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Lesser Angel Of Failure 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

by John Schuller

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    16 page booklet including extensive liner notes from Alan Bishop, Bill Horist, Skerik and many more.

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  • Cassette + Digital Album

    16 page booklet including extensive liner notes from Alan Bishop, Bill Horist, Skerik and many more.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Lesser Angel Of Failure 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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about

John Schuller was a seminal figure in the "New Weird America" movement in the early 00's putting in time in bands as diverse as Asva, Earth and Gigantum as well as being a founding member of Master Musicians Of Bukkake with Randall Dunn. "Lesser Angel Of Failure" initially released in 2002 was one of the strangest and most confounding records of it's time. Or any time. A review from the initial release of the album cited the (non) genre as "alien world music." A fitting description indeed. An outsider music classic this reissue features alternate artwork, 5 bonus tracks on the CD and 6 bonus tracks on the digital and cassette versions. Included are liner notes and remembrances from Alan Bishop, Bill Horist, Skerik among many others. For fans of the weird, unexplainable and esoteric this album will hopefully act as a holy grail of avant weirdness and open the ears of new sonic adventurers.

credits

released May 13, 2022

Responsible Parties:
John Schuller - Vocals, Guitar, Bathtub, Record Player, Taos Drum, Zither, Piano, Drums, Saz, Mandolin, Casio
Randall Dunn - Recorder, Processing, Percussion, Vocals, Harmonica, Loops, Tablas, Tambourine, Flute
Nancy Scranton - Piano
Eyvind Kang - Viola, Fiddle
Brad Mowen - Vocals
Bill Horist - Guitar
Phil Petrocelli - Drums, Vocals
Tahieko Uri - Timpani

Live Tracks
John Schuller - Stringed Instruments, Vocals
Randall Dunn - Wind Instruments, Keyboards, Vocals
Brad Mowen - Vocals
Jim Davis - Stringed Instruments, Vocals
Milky Burgess - Stringed Instruments, Vocals
Don McGreevy - Percussion, Drums, Vocals

Lesser Angel of Failure Produced, Recorded and Mixed October 2000 - April 2002 by Randall Dunn at Aleph Studio, Seattle, Washington
Mastered June 2002 by Mell Dettmer at Sinister Kitchen Labs, Seattle, Washington
“Dead Boat” and “Stay Dead” produced by Randall Dunn from an unreleased 7’.
"Mutiny Of The Snake," “Somewhere Under The Rainbow” and “Return To For-never” Recorded Live August 02, 2004 by Jim Davis at The Rainbow, Seattle Washington
“Ripe Fruit Now” Recorded Live October 30th 2004 by Mark Thornton at The Werepad,, San Francisco, California
The Scapegoat painting by William Holman Hunt, 1884-1885.
Photograph of John Schuller by Kelsey Sowell
Archival photos by Sir Millard Mulch, Shannon Layden, Mark Sullo and Toby Dodds
Reissue Produced and compiled by John Schuller and Samuel Goff
Design by Samuel Goff and Dave Petersen
Layout by Dave Petersen
2022 Cacophonous Revival Recordings


Reviews:
"a surprising treasure of grand alien transmissions from another world"
-Bruce Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery

"...for what transpires is a deranged faux globalism, a large ensemble massacre of World Music devotion, to be replaced by a vibrant, billowing, outsider music. Call it: World Misery. "Lesser Angel of Failure" sounds like a pisstake of classical Hawaiian singing performed by Keiji Haino."
-Matt ffytche, The Wire
January 2003, Issue 227

"...the extraordinary impact of this music comes from the unlikely juxtapositions and configurations which force the mind (and ear) onto rutted, weed-infested roads leading to strange, unimaginable destinations. Clearly, Schuller's work contains an element of parody, but most of his work is far too convincing, intense and unsettling to be dismissed (or appreciated) as some sort of ironic, po-mo diversion. You may hate this CD, or you may love it. It may just leave you scratching your head and muttering to yourself. But in a world of cookie-cutter, rubber stamp music, it surely stands out."
-Bill Tilland, The BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/45rg/

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Our aims and goals will be to not be constrained by genre or geography but to have a unifying theme. One of passion, excitement and experimentation in music. We want to release styles as divergent in genre as avant garde, world music, experimental, jazz, noise, metal, hip hop, punk, classical, etc. ... more

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