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1. Blown Apart - 8:33
2. Consolamentum - 3:57
3. Rapture of the Deep (for Leslie) - 5:59
4. Gúdamy Le Máyagot (An Phocainn Theard Deig) - 2:51
5. Marching as to War, No. 1 (featuring The Ladies Senior Piano Crusade) - 1:20
6. Our "Way of Life" and "War on Terra" - 5:21
7. Marching, No. 2 - 0:38
8. Least Aether for Saxophone & Le Gouffre - 8:52
9. The Underground Stream - 5:57
10. Marching, No. 3 - 0:45
11. Lux Lucet - 9:31
12. Marching, No. 4 - Reverie for the Children - 1:00
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1. Blown Apart - 8:33
2. Consolamentum - 3:57
3. Rapture of the Deep (for Leslie) - 5:59
4. Gúdamy Le Máyagot (An Phocainn Theard Deig) - 2:51
5. Marching as to War, No. 1 (featuring The Ladies Senior Piano Crusade) - 1:20
6. Our "Way of Life" and "War on Terra" - 5:21
7. Marching, No. 2 - 0:38
8. Least Aether for Saxophone & Le Gouffre - 8:52
9. The Underground Stream - 5:57
10. Marching, No. 3 - 0:45
11. Lux Lucet - 9:31
12. Marching, No. 4 - Reverie for the Children - 1:00
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Thinking Plague Origin: United States Genres: Avant-rock Years active: 1982–2004 Labels: Recommended, Cuneiform Associated acts: 5uu's, Hail, The Science Group Thinking Plague was a United States avant-rock group founded in 1982 by guitarist/composer, Mike Johnson, and bass guitarist/drummer, Bob Drake. Based in Denver, Colorado, the band was active on and off since 1982, taking on a number of musicians over the years. They made five studio albums between 1984 and 2003, and released one live album recorded at NEARfest in 2000. Their music is a mix of rock, folk, jazz and 20th-century classical music. Music.com remarked that "...Thinking Plague stand out as a shining example of avant-garde music blended with just enough rock for it to be called progressive rock..." While never directly related to Rock in Opposition (RIO), Thinking Plague was strongly influenced by this late-1970s movement, particularly Henry Cow and Art Bears. In spite of Johnson's dislike of the term, the band has often been categorized as a "RIO" band. History Early Plague Mike Johnson and Bob Drake first met in 1978 and played in several cover bands. They began experimenting with basement recordings in 1980 and by 1982 they had enough song material to attempt a few live performances. For these shows they enlisted the services of classically trained vocalist Sharon Bradford, luthier Harry Fleishman on keyboards, and Rick Arsenault on drums. This ensemble became the first incarnation of Thinking Plague. They played at a few venues around Denver in 1983 but their complicated music was not well received and Johnson and Drake decided to make an album of their material instead. With Bradford, Fleishman and Mark Fuller on drums the band worked on and off for almost a year recording their songs at a crude 8-track recording facility in the basement of an old slaughterhouse called the Packing House Studios. Having limited funds they did all the tracking and mixing themselves, and released the album, ...A Thinking Plague in 1984 on their own Endemic label. Only 500 LPs were pressed with each cover hand painted by Drake with spray-paint and a stencil. In spite of the small scale, low-tech quality of the release, a number of distributors, including Recommended Records and Wayside Music (Cuneiform Records) agreed to sell the album and it was well received by some critics. In 1985 Johnson and Drake began to record material for a new Thinking Plague album. The Packing House Studios had closed but they had access to a few "low budget" recording facilities in Denver. Having disbanded the "Packing House" group after their first album, Johnson and Drake recruited a new band: singer-song writer Susanne Lewis, drummer Mark Fuller and keyboardist Eric Moon. Disregarding, or ignorant of the proper "industry" way of doing things, Thinking Plague recorded their second album, Moonsongs. The title track was a fifteen-and-a-half minute "tribal-pagan-environmental-anti-materialistic avant-rock ritual" composed by Johnson. Initially Moonsongs was released in 1986 on cassette by Endemic, but the following year the band signed with Dead Man’s Curve Records in London and Moonsongs was released on LP. As with their first album, Moonsongs was praised in "progressive" circles and Thinking Plague enhanced their stature as an avant-rock band. Riding on the success of their two albums, Thinking Plague performed a series of live shows in 1987 in Denver, opening for Sonic Youth at one of them. Pianist/clarinetist Lawrence Haugseth joined the band for the live performances, but left in early 1988. Haugseth's brief stay did, however, establish the need for a woodwind/reed section in the band. Fuller and Moon had also left the band in late 1987, which prompted the acquisition of three new musicians: classical pianist, Shane Hotle, bassist Maria Moran, and Mark Harris on clarinet, saxophones and flutes. Drake switched from bass guitar to drums. In This Life Recording for a new album began in early 1988 in various studios, including a large rehearsal room in an old yoghurt factory (referred to as the Yog Factory). Johnson and Lewis had collaborated on a collection of songs for the album, which featured several "new" instruments, including sampler, tabla, various African and Balinese percussion instruments, and a fiddle (courtesy Bob Drake). Ex-Henry Cow guitarist Fred Frith guested on one track, "Organism (version II)", the original version (also with Frith) having been released on Recommended Records' RēR Records Quarterly Vol.2 No.4. Drake did all the production work and the album, In This Life was finished in mid-1988. At the time ex-Henry Cow drummer and Recommended Records founder, Chris Cutler was on tour with Pere Ubu in Denver and Johnson gave Cutler a cassette tape of the new album. Cutler offered to release it on the Recommended label, and in September 1989, In This Life became the first US-made CD on the British label. In This Life was widely distributed and began "gaining kudos from aficionados of avant rock from all around the world." But Thinking Plague's euphoria was short lived when Lewis moved to New York City. Attempts to replace her with a local singer were unsuccessful and working "long distance" with her proved impractical at the time. Disillusioned, Drake relocated to Los Angeles to work as an engineer and producer, and Moran left the band, leaving Thinking Plague at the point of disintegrating. In Los Angeles, Drake met drummer Dave Kerman of an avant-rock band, the 5uu's and began working with Kerman's band. Kerman's interest in Thinking Plague led to him joining the Denver band. Drake and Lewis also agreed to "rejoin" (despite the distances) and with the other remaining members, Johnson, Harris and Hotle, Thinking Plague "reformed" in 1990. For the next few years the band worked intermittently at some long-distance rehearsals, performed in a few concerts and made some new recordings, after which all work was put on hold. During this period of dormancy Johnson toured across Europe in 1995 with Drake, Kerman and the 5uu's, but upon returning to the United States the three agreed that reviving Thinking Plague again was not a practical option. Rebirth Johnson joined another local avant-rock band, Hamster Theatre in 1996, and suggested to its leader, accordionist and bassist Dave Willey that he join a new incarnation of Thinking Plague. Willey agreed and recommended Deborah Perry as a singer. At much the same time, Kerman moved to Denver and rejoined the band. With existing members Harris and Hotle the new Thinking Plague began recording new material that Johnson had written. In early 1998 the finished tracks were sent to Drake (now living in France) for mixing and production, and the result was Thinking Plague's fourth album, In Extremis, released in 1998 by Cuneiform Records. In Extremis was rated the top album in 1998 by Gnosis, and its success resulted in new concert appearances for the band. A new member, Matt Mitchell on keyboards was recruited to replace Hotle who had left after the making of In Extremis, and Thinking Plague performed at the 1999 ProgDay Festival, followed by a tour of the eastern and mid-western United States. In June 2000 the band played at NEARfest, a recording of which was mixed three years later by Drake and released as Upon Both Your Houses in 2004 by NEARfest Records. In July 2000 the band toured France and Italy. After the concerts in Europe, Kerman left the band and was replaced by ex-Sleepytime Gorilla Museum drummer David Shamrock. Work began on a new album, A History of Madness, which was released in September 2003 by Cuneiform Records. It was recorded over a period of two years, with half the band members flying into Denver from across the United States to add their contributions. A History of Madness was the first Thinking Plague album that Bob Drake did not produce; Johnson and Mark McCoin, of the Brave New Audio studio where the album was recorded, did all the mixing. Name Thinking Plague's name was created by the band's founders, Mike Johnson and Bob Drake. According to Johnson, "The idea was to say something about that sort of existential condition of being unable to stop thinking, analyzing, or otherwise intellectualizing, which causes one to be separated from 'things in themselves', as it were." Members A number of musicians have passed through Thinking Plague over the years, except for Mike Johnson who has remained with the group since its inception. The dates below indicate the years that they were active in the group. * Mike Johnson (1982–present) – guitars, drums, percussion, vocals * Bob Drake (1982–1994) – bass guitar, drums, percussion, vocals, guitar, bowed balalaika, synthesizer, piano, organ, noise, violin * Sharon Bradford (1982–1984) – vocals, noise, casio mini-synth, drake noise box * Harry Fleishman (1982–1984) – piano, organ, vocals * Rick Arsenault (1982–1983) – drums * Mark Fuller (1983–1988) – drums * Susanne Lewis (1985–1990) – vocals * Eric Moon as known as Eric Jacobson (1985–1988) – keyboards * Lawrence Haugseth (1987–1988) – clarinet, synthesizer, vocals * Mark Harris (1988–present) – baritone saxophone, clarinet, flute * Shane Hotle (1988–1998) – piano, synthesizer, noise, organ, mellotron * Maria Moran (1988–1989) – bass guitar, guitars * Dave Kerman (1989–2000; 2007–present) – drums, percussion * Dave Willey (1996–present) – bass guitar, accordion * Deborah Perry (1996–present) – vocals * Matt Mitchell (1999–2004) – keyboards * David Shamrock (2001–2004) – drums, percussion * Elaine Difalco (2007–present) Discography Albums * ...A Thinking Plague (1984, LP, Endemic Music, U.S.) * Moonsongs (1987, LP, Dead Man's Curve Records, U.K.) * In This Life (1989, CD, Recommended Records, U.K.) * In Extremis (1998, CD, Cuneiform Records, U.S.) * A History of Madness (2003, CD, Cuneiform Records, U.S.) * Upon Both Your Houses (live at NEARfest 2000) (2004, CD, NEARfest Records, U.S.) Compilations * Early Plague Years (2000, CD, Cuneiform Records, U.S.) – remastered releases by Bob Drake of the LPs ...A Thinking Plague and Moonsongs on one CD. |
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Guitarist and composer Mike Johnson began Thinking Plague with bassist Bob Drake in the early 1980s, sharing an affinity for modern classical music and the arch avant-rock of bands like Henry Cow and the Art Bears. Thinking Plague's studied fusion of various subversive forms of rock, seemingly bound together into a dense, restless macro-fugue, is spit out as polyphonic, rocket scientist prog. Johnson is responsible for most of the music here, though his band (including the excellent, clear-toned vocalist Deborah Perry and former Sleepytime Gorilla Museum drummer David Shamrock) does an admirable job of injecting life into music that might otherwise lapse into stopwatch rigidity. "Blown Apart" begins as off-kilter, odd-meter proclamation: "Stop! I'm blown apart, gradual smithereens!" Perry delivers an unassuming, yet insistent vocal lead, under which bass and percussion forcefully slam a backbeat into the distinctly out of the pocket groove. The "do do do" choral section does little to offset the onslaught of the rest of the band (and Johnson's omnipresent guitar figures), and if I didn't know this was some fairly highbrow happenings, I'd say it jammed. Likewise "Lux Lucet" ("a light shines," going out to the Latin geeks) hits the counterpoint like you know you want it. Johnson has a flair for making lines and sub-melodies clear in the midst of considerable commotion: at one point on this song, despite the bass/drum pound and array of bells, sax skronk and sharp dissonance, what actually stands out is a modest, flighty clarinet. The Eastern-tinged "Gúdamy le Máyagot" emits the most potent contact high on the record, letting its jumpstart acoustic guitar lines and gypsy arrangement (accordion, violin, stand-up bass) strip you three times before you realized the song had changed. It's also one of the few times Thinking Plague really step out of the arrangement and deliver real, adrenaline-fueled stomp – not that it's the first thing I'd be looking for in their music, but will always take. That said, one of the cooler moments on Madness is actually the dark-ambient etude "Least Aether for Saxophone & Le Gouffre", featuring one half solo ruminations from reedist Mark Harris (oddly reminiscent of some of Miles Davis' echo-drenched soliloquies from the 1970s), and another micro-polyphonic mix of strings, bubbles and distant metallic friction. A History of Madness isn't the kind of record you download a few mp3 samples of to form an opinion. In fact, it took me about three passes through "Blown Apart" just to figure out what was going on, much less sit back and let it rock me. Still, when a band draws upon aspects of modern composition, arrangement and performance a world removed from even most of the hip underground stuff out there, and still have people coming back for more, they're probably onto something. Interesting stuff and fans will not be disappointed. review by Dominique Leone - 12-4-03 |
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Mike Johnson, guitars & such; Deborah Perry, singing; Dave Willey, bass, accordions; David Shamrock, drums & percussion; Mark Harris, saxophones, clarinet, flute; Matt Mitchell, piano, harmonium, synths; with Kent McLagan, acoustic bass; Jean Harrison, fiddle; Ron Miles, trumpet; David Kerman, percussions; Leslie Jordan, voice; Mark McCoin, samples and various exotica |