
Rough Trade
Arthur Russell - Calling Out Of Context
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The
now
classic
album
that
started
the
renaissance,
available
via
Rough
Trade
on
double
vinyl
with
four
page
insert.
Calling
Out
Of
Context
features
12
previously
unreleased
tracks
of
Buddhist
Bubblegum
Disco
Electro
Pop
including
the
anthemic
"That's
Us/Wild
Combination",
"The
Platform
On
The
Ocean",
“Make
1,
2”
and
"Arm
Around
You",
all
recorded
during
Arthur's
prime
years
1985-90.
Collaborators
include
Mustafa
Ahmed,
Walter
Gibbons,
Steven
Hall,
Jennifer
Warnes,
and
Peter
Zummo.
30
years
have
passed
since
Arthur
Russell
left
us,
in
relative
obscurity,
from
AIDS
complications
in
1992.
Yet
his
work—as
composer,
songwriter
and
dance
music
innovator—is
better
known
now
than
ever
before.
Since
Audika
Records
and
Arthur’s
partner
Tom
Lee
began
excavating
and
curating
Arthur’s
vast
archive
beginning
in
2003,
critics
worldwide
have
hailed
Russell
as
a
visionary.
Countless
younger
artists
cite
him
as
an
influence.
There
has
been
an
internationally
acclaimed
documentary
film
(Matt
Wolf’s
Wild
Combination)
and
biography
(Tim
Lawrence’s
Hold
onto
Your
Dreams),
a
critical
study
(Matt
Marble’s
Buddhist
Bubblegum)
along
with
various
tribute
albums,
concerts
and
events.
In
2016
Arthur
Russell’s
archive
was
acquired
by
The
New
York
Public
Library
for
the
Performing
Arts
at
Lincoln
Center
as
part
of
their
American
Music
Collection.
If
Arthur
Russell
isn’t
quite
the
pop
star
he
imagined
he
would
be,
he
is
at
least
widely
considered
one
of
the
most
significant
figures
in
late
20th
century
American
music.
The
majority
of
the
material
selected
for
“Calling
Out
Of
Context”
comes
from
two
sources.
The
first
was
a
completed
album
which
dates
from
1985,
entitled
“Corn”
ofwhich
three
very
different
test
pressings
remain
(complied
and
reissued
in
2015).
The
second
source
was
material
earmarked
for
Rough
Trade
recorded
between
1986
-1990.
Both
“Make
1,2”
and
“Hop
On
Down”
(originally
titled
“Hop
On
Down
To
Petland”)
are
two
songs
that
Arthur
wrote
specifically
with
the
plan
of
releasing
as
singles.
Sadly,
Arthur
was
faced
with
an
unsympathetic
market
which
viewed
his
material
as
uncommercial
or
too
eccentric.
In
the
case
of
the
abandoned
Rough
Trade
recordings,
Arthur
had
become
ill
due
to
complications
from
HIV.
He
simply
could
not
let
go
of
his
material.
Nonetheless,
he
worked
and
reworked
songs
into
an
infinite
labyrinth
of
possibilities,
working
incessantly
with
confidence
and
optimism
until
the
last
years
of
his
life.
As
a
cellist,
songwriter,
composer,
and
disco
visionary
Arthur
Russell
consistently
blurred
the
lines
of
our
expectations
of
what
pop
music
could
be.
Contrary
by
nature,
Arthur’s
spontaneous
reaction
to
and
altered
perception
of
his
environment
produced
music
that
remains
challenging
and
contemporary.
Arthur’s
open
hearted
attitude
to
music
was
far
ahead
of
its
time,
and
now
that
time
is
ours.
Track
listing:
The
Deer
In
The
Forest
Part
One-The
Platform
On
The
Ocean-You
And
Me
Both-Calling
Out
Of
Context-Arm
Around
You-That’s
Us/Wild
Combination-Make
1,2-
Hop
On
Down-Get
Around
To
It-I
Like
You-You
Can
Make
Me
Feel
Bad-Calling
All
Kids
(remixed
with
love
by
Walter
Gibbons)
“A
nomad
with
an
absolute
commitment
to
freedom,
whose
natural
element
was
music
itself”
-
Olivia
Laing
“…a
man
crooning
to
himself
out
in
the
Iowa
sunfields,
killer
whale
deep
in
the
ocean,
drifting
through
the
submarine
city
night
and
cobalt
space”
-David
Toop/The
Wire
Tracklisting:
Vol
Side
Track
Title
1
1
1
The
deer
in
the
forest
part
1
1
1
2
The
platform
on
the
ocean
1
1
3
You
and
me
both
1
2
1
Calling
out
of
context
1
2
2
Arm
around
you
2
1
1
That's
us/Wild
combination
2
1
2
Make
1,2
2
1
3
Hop
on
down
2
2
1
Get
around
you
2
2
2
I
like
you!
2
2
3
You
can
make
me
feel
bad
2
2
4
Calling
all
kids
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