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Dreamland
Cuneiform Records 2008
Dreamland, the second full-length studio album by Beat Circus, produced by the legendary Martin Bisi (Sonic Youth, Foetus, The Dresden Dolls, Swans), is a uniquely fierce and magical record composed by singer/songwriter Brian Carpenter, who sings dark narrative songs of Deadwood saloons, gangsters from the Bowery, Coney Island sideshows, and the Santa Fe Railway. Based on historical events associated with turn-of-the-century Coney Island, Dreamland is the culmination of a two-year effort by Beat Circus and marks the first installment of Brian Carpenter's Weird American Gothic trilogy. Carpenter leads a 9-piece band featuring tubist Ron Caswell (Slavic Soul Party), cellist Julia Kent (Antony & the Johnsons), trombonist Curtis Hasselbring (Golem), saxophonist Briggan Krauss (Sex Mob), accordionist Alec K. Redfearn and drummer Matt McLaren (The Eyesores), and violinist Kaethe Hostetter. Dreamland was produced by legendary NY producer Martin Bisi (Sonic Youth, Foetus, John Zorn, Swans, The Dresden Dolls). Included is a beautiful 12-page, full-color booklet with historical images courtesy of the Coney Island Museum. Cover illustration by Brian Dewan.
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Ringleaders Revolt
Innova Records 2004
Recorded in August 2003 after a summer-long
residency and mixed by Danny Blume of Good&Evil Studios, Ringleaders
Revolt rolls through a few gin-soaked versions of music from the 1920s,
including Kurt Weill's "Mandalay Song" and American circus music
composer Karl King's "Triumphal March". The rest is a Fellini-esque
fiction of the past, a crazy burlesque circus spun out of control featuring
the formidable first incarnation of Beat Circus. Cover illustration by David
Goldin.
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