***This is the third album by BEN VIDA under his BIRD SHOW moniker following his Lightning Ghost album from 2006 on Kranky. All music written and performed by Ben Vida with GREG DAVIS, ROBERT AA LOWE, ADAM VIDA, and MICHAEL ZERANG with Hammond XB-2, microKorg, Moog Voyager, Gibson SG, berinbau, shona mbira, slit drum, pan pipes, shakers, Vietnamese jaw harp, tambourines, ride cymbal, congas, wood flute, ring modulator, and more. Recorded in Chicago, IL and Burlington, VT 2007-2008.
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09/02/2008
***Lightning Ghost is the second BIRD SHOW album, following the debut release Green Inferno. It centers around BEN VIDA’s home-fi sound experiments. Tracks are carved out of opiate'd chanting, disjunctive drum circles, synth meditation and prepared piano trance song. Vida's sonic explorations are embedded into tighter song structures, with a greater role given to vocals in the mix. The ceremonial air has been retained and expanded with a strong percussive presence and repeated, mesmerizing musical figures. Vida recorded the album at home, but much of the material resulted from the hours spent on stage this past year.
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04/04/2006
***The second solo album from TOWN & COUNTRY member and Chicago musical mainstay BEN VIDA and PILLOW member LIZ PAYNE under their BIRD SHOW banner. Recorded at home on a digital 16 track recorder, Green Inferno finds Vida delving further into the realm of outsider, stream-of-consciousness vocal/percussive / psychedelic drone songcraft. Performed with violin, cornet, accordion, acoustic guitar, organ, qrareb, assorted shakers, tambourine, and mbira, as well as integrated field recordings provided by ATSUHIRO KOIZYMI and FRED LONBERG-HOLM.
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02/15/2005