Glasgow Monday
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Glasgow Monday is the 47th release, third live album, and second-ever double album release, from avant-folk/blues singer/songwriter Jandek
. It is his fifth release of the year (counting the DVD version
of Glasgow Sunday
) and features "The Corwood Representative" on piano and vocals, along with the same rhythm section he performed with at the shows documented on Glasgow Sunday and Newcastle Sunday
, bassist Richard Youngs
(playing upright bass) and drummer/percussionist Alex Neilson
who accents the music with chimes and echoing percussion. It was recorded live at the Center for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow, Scotland on May 23, 2005 and features a prelude and nine parts to a single song, "The Cell".
The music has classical elements, and can be called "meditative." It is also devoid of the dissonance associated with most Corwood albums, with Jandek's piano playing being compared to Erik Satie
and his speak/singing staying in a mellow timbre that never moves into his atonal wail. The lyrics make references to mitochondria, "streaming into the desert", work, health, heroes, the occult (which he doesn't battle), and "possibility", continually circling back to the same question that begins and ends the album - "What do I have?".
Jandek
Jandek is the musical project of an anonymous outsider musician who operates out of Houston, Texas. Since 1978, Jandek has self-released over 60 albums of unusual, often emotionally dissolute folk and blues songs without ever granting more than the occasional interview or providing any biographical...
. It is his fifth release of the year (counting the DVD version
Glasgow Sunday (DVD)
Glasgow Sunday is the DVD counterpart to the 2005 live album released in 2005 by musician Jandek. Like the original album , it was released on June 13, 2006 by Corwood Industries and shares the same catalog number, albeit with the suffix "DVD" attached...
of Glasgow Sunday
Glasgow Sunday
Glasgow Sunday is the second of four albums released in 2005 by musician Jandek on Corwood Industries, as . His 41st overall, it was recorded live on October 17, 2004 at The Arches, Glasgow, as part of the Instal festival...
) and features "The Corwood Representative" on piano and vocals, along with the same rhythm section he performed with at the shows documented on Glasgow Sunday and Newcastle Sunday
Newcastle Sunday
Newcastle Sunday is the 45th release by avant-folk/blues singer/songwriter Jandek, released by Corwood Industries. It is a recording of his second ever live performance, recorded at The Sage Gateshead, England....
, bassist Richard Youngs
Richard Youngs
Richard Youngs is a British musician with a prolific and diverse output, including many collaborations. Based in Glasgow since the early 1990s, his extensive back catalogue of solo and collaborative work formally begins with Advent, first issued in 1990...
(playing upright bass) and drummer/percussionist Alex Neilson
Alex Neilson
Alex Neilson is an English drummer, percussionist and singer who is currently based in Glasgow but grew up in Leeds. He has performed alongside a large number of bands and artists including Lucky Luke, The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden, Ashtray Navigations, Alastair Galbraith, Isobel Campbell,...
who accents the music with chimes and echoing percussion. It was recorded live at the Center for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow, Scotland on May 23, 2005 and features a prelude and nine parts to a single song, "The Cell".
The music has classical elements, and can be called "meditative." It is also devoid of the dissonance associated with most Corwood albums, with Jandek's piano playing being compared to Erik Satie
Erik Satie
Éric Alfred Leslie Satie was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde...
and his speak/singing staying in a mellow timbre that never moves into his atonal wail. The lyrics make references to mitochondria, "streaming into the desert", work, health, heroes, the occult (which he doesn't battle), and "possibility", continually circling back to the same question that begins and ends the album - "What do I have?".
Disc one
- Prelude – 5:12
- Part One – 10:26
- Part Two – 8:25
- Part Three – 11:04
- Part Four – 9:15
Disc two
- Part Five – 7:40
- Part Six – 6:21
- Part Seven – 7:51
- Part Eight – 6:29
- Part Nine – 12:10