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Released: May 13, 2008

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Gnossienne No 1 Lent
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Location SAN DIEGO, California, US
Profile Views: 12619
Last Login: 4/22/2012
Member Since 10/11/2006
Website http://www.arthurtsrecords.com
Record Label Unknown Indie
Type of Label Indie
Bio
.. ....All of our CDs are available at the ....ART HURTS Website......, and most can be downloaded or streamed from major providers like iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, eMusic, etc... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....It's near impossible to make any concrete generalizations about ART HURTS Records... With eleven CDs available and eight shaky years of business, it seems unlikely that we..ll be snatching fat market share from Warner Brothers anytime soon, but who knows? Esoterica, Acoustica, Africa, and Cryptographica may well be the next big things. There is at least a feeling which connects all the ART HURTS music: you feel you are listening to music which is "rooted" but which is also "going somewhere". This is music with eyes in the back of its head; music with a future and a past and a bridge to build in between. If that seems like a kind of aesthetic paradox, that..s OK because: .. .. Art hurts. .. .. Art and suffering walk hand in hand like butterfly wings and the pins we stick them with. Each artwork is a crystallization of some tiny aspect of the artist..s personality; the hurt - the pinprick - comes from 1) having to choose that part of your personality to be scrutinized, parable-ized, and crystallized, and 2) having to yank that little crystal out of your skull and leave it, fixed and unchanging, behind. .. .. Because art hurts, we at ART HURTS Records do hereby solemnly swear to bring you pure crystals of the most deep funk, the most singing melody, and the most complex texture available in so far as our meager funds and garage studios allow. .. .. Thanks and enjoy. ..
Members
..ART HURTS Artists:.. .. .. ....Beston Barnett.... - ..SD singer/songwriter, jazz guitarist, pop star.. .. ...... .. .. ....Juju Duarte.... - ..Brazilian samba singer.. .. ...... .. .. ....Zzymzzy Quartet.... - ..Gypsy swing combo.. .. ...... .. .. ....Bolga Zohdoomah.... - ..SD African music and dance.. .. ...... .. .. ....Roadmaster & Agyemang.... - ..Highlife music from Ghana.. .. ...... .. ..
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..Here's a list of ART HURTS albums with links to streamable music and info:.. .. .. ......Zzymzzy Quartet: "Zzwing!"...... (AHR011) ..- traditional jazz combo, gypsy swing, definitely influenced by: Hoagy Carmichael, Django Reinhardt, Benny Goodman.. .. .. ......Beston: "Loneliness and Freedom Waltz Together Through the Night"...... (AHR010) ..- singer/songwriter, acoustic, folk, not so unlike: Nick Drake, Joao Gilberto.. .. .. ......Juju Duarte: "Da Rua Dos Ossos"...... (AHR009) ..- Brazilian samba, pagode, bossa nova, reminiscent of Cartola, Joao Gilberto, Gilberto Gil, Harry Belafonte.. .. .. ......Beston Barnett Quartet: "Curious Melodies from the Lost Travel Diaries of Sir Albus Manchild"...... (AHR008) ..- hardbop jazz, exotica, spoken word, vaguely related to: John Coltrane, Django Reinhardt, Italo Calvino.. .. .. ......Bolga Zohdoomah...... (AHR007) ..- Ghanaian highlife, afropop, afrobeat, with a vibe like: King Sunny Ade, Fela Kuti, Miriam Makeba.. .. .. ......Beston: "So Very Near"...... (AHR006) ..- singer/songwriter, alternative, folk, reminding one faintly of: Elliott Smith, Nick Drake, Iron & Wine.. .. .. ......Beston and The Kitchen...... (AHR005) ..- soul, hip-hop, tropicalia, in the vein of: Ozomatli, Citizen Cope, Wyclef Jean.. .. .. ......Beston: "On & Up"...... (AHR004) ..- hip-hop, soul, funk, jumping out at you like: Wyclef Jean, De La Soul, Stevie Wonder.. .. .. ......Beston: "How To Pass Wonder On"...... (AHR002) ..- spoken word, experimental jazz, beat poetry, unlike just about anything you're likely to hear except maybe: Last Poets, Ken Nordine.. .. .. ......Roadmaster & Agyemang: "The Old Highlife"...... (AHR001) ..- Ghanaian highlife, afropop, gospel, with a powerful feeling like: E. T. Mensah, King Sunny Ade, the Bhundu Boys.. .. .. ......Beston: "Chrysalis"...... (AHR003) ..- alternative hip-hop, funk, acoustic soul, at times compared to: early Fugees, G Love, Jack Johnson.. .. ..