We People Space with Phantoms
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We People Space with Phantoms is the second album recorded by the Chicago
-based No wave
band, The Scissor Girls
. The album was recorded with the original Scissor Girls lineup, which at the time included, Azita Youssefi on bass guitar and vocal, SueAnne Zollinger on guitar, and Heather Melowic on drums. This was the final recording which included founding member SueAnne Zollinger, who left the band following the album's second recording session due to internal conflicts with band members. The album sat unreleased for two years before the Scissor Girls were able to find a label willing to release the material. Finally, in 1996 the Atatvistic
record label agreed to issue the album. Kurt Kellison of Atavistic then offered the Scissor Girls a chance to record two further albums for the indie label, an offer which Youssefi and Melowic accepted, but which Kuvo declined. []
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
-based No wave
No Wave
No Wave was a short-lived but influential underground music, film, performance art, video, and contemporary art scene that had its beginnings during the mid-1970s in New York City. The term No Wave is in part satirical word play rejecting the commercial elements of the then-popular New Wave genre...
band, The Scissor Girls
The Scissor Girls
The Scissor Girls were a Chicago no wave band formed by Washington D.C. natives Azita Youssefi, Sue Anne Zollinger, and Heather Melowic in 1991. The idea to form the group was conceived during the late eighties by Azita Youssefi and Heather Melowic while they were living in their hometown of...
. The album was recorded with the original Scissor Girls lineup, which at the time included, Azita Youssefi on bass guitar and vocal, SueAnne Zollinger on guitar, and Heather Melowic on drums. This was the final recording which included founding member SueAnne Zollinger, who left the band following the album's second recording session due to internal conflicts with band members. The album sat unreleased for two years before the Scissor Girls were able to find a label willing to release the material. Finally, in 1996 the Atatvistic
Atavistic Records
Atavistic Records is an American rock and jazz record label based in Chicago, Illinois, known particularly for its No Wave and free jazz recordings. It has released albums by Glenn Branca, Nels Cline, Lydia Lunch, Peter Brötzmann, various Ken Vandermark projects, Pinetop Seven, Swans, Elliott...
record label agreed to issue the album. Kurt Kellison of Atavistic then offered the Scissor Girls a chance to record two further albums for the indie label, an offer which Youssefi and Melowic accepted, but which Kuvo declined. []
Track listing
- The Sequential (2:46)
- A Dedication To Cronies And Goats (4:36)
- In Two Acts (6:26)
- Vamps, Here! (3:13)
- Dismemberment Murder (4:16)
- Skeletal/Binary (4:15)
- World Of Unreal Time (3:05
- Forecast Total Brain Shut-Dwn (2:45)
- S. Mongers (2:10)
- Anti-FUT Nos. 1, 2 (5:08)
- Untitled (3:19) []
Album credits
- The Scissor GirlsThe Scissor GirlsThe Scissor Girls were a Chicago no wave band formed by Washington D.C. natives Azita Youssefi, Sue Anne Zollinger, and Heather Melowic in 1991. The idea to form the group was conceived during the late eighties by Azita Youssefi and Heather Melowic while they were living in their hometown of...
- Main Performer - Azita Youssefi - Bass, vocals
- SueAnne Zollinger - Guitar
- Heather Melowic - Drums