#MeetTheCousins: Claude Cahn
We are introducing the people involved in the making of the ballad collection “Where Have You Been”, recorded by The Vengeful Cousins: claudecahn.bandcamp.com/album/where-have-you-been
Today: Claude Cahn
Claude Cahn is the Evil Genius behind #WhereHaveYouBeen
Read his thoughts about the record, as well as the background to making it, here: storage.googleapis.com/wzukusers/user-13151024/documents/18b8748a08aa4fe5ac4ba362e7138d53/Where%2...
Read his biography here: www.claudecahn.net/bio
On #WhereHaveYouBeen, Cousin Claude plays guitar, mandolin, fiddle and percussion, and he sings.
You can hear him on the album’s title track: claudecahn.bandcamp.com/album/where-have-you-been
… as well as on this video, done by casiopea.mx: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvgQYKBl9uk
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#WhereHaveYouBeen is available for streaming on Spotify, Deezer, Amazon Music, Soundcloud and Tidal: orcd.co/r98rd3p
BUT, IF YOU WANT THE MUSICIANS TO GET PAID, then buy #WhereHaveYouBeen on Bandcamp: claudecahn.bandcamp.com/album/where-have-you-been
Friday, March 3 is BANDCAMP FRIDAY. On Bandcamp Fridays, 100% of the proceeds of the sales of purchases on Bandcamp go to the musicians. Do not miss this opportunity to support the music economy!
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Day 8 of #MeetTheCousins: Marcus Fister
We are introducing the people involved in the making of the ballad collection “Where Have You Been”, recorded by The Vengeful Cousins: claudecahn.bandcamp.com/album/where-have-you-been
Today, the force behind the mixing desk: Cousin Marcus
Marcus started off in punk and improvisational bands in Australia. He then moved to Berlin where he continued playing in bands including Naklada, Bruno Adams and the Lost Weekenders, Strip Me Naked, The Methylated Spirits and others. He also got involved live mixing in concert venues. Returning to Australia for some years, Marcus undertook audio production studies at Sydney technical college before once more returning to Berlin to perform in bands, live mix, as well as undertake further recording and mixing outside of the live venue environment. Today, he is a mainstay of the Berlin alternative music scene.
Around half of the material on #WhereHaveYouBeen was recorded in Marcus’s studio. He also mixed significant amounts of the materials recorded elsewhere, and mastered the final package of recordings to bring some degree of unity of sound to the record as a whole. Marcus himself thinks it is odd to profile the sound guy, but we know better: this record would be nowhere without Cousin Marcus.
REMINDER: Friday, March 3 is BANDCAMP FRIDAY ( daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-fridays-update ). On Bandcamp Fridays, 100% of the proceeds of the sales of purchases on Bandcamp go to the musicians. Do not miss this opportunity to support the music economy! claudecahn.bandcamp.com/album/where-have-you-been
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Day 7 of #MeetTheCousins: Laura Kamp and Tony Rose
In the days following the release of the ballad collection “Where Have You Been”, recorded by The Vengeful Cousins, we are introducing the people involved in this remarkable project.
Today we meet Laura Kamp and Tony Rose, who contributed “When the Roses Bloom Again”, an early 20th century ballad by Will Cobb and Gus Edwards: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7fr2juMWWw
Laura grew up in rural Arkansas, USA, where she played piano, saxophone, and was a fledgling guitarist. After moving to Memphis, Tennessee for college, she fell hard for the local garage punk scene that thrived behind the sceptres of Elvis, the Memphis Sound, and the Blues. It wasn’t until moving to Prague, Czech Republic that she took up the banjo and started singing the old time and country music that she grew up with. In the words of Thomas Wolfe, “you can’t go home again,” but you sure can play the music. Laura currently sings and plays banjo in Prague-based Rodeo Queen. Find their music at www.youtube.com/@rodeoqueen and www.facebook.com/RodeoQueenUSA
Tony is one of the great songwriters of his generation. You can enjoy a sample of some of his material here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBB75HORPTs and here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjDKaox12gc. His most recent disc Medicine Tunes (2018) ( portsofcallmusic.com/albums/medicine-tunes/ ) is available on #PortsofCallMusic, as is a tribute album to his music by various artists: portsofcallmusic.com/albums/roll-high-roll-good/. Tony is a veteran of bands including the Purple Rizla Experience, the Oul Bog Warriors from Hell, Impure Thoughts, Two Dollar Bash and the Band of Jakeys. Originally from Scotland, Tony lives and makes music in Prague.
The video for "When the Roses Bloom Again" was made by the Baltimore, USA, artist Landis Expandis: www.landisexpandis.com/bio
If you like #WhereHaveYouBeen, please buy it at: claudecahn.bandcamp.com/album/where-have-you-been.
Via Bandcamp, around 80% of the proceeds go to the musicians, as opposed to platforms such as Spotify, where almost none does. You can make a valuable contribution to restoring the musical economy.
AND: If you buy #WhereHaveYouBeen on Bandcamp on Friday, March 3, 100% OF THE PROCEEDS GO TO THE MUSICIANS. So now is the time (or, rather, Friday is).
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Day 6 of #MeetTheCousins: Joe Armstrong
Introducing the musicians of the Ballad collection “Where Have You Been”, recorded by The Vengeful Cousins, available at: claudecahn.bandcamp.com/album/where-have-you-been
A very special word is reserved for the contribution of brother Joe Armstrong to the making of #WhereHaveYouBeen. Joe threw himself into the making of this record from the get-go. He plays on over half of the tracks, and he contributes some of its highest and most intense moments. He plays, variously, electric, acoustic and bass guitar, as well as percussion. His backing vocals are scattered across the record.
Joe also dwelled on the idea of Where Have You Been as a project and offered multiple ballads to the project, some of them intensely personal. For a start into this material, try checking out claudecahn.bandcamp.com/track/jukebox-jed, a ballad by Bill Hangley, Jr.
For the video of “I Wish I Was in Glasgow”, filmmaker Anna Diath arranged paintings of Glasgow by Joe’s father, the Glasgow painter Anthony Armstrong, depicting the life of the city:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgZciGX5LfY
Outside his life as Vengeful Cousin, Joe is a working musician in Berlin, including in the bands The Jolie Blondes and The Strange Encounters: www.facebook.com/TheStrangeEncountersMusic/?locale=de_DE . His career includes legendary groups including the Purple Rizla Experience, The Oul Bog Warriors from Hell, Impure Thoughts, Two Dollar Bash, the Methylated Spirits and Nikki Sudden and the Last Bandits. He is currently working on his second solo album, a sequel to the 2016 release New Planet:
www.discogs.com/release/8638976-Joe-Armstrong-New-Planet
If you like #WhereHaveYouBeen, please buy it. Via Bandcamp, around 80% of the proceeds go to the musicians, as opposed to platforms such as Spotify, where almost none does. You can make a valuable contribution to restoring the musical economy.
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