ZANG TUMB TUMB DISCOGRAPHY “…which deny the freedom of the flesh…”

Art of Noise

The seduction of Claude Debussy


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Type: Album

Format: MiniDisc

Label: Zang Tuum Tumb

Catalogue ref.: ZTT130MD

Series: ZTT series no. 130


Release date: 28 June 1999

Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland


Sleeve design: Art of noise; ABA design

Artwork

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Minidisc booklet: Outside

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Minidisc booklet: Inside

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Minidisc: Label

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Minidisc: Label

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Minidisc: Inlay

Printed tracklisting

  1. Il pleure (at the turn of the century)
  2. Born on a Sunday
  3. Dreaming in colour
  4. On being blue
  5. Continued in colour
  6. Rapt: in the evening air
  7. Metaforce
  8. The holy egoism of genius
  9. La flûte de pan
  10. Metaphor on the floor
  11. Approximate mood swing no:2
  12. Pause
  13. Out of this world (Version 138)

Actual tracklisting

  1. Il pleure (at the turn of the century) 08:02
  2. Born on a Sunday 04:40
  3. Dreaming in colour 06:42
  4. On being blue 04:58
  5. Continued in colour 01:19
  6. Rapt: in the evening air 04:22
  7. Metaforce 03:44
  8. The holy egoism of genius 07:56
  9. La flûte de pan 02:45
  10. Metaphor on the floor 02:06
  11. Approximate mood swing no:2 02:14
  12. Pause 02:30
  13. Out of this world (Version 138) 05:25

Occasionally the tracklisting printed on the sleeve art of a release isn’t 100% accurate. Tracks may be missing, mixes unspecified or misnamed. For this reason a more accurate actual tracklisting is shown alongside the printed tracklisting.

Sleeve Notes

Inlay: Outer

art of noise*

the seduction of claude Debussy

(it’s all in the mind)

“I have often heard it expressed that music could not claim to convey anything with precision, as words or painting do. That is true to a certain extent, but it is not wholly true. Music conveys things in its own way and by means peculiar to itself. In music, and in painting, even in the written word, there is always a gap, to be bridged by the imagination of the hearer.” — Charles Baudelaire.

EXTRACT FROM THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PAGE OF ART OF NOISE’S WONDER WORLD OF THE WOLRD

Imagine that art of noise find themselves in a position to appreciate the following… everything about them is appealing… our thanks to jj jeczalik and gary langan, two of the original members of the art of noise, jill sinclair and those at zang tuum tumb who know who they are, all of those who are across the universal, liam teeling, for having a way with words you could not weigh, the perfect people, richie hopson, who dreamt with us all the way, lola weidner and her sarmettes who sarmed us to the teeth, michael guido, willie williams, sharon blankson, karen nicholson, valerie philips, elizabeth levy, robin raj, karen elliott at air-edel, the air-edel people, david gentle, billy mccleod, sarah adams, jonathan wingate at outside, green ink, faber & faber for ‘remembering debussy’, john bland, justin murphy, dreamchaser productions, liberty (sounds ahead digital), stewart copeland, isaac romanov and albert einstein.

the sleeve has been designed by aba design, dublin, in wondered association with art of noise. the cover cover-up mask was photographed for the protection of art of noise by amelia stein. booklet photography for further protection by clare langan, justin smith and akg london. a certain amount of dressing up for group protection was supplied by BOUDICCA.

art of noise completely appreciate their management team for dedication above and beyond the call of beauty and for making sure this whole song and dance routine appears in the right place at the right time behind the right masks. principle management dublin: paul mcguinness, susie smith, trevor bowen, susan hunter. principle management new york: keryn kaplan, donna estes.

there are further ever expanding image, text and sound extracts from art of noise’s wonderful world of the world on their web site which is designed and programmed by digital:cc in wondering association with art of noise. this has been art of noise as the image of a group at the turn of the century: images number seven to twenty three. images catalogued on the web site. www.theartofnoise.com

and remember… an apple beside a bottle is not the same as an apple beside a loaf of bread… now let’s get on with the show…

THE HOLY EGOISM OF GENIUS mixed by tim weidner

Art of noise come right out with it and exclaim — genius exists, what with one thing and another, and another thing — Debussy exists. Art of noise and john hurt and sally bradshaw plus Jamie muhoberac (bass, keyboards, agitation), alex acuna (percussion), paulhinho da costa (percussion), ramon stagnaro (acoustic guitar), paul waller (drum and bass programming). And the art of noise exist, to a point.

LA FLÛTE DE PAN mixed by tim weidner

come quickly, put the light out. art of noise and sally bradshaw plus tim weidner (midi). a song about fellatio.

D

dada, 33, 52, 204

daft, 108, 237

Day, Doris, 138

days, 58, 145

death, 189

Debussy, Claude, 21, 45, 65, 138, 140–145, 230–237

Debussysts, 199, 240

decadence, 56, 89, 249

De La Soul, 93, 138

Delillo, Don, 45, 80, 138, 203

dementia (prevention of), 72, 139

desire, 33, 243

Devo, 138

disco, 45

DKNY, 78

DNA, 4, 198

Dolenz, Mickey, 138

dreaming, 1, 3, 406, 230–237

drugs (mind altering), 2, 138, 145

Duchamp, Marcel, 23, 138

Dunaway, Faye, 138

Duncan, Isadora, 45, 138

METAPHOR ON THE FLOOR mixed by tim wills

debussy visits a disco, rakim rants about alienation and/or alien life, baudelaire loses his temper and art of noise love their machines. art of noise and sampled rakim and sampled sally bradshaw plus ollie j (drum programming), lalo creme (303 programming). he thought, we are the invention of passion.

APPROXIMATE MOOD SWING NO: 2 mixed by richard lowe

he made music for people in all kinds of moods. the moody art of noise and sally bradshaw plus andy richards (rhythm programming), paul waller (rhythm programming). then everything changed and the moon in june went on shining.

R

Ra, Sun, 4–6, 138, 230

Rampling, Charlotte, 138

Ravel, Maurice, 99, 122, 138, 204, 235

Raygun, 138, 233

Ray, Man, 138

reading, 44

realism, 44

reality, 1, 34, 203

reality, 1, 34, 203

reason, 145, 243

Reeves, Keanu, 138

Renoir, Jean, 138

Reich, Steve, 138

Residents, The, 29, 77, 190

rice pudding, 154

Riley, Bridget, 138

Riley, Terry, 3, 138

Rimbaud, Arthur, 23, 138

Robbe-Grillet, Alain, 138

Roeg, Nicholas, 34, 49

Rogers, Ginger, 138

romance, 114

romanticism, 250

Rome, 129

Romeo & Juliet, 138

Rothko, Mark, 38, 100, 138

Rushdie, Salman, 138

PAUSE mixed by tim weidner

art of noise put their world of debussy on hold… art of noise and sampled sally bradshaw plus jamie muhoberac (orchestral treatments). a song about remembering and expecting. as penultimate as it gets.

S

Sappho, 138

Sarandon, Susan, 138

Satie, Erik, 65, 138

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 87, 138, 235

Schoenberg, Arnold, 89, 138

Schrader, Paul, 13, 250

Schwitters Kurt, 138

Science fiction, 176

sensation, 248–250

semiology, 52, 97, 254

sex symbol, 138

Shepard, Sam, 138

Shepherd, Cybill, 138

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 33, 138

Sirius, R>U>, 138

Sky Tv, 138

Sondheim, Stephen, 138

OUT OF THIS WORLD (VERSION 138) mixed by richard lowe

claude debussy reaches into the mind of art of noise. art of noise reach into the mind of claude debussy. art of noise and john hurt and sally bradshaw plus weightless no-one. a song about everything and nothing and the something that there is in between. and so on, ultimately speaking.

S

Sontag, Susan, 138

Sorvino, Mira, 138

Spin, 156

Stanwyck, Barbara, 138

Stoppard, Tom, 138

subjectivity, 1, 250

sugar, 44, 201

supposing, 98

Supremes, The, 138

surrealism, 19, 45, 78

Swatch, 239

Switzerland, 45

symbol, 1

symbolism, 19, 148

Inlay: Inner

“Music is not just the expression of a feeling — it is the feeling itself.”

- Claude Debussy

ART OF NOISE IMAGINE

all songs written by art of noise. anne audley published by buffalo music ltd. and administered by a.e. copyrights ltd (prs), lol creme published by splat music and administered by perfect songs ltd. / spz music inc. trevor horn published by unforgettable songs ltd. / spz music inc. paul morley published by perfect songs ltd. / spz music inc. born on a sunday written by art of noise and henry jackson, published by by quadra publishing. rapt: in the evening air, metaforce and metaphor on the floor written by art of noise and rakim, published by 18th letter music publishing (bmi). music and french text extracted and distracted literally, metaphorically, romantically and symbolically from the words of claude debussy, paul verlaine, charles baudelaire, stéphane mallarmé, paul bourget, pierre louys. text by paul bourget featured in ‘dreaming in colour’ and ‘on being blue’ with the authorisation of jobert music publishing. none of these artists ever promised you a rose garden.

donna lewis appears courtesy of atlantic recording corporation.

rakim appears courtesy of universal records.

david’s daughters appear courtesy of ztt records.

The Seduction Of Claude Debussy… music from quite another film that never existed… featuring john hurt speaking, sally bradshaw singing, claude Debussy ghosting, rakim rapping and Charles Baudelaire tripping.

produced by trevor horn for himself. co-producers henry jackman (track 2), way out west (track 3), sharktank (track 7), ollie j (track 10) recorded and protools by tim wiedner for sarm management played, pretended and seduced by art of noise. art of noise play themselves. lol creme (guitar, voice and keyboards) plays himself. anne dudley (piano, orchestral arrangements, voice and keyboards) plays herself. trevor horn (bass, voice and keyboards) play himself. paul morley (metaphors, voice and keyboards) plays himself. additional engineers: roger dudley, tom elmhirst, andy gallimore, marc lane, richard loew, michael perfitt, mike ross, tim wills, paul wright. assistant engineers: dan bierton, alex black, andre coulam, matt crawford, andy davies, jamie hart, marc lane, iain roberton, malook singh kundan, dan vickers. technical assistance: justin fraser, alexander areteos. production co-ordination: augusta quiney, debbie caponetta. recorded around the world at an average temperature of 20 degrees centigrade. mastered by steve marcussen at precision mastering, los angeles and ian cooper at metropolis mastering, london. digital editing by don c. tyler and spencer chrislu.

…and that’s the weather for tomorrow

IL PLEURE (AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY) mixed by tim weidner

debussy dies. long live debussy! art of noise and john hurt and sally bradshaw plus fiona copeland (vocals), earl harvin (drums), jamie muhoberac (bass and keyboards), ramon stagnaro (acoustic guitar), paul waller (drum programming), david mccracken (drum programming). cry if you have to. a song to being with.

music inspired by the languor that penetrated paul verlaine’s heart.

BORN ON A SUNDAY mixed by tim weidner

what a life. and it began on a sunday. art of noise and john hurt and carol kenyon and sally bradshaw plus henry jackman (drum and bass programming). on a

sunday afternoon and debussy kept his eyes on his dream. one hundred years

ago there were a hundred years to go.

EXTRACT FROM AN INDEX TO ART OF NOISE’S WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE WORLD

C

caffeine, 18

Cage, John, 23, 56, 138

Cale, John, 34, 76, 90, 138, 199, 234

capitalism, 45, 89, 197

cardboard, 2, 56

Caruso, Enrico, 132, 138

cats, 99, 203

CBS, 105

Cézanne, 11, 138

Chanel, Coco, 78, 138

Channel 4, 88, 222

Cher, 138

chinese writing, 56, 78, 45

Christo, 36, 138

cinema, 34–39, 203–205

Cixous, Hélène, 138

clams, raw, 39

Cluster, 102, 134

Coca-Cola company, 111

Cocteau, 18, 138

coherence, 22, 88, 222

Colgate Palmolive, 34, 79

Coltrane John, 20, 154

conclusions, 1, 100, 149, 201, 250

Conde Nast, 43, 193

comfort, 56, 58–65

Compaq, 237, 239

cosmology, 8, 60

DREAMING IN COLOUR mixed by tim weidner

he saw life in black and white. he heard music in colour. he thought love was a dream. art of noise and john hurt and sally bradshaw plus donna lewis (vocals), david’s daughter (vocals), niki harris (vocals), jamie muhoberac (keyboards), paul waller (bass programming) stewart levine (saxaphone), alex acuna (percussion), paulinho da costa (percussion).

He dreamt of music.

ON BEING BLUE mixed by tim weidner

debussy was surprised to find himself being asked by a journalist what his favourite colour was. art of noise and john hurt and sally bradshaw plus earl harvin (drums), ramon stagnaro (acoustic guitar), philippa davies (flute). time weidner (drum programming). as blue as i feel, he said.

CONTINUED IN COLOUR mixed by tim weidner

all dreams are interrupted. art of noise and the metaphor tops plus everyone who who took part in dreaming in colour. colour continues. dreams recur. art of noise occur. debussy thinks that the world is his idea. and why not?

RAPT: IN THE EVENING AIR mixed by richard lowe

Baudelaire showed him directions and he found himself going in the same direction as the evening air. art of noise and john hurt plus jamie muhoberac (bass and keyboards), paul waller (drum programming). it seemed to him it smelt like paradise.

C

Coupland, Douglas, 237

Cox, Courteney, 138

cream, 49, 59

cribbing, 1, 36, 204

Croche, Monsieur,

The Dilettante Hater, 138

cubism, 69

cummings, e.e, 77, 138

cyberspace, 209 246

cymbal, 1

METAFORCE mix by tim weidner

to be interpreted wisely and with some imagination. inspired by the love and death of charles baudelaire, poet. art of noise and john hurt and rakim plus hassan (vocal), dj song (decks), sharktank (rhythm arrangement), dan vickers (string pad). and freedom did a twist inside my lungs with the stars that I had swallowed.

EXTRACT FROM ART OF NOISE’S WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE SEDUCTION OF CLAUDE DEBUSSY

part one

Debussy has been prompted by the words of Baudelaire, and by Baudelaire’s committed attitude that beauty and happiness are not for a moment secure but can exist beyond the moment, to create a mood piece of heightened feeling and remote lucidity. With ‘Harmonie du Soir’, he magically, and practically, wrote a melody in the shape of a memory. Baudelaire was intent on expressing the inexpressible, whatever it took. And this is what Debussy does with his piano pieces, slipping into that eerie twilight zone between the waking mind and the sleeping mind.

Baudelaire, at the very edge of madness, saved from total collapse by the transcendent glories of art, guided Debussy towards a musical state of mind where he could create the reticent, subsiding, translucent mystery music of his dreams.

EXTRACT FROM A NOVELISATION OF THE FILM THAT DOESN’T EXIST OF THE SEDUCTION OF CLAUDE DEBUSSY

To his dismay le learned that he had become the head of a musical movement called Debussysm. Young musicians aped his style and wrote music ‘á la Debussy’, full of parallel fifth, unresolved sevenths and full-tone arpeggios. His self-appointed disciples called themselves Debussysts and proclaimed him as their leader. He appreciated their fervour, but found it irksome. Repeatedly he declared that he had no disciples and wanted none: this produced no effect whatsoever. Then, as they always do, the snobs came in. It became chic and avant guard to love his music. Dreamy young men listened to Pélléas with eyes closed, brow in hand: soulful young women did the same. They sighed, they whispered, they fainted.

But now the Meister wa French and his Festspielhaus was the Opera Comique. Claude’s music was still highly controversial: and this, or course, made it all the more attractive as a topic of conversation. Defenders and detractors refuted one another for hours over the aperitifs. Newspaper editors added to the tumult by calling him a genius, but a pernicious genius whose music was revolutionary in its spirit and immoral in its effect. Columnists claimed his music only appealed to perverts and depraved persons. Mothers wondered whether their daughters could play Clair de Lune and still retain their innocence.

Now, even at home, Claude has little privacy. Whether he liked it or not, he had become news.

Even more than his music, his personality aroused the public’s curiosity. His reputation as a ladies’ man, Gaby’s attempted suicide over him, his broken engagement to Therese Roger, his bohemian past, even his picturesque — now discarded — sombrero, has formed around him a volume of gossip which circulated with renews vigour since the triumph of his opera.

EXTRACT FROM ART OF NOISE’S WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE SEDUCTION OF CLAUDE DEBUSSY

part two

The Baudelaire, the Verlaine, the Cézanne, the Monet of music, Debussy helped create a new reality for music, and for art. He composed music that lived up to his dream of what music could be, a music that broke with the rules of the past and that leapt into the future, freeing music to be whatever it wanted to be. His music continues to dream for him long after his death. Above all, he proved that purely through the liberated, and liberating, use of the imagination, the very meaning of life and the very nature of pleasure could be changed, and changed forever.

As the war raged all around him, Debussy withdrew from life in the most final and profound way. When he died on March 25, 1918, in Paris, it was being bombarded by the Germans.

And it was raining.

Inlay: Back

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* as the image of a group

1. il pleure (at the turn of the century)

2. born on a Sunday

3. dreaming in colour

4. on being blue

5. continued in colour

6. rapt: in the evening air

7. metaforce

8. the holy egoism of genius

9. la flûte de pan

10. metaphor on the floor

11. approximate mood swing no: 2

12. pause

13. out of this world (version 138)

produced by trevor horn and guessed by the art of noise with special guests john hurt (as the narrator), sally bradshaw (as the singer), rakim (as the gyrator), donna lewis (as the dreamer) and carol kenyon (as the singer too).

(MiniDisc logo) www.theartofnoise.com