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Arena Hostile (VPRO Radio Recordings)

by Frankie Sparo

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Diminish Me NYC 04:56
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The Night That We Stayed In 04:46
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Here Comes The Future 04:06
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I Am Waiting 05:01
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In January 2001, Frankie Sparo toured Europe with a Silver Mt Zion. Musicians from the latter group worked on new arrangements of songs from Sparo’s debut record My Red Scare, adding strings, organ and electronics to Frankie’s guitar and beatbox compositions. Some of the results were captured in a live studio performance recorded live to 2-track at VPRO radio in Amsterdam, where a feverish flu found Sparo in a ravaged, hallucinatory state – which only added to the dark magic of these recordings. The four songs on this EP are all first takes, beautifully recorded by the good people at VPRO. Along with 3 songs reworked from the debut album, the EP also includes a heartbreaking cover of the Rolling Stones’ “I Am Waiting”, which Sparo performed solo a number of times in concert. “Diminish Me NYC” features an off-kilter minimal electronic arrangement with violin drones. “The Night That We Stayed In” is anchored by a walking doublebass line, punctuated by dual violin phrases, turning the song into an even smokier affair. “Here Comes The Future” is propelled by radically reworked drum programming and a lush coda of strings and organ, while the aforementioned cover version finds Mr. Sparo alone with his guitar in a gorgeous interpretation from the Jagger/Richards songbook. Released 10 September 2001 on these here shores, meaning nobody but a lucky few heard it.

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released September 10, 2001

PERSONNEL
Chad Jones: guitar, voice

GUESTS
Thierry Amar: contrabass
Ian Ilavsky: sampler, organ
Jessica Moss: violin
Sophie Trudeau: violin

Recorded direct to 2-track at VPRO Radio in Amsterdam by Berry Kamer, Jan Hiddink and Maurice Woestenburg, 24 January 2001. Mastered by Harris Newman.

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Frankie Sparo was a moniker of Chad Jones, unparalleled wordsmith and scrawny performer. From his earliest Montreal solo performances accompanied only by guitar, Jones rallied beatboxes and broken MIDI patches to his off-kilter rhythm cause. Nadia Moss joined as an official second member, and with Jessica Moss & Scott Levine Gilmore, comprised FS’s short-lived but much adored full-band incarnation ... more

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