Various Artists

Chamber Music (James Joyce)

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FIRELP1102 x 12" | £20.00
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The idea was simple: find contemporary artists influenced (however loosely) by Joyce's style to finally turn the poems into musical works. Our only directive was to not mess with the words!

From humble beginnings of simply asking a few friends to take part, the project soon started to reach much further than was originally intended- so much so that Billboard in the USA commented “this will either be a landmark album or a pretentious failure”

We're confident Billboard would agree it came out the former. Featuring a real mix of contributors; Peter Buck from REM (with his 'other' band Minus 5), Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth/Text Of Light), Bardo Pond, Ed Harcourt, Jessica Bailiff…the interpretations are different but are all true to the poem, resulting in a totally unique musical project with a beautifully cohesive interpretation of Joyce's poem of love.

In lovingly packaged double slipcase CD and double vinyl, its out 16th June in UK and Europe, and 22nd July in the US. Order your advance copies and listen to samples of all the songs right here.

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Chamber Music (James Joyce)
2008

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Track(s) on this Release

1.I (Monica Queen)
Monica Queen
2008 Fire Songs
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2.II (War Against Sleep)
War Against Sleep
2008 Fire Songs
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3.III (Ed Harcourt)
Ed Harcourt
2008 Fire Songs
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4.IV (Jessica Bailiff)
Jessica Bailiff
2008 Fire Songs
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5.V (Venture Lift)
Venture Lift
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6.VI (Virgin Passages)
Virgin Passages
2008 Fire Songs
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7.VII (HTRK)
HTRK
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8.VIII (Califone)
Califone
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9.IX (Mike Watt)
Mike Watt
2008 Fire Songs
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10.X (Owen Tromans)
Owen Tromans & The Elders
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11.XI (Airport Studies)
Airport Studies
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12.XII (Text of Light)
Text of Light
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13.XIII (Mary Lorson)
Mary Lorson
2006 Fire Records
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14.XIV (Willy Mason)
Willy Mason
2006 Fire Records
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15.XV (Noah John)
Noah John
2006 Fire Records
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16.XVI (Ian Kearey)
Ian Kearey
2008 Fire Songs
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17.XVII (David Hurn & Abigail Hopkins)
David Hurn & Abigail Hopkins
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18.XVIII (Coldharbourstores)
Coldharbourstores
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1.XIX (Minus 5)
Minus 5
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2.XX (Lori Scacco)
Lori Scacco
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3.XXI (Great Depression)
Great Depression
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4.XXII (Puerto Muerto)
Puerto Muerto
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5.XXIII (Mercury Rev)
Mercury Rev
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6.XXIV (Flying Saucer Attack)
Flying Saucer Attack
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7.XXV (Sweet Trip)
Sweet Trip
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8.XXVI (Gerry Mitchell & Little Sparta)
Gerry Mitchell & Little Sparta
2006 Fire Records
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9.XXVII (Bardo Pond)
Bardo Pond
2006 Fire Records
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10.XXVIII (Sphyr)
Sphyr
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11.XXIX (Mountain Men Anonymous)
Mountain Men Anonymous
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12.XXX (Tenebrous Liar)
Tenebrous
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13.XXXI (Green Pajamas)
Green Pajamas
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14.XXXII (Gravenhurst)
Gravenhurst
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15.XXXIII (Christian Kiefer)
Christian Kiefer
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16.XXXIV (Duke Garwood)
Duke Garwood
(Duke Garwood)
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17.XXXV (Lovetones)
Lovetones
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18.XXXVI (Kinski)
Kinski
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