Text Of Light

Incredible 3 CD set from "Text of Light". This is the project of Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, with Alan Licht, William Hooker, Christian Marclay, Tim Barnes, Ulrich Kreiger and DJ Olive.

They perform live to a backdrop of Stan Brakhage films, and no set is ever the same.

Metal Box 3 CD

Track Listing

CD1:

052901 Tonic 5/4/6 (12:18)
052901 Tonic 1 (14:06)
052901 Tonic 7 (6:19)
052901 Tonic 2 (7:04)
052901 Tonic 8 (7:44)
052901 Tonic 3 (17:16) First Text of Light show--early set Alan Licht/ Lee Ranaldo/ Ulrich Krieger/ Christian Marclay/ William Hooker

CD2:

052405 Bruxelles 1 (11:20) PP Cafe Alan Licht/ Lee Ranaldo/ Ulrich Krieger/ Tim Barnes
052402 Echo 1 (2:33) Alan Licht/ Lee Ranaldo/ Ulrich Krieger/ DJ Olive/ Christian Marclay
James Joyce: Chamber Music (Stenza XII) (4:40) Text of Light with The Digger Choir Alan Licht/ Lee Ranaldo/ Ulrich Krieger with The Digger Choir under the direction of Alan Licht
052402 ECHO 3+2 (5:14) Alan Licht/ Lee Ranaldo/ Ulrich Krieger/ DJ Olive/ Christian Marclay
040103 Berlin 1 (15:07) Podewil Alan Licht/ Lee Ranaldo/ Ulrich Krieger/ DJ Olive/ Tim Barnes


CD3

121104 Dundee (58:07) Kill Your Timid Notion Festival, Scotland Alan Licht/ Lee Ranaldo/ Ulrich Krieger/ Tim Barnes. Text of Light: Alan Licht—guitar Lee Ranaldo--guitar, small devices Ulrich Krieger--tenor saxophone, sax-tronics Christian Marclay—turntables William Hooker—drums DJ Olive—turntables Tim Barnes--drums, gong, percussion, electronics