Snailbait (album)

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Snailbait
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Studio album by
Azalia Snail
Released1990 (1990)
Recorded1989 (1989)
Genre Psychedelic folk
Length65:42
Label Albertine
Azalia Snail chronology
Snailbait
(1990)		 Burnt Sienna
(1992)
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Snailbait is the debut album of Azalia Snail, released in 1990 by Albertine Records. [2]

Azalia Snail Musician, singer-songwriter, filmmaker

Azalia Snail is an American avant-garde singer-songwriter and musician. She is a multi-instrumentalist active in neo-psychedelia, psychedelic folk and indie rock, played a prominent role in the 1990s lo-fi music scene, and was dubbed the "Queen of Lo-Fi". She is one half of the duo LoveyDove.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Azalia Snail.

No.TitleLength
1."Azalia Bloom #16"4:17
2."Another Slave Labour Day"3:15
3."Nothing & Everywhere"2:39
4."Flight #520"3:44
5."Lovelessland"2:00
6."Your Loss for My Gain"3:18
7."Hiss & Crackle (Direktos Sonnenlicht Epilogue)"4:37
8."Anywhere Is Here"3:22
9."If I Had It All, I'd Give It All to You"3:42
10."Driftless"4:20
11."Sun in Your Face"2:27
12."Baby Brother"2:21
13."Far & Away"2:42
14."So Much More to Go"22:58

Personnel

Adapted from Snailbait liner notes. [3]

Guitar Fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

Cabasa percussion instrument

The cabasa, similar to the shekere, is a percussion instrument that is constructed with loops of steel ball chain wrapped around a wide cylinder. The cylinder is fixed to a long, narrow wooden or plastic handle.

Musicians

John S. Hall is an American poet, author, singer and lawyer perhaps best known for his work with King Missile, an avant-garde band that he co-founded in 1986 and has since led in various incarnations.

Singing Act of producing musical sounds with the voice

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, ghazal and popular music styles such as pop, rock, electronic dance music and filmi.

Bongo drum Type of drum

Bongos are an Afro-Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of small open bottomed drums of different sizes. In Spanish the larger drum is called the hembra (female) and the smaller the macho (male). Together with the conga or tumbadora, and to a lesser extent the batá drum, bongos are the most widespread Cuban hand drums, being commonly played in genres such as son cubano, salsa and Afro-Cuban jazz. A bongo drummer is known as a bongosero.

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States 1990Albertine CD, CS, LP ALB 4

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References

  1. ↑ "Azalia Snail: Snailbait > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ Goldberg, Ben (2007). "Azalia Snail". Trouser Press . Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  3. ↑ Snailbait (booklet). Azalia Snail. Vauxhall, New Jersey: Albertine Records. 1990.CS1 maint: others (link)
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