al Anderson - guitar / Tom Staley - drums / Donn Adams - tambourine 
Written by Joey Spampinato

IT'S NOT SO HARD : Live in 1974

"Find Me Easily" by Couleur Dessin, from their self-titled debut album out June 2, 2017 on Fixture Records. Pre-order: http://www.fixture-records.com/couleurdessin.html

Couleur Dessin - Find Me Easily

"Lulu" is the first single off Jackson MacIntosh's debut album "My Dark Side" out February 23, 2018 on Sinderlyn.

Pre-order: https://JacksonMacIntosh.lnk.to/MyDarkSide

Jackson MacIntosh - Lulu

"Can It Be Love" is the second single off Jackson MacIntosh's debut album "My Dark Side" out March 2nd, 2018 on Sinderlyn.

Pre-order: JacksonMacIntosh.lnk.to/MyDarkSide

Jackson MacIntosh - Can It Be Love

This song is a cover of a song off the awesome eponymous Postcards cassette (Fixture Records 2008) written by Filip and Dimitri. Postcards are now called Chevalier Avant Garde ( chevalieravantgarde.bandcamp.com ). 

A version of this song appeared on the CJLO community radio benefit compilation "You're Related volume 1." The version included on the Pineapple Hair e.p. was mastered in a manner more to the group's taste. 

You may purchase the whole Pineapple Hair cassette e.p. (includes digital download) at fixturerecords.bandcamp.com/album/pineapple-hair-e-p
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from Pineapple Hair E​.​P., released 09 October 2012 
Personnel: 
Caitlin: Vocals, bass and Farfisa organ 
Peter: Guitar and Kepex 
Michael: Drums 

Recording notes: 
Multitrack tape machine: Otari MX70 1" 8-track 
Mixdown tape machine: Studer B67 mkII 1/4" 2-track 
This was the first Freelove Fenner recording that was completely tracked and mixed using the Bottle Garden's new linked Studer 169 console array (described here: www.freelovefenner.com/studio/studer-169-linked-pair-restorationinstallation ).

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The Frogs Re-emerge in 2020 with Unreleased “1st” Album

More than a vast departure from The Frogs previous works, it’s an arrival at the beginning. It’s the “1st” original debut album. Recorded within the realms of time stamped January 1986, presents 12 songs & 8 unreleased bonus tracks. Understanding correctly, “1st” aka “Pat’s Session” was intended to be the initial release by brothers Dennis & Jimmy Flemion prior to “The Frogs” 1988 self-titled debut. Minneapolis based Twin/Tone Records (Soul Asylum, The Replacements label at the time) approached The Frogs & expressed fawning interest, extending an invitation to record the band after their 1985, 7th Street Entry live performance (First Avenue’s sister club).

It was at this point, the famous fork in the road, where The Frogs opted to record closer to home, thus the path deviated a few weeks later to Nexus Recording Studio in Waukesha, Wisconsin. 12 rapid fire songs emerged & were captured on reel to reel, one night, recorded live, first take, no overdubs. Upon playback review, the late Dennis Flemion (d.7/7/2012), opted not to release due to the overabundance of reverb. Throughout the years the discussion would persist from other sources on pursuing to fix the reverb on “1st”. Thirty-two years later, in 2018 Jimmy would take the recordings to a Portland, Oregon recording studio to remaster. The studio engineer successfully cleaned-up & removed the excess reverb. As a result, David Swider from End of All Music Records, expressed further interest in a follow up to the 2019, 30th Anniversary reissue “It’s Only Right And Natural”.

The vibrant album is just as relevant today, as it was 34 years ago. Rocking, straight ahead electric guitar, drums & bass coming right at you, tight in control & at times out of control. The music is melodic, raw, beckoning, smothered in darkness, occasionally flickering lights liven up the festivities. Goth, maybe pop, perhaps punk, reimagining journeys & paths gone awry. You will find yourself one way or another, in a maze of mystery & in the midst of swampy waters, kings, businessmen, Christians, volcano gods, gurus & dungeons. Life & death, hope & darkness, the songs that took their form between the span of 1982-85, give a glimpse into the psyche of the then 20 something brothers. It’s the duality The Frogs take to heart lyrically & musically that always keep you wondering & guessing, seeing it from all sides with colorful eyes. 
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releases April 3, 2020

The Frogs are Dennis & Jimmy Flemion
All songs are written by Dennis & Jimmy Flemion
Candy Anarchy Music & Tangerine Rabbit Music (ASCAP)

Hellsville Baby

Quekr 0.1 [Demo]

New LP: https://freelovefenner.bandcamp.com/album/the-punishment-zone
Previous LP: http://fixturerecords.bandcamp.com/album/do-not-affect-a-breezy-manner
Super 8 vids:
http://www.freelovefenner.com/videos/
Analog studio: http://www.freelovefenner.com/studio

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