Browse by Artist: LUNCH, LYDIA

Artist:	LUNCH, LYDIA
Title:	8-EYED SPY
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 075CD

First CD issue of the long unavailable album and single originally on UK Fetish around the beginning of the 80s (plus unreleased material) by Lydia's most accessible musical ensemble. "8-Eyed Spy was developed by Lydia after the release of her landmark solo album, Queen Of Siam; the Spy were a sweaty, hot & heady concoction of unique rhythm section play (led by the legendary George Scott III) and frantic patchwork of sax/gtr blur. 8-Eyed Spy played a plethora of live gigs and were hugely popular, blending the visceral, the cerebral and the sexual: swamp-meets-slam-meets concrete slab."

Artist:	LUNCH, LYDIA
Title:	Smoke in the Shadows
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ALP 157CD

"New studio recordings from the Queen of Siam! Most decidedly flavored in her hard-boiled, post-mod Raymond Chandler style, but running an eclectic gamut -- with assistance channelling beats, diseased invectives, word projectiles & twisted cabaret noir and beyond from the Anubian Lights production team. Smoke in the Shadows delivers serious 'Night Music', featuring performances & contributions by Nels &Alex Cline, Carla Bozulich, Vinny Golia, Terry Edwards & NYC avatar Adele Bertei."

Artist:	LUNCH, LYDIA
Title:	Willing Victim
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	DVD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	ALP 4436DVD

"No other artist of the 20th century has fought, forged, punched, and sculpted her own artistic vision in such a uniquely original way. Defying categorization, Lydia Lunch actively has conquered new territories, and has gained international recognition for the innovative quality of her work. She returns on this DVD with her band -- an all-star five piece that includes members of Wilco, Swans, Godflesh, Foetus and Unsane. Together they produce an ambient mood piece that over five movements devolves into a chaotic free jazz apocalypse Willing Victim is a document of a 2003 concert in Graz, Austria, in which the audience plays the whipping boy to Lunch's scathing catharsis, including reworked renditions of Lunch favorites stretching back to the Teenage Jesus years."

Artist:	LUNCH, LYDIA
Title:	Video Hysterie: 1978-2006
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	DVD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ALP 4550DVD

"Video Hysterie offers a thorough & sublime retrospective of Lydia Lunch's musical collaborations from 1976-2001 and is an incredible representation of her approach to art. Hailed by the Boston Phoenix as 'one of the 10 most influential performers of the '90s,' no other artist of the 20th century has fought, forged, punched, and sculpted their own artistic vision in such a uniquely original way. Defying categorization, Lunch actively has conquered new territories, and has gained international recognition for the innovative quality of her work. Robert Palmer from The New York Times writes 'Miss Lunch was always an effective vocal performer. But rock has grown complacent again -- even the underground rock that has borrowed so much from Miss Lunch's various bands over the years. Perhaps it's time for her to administer it a few more rude shocks.'" Dolby Digital; Region 0, NTSC; 5.1 Surround Sound; Running time, approx. 80 mins. Most notably features 6 tracks of the original Teenage Jesus, live at Max's Kansas City from 1978; six tracks of 8 Eyed Spy live from Hurrahs, 1980.

Artist:	LUNCH, LYDIA
Title:	Queen Of Siam
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ALP 501CD

"Queen of Siam, Lydia Lunch's solo debut, was originally recorded in 1980. Featuring the noted talents of guitarist Robert Quine (Lou Reed, the Voidoids), multi-instrumentalist Pat Irwin (B-52's, Eight Eyed Spy), and the big band sound orchestra of Billy VerPlack (of Flintstones theme fame), the work proved to be a slap in the face to those critics awaiting a new Teenage Jesus-type of album from Lunch. Dirty, sophisticated, literary and raw, the album is today seen as the jewel in the crown of the no wave underground movement. Lunch created a sensual and hard-hitting musical landscape that startled even the most hardened of critics. After being out of print for years, Lunch's masterpiece returns with the original LP cover 'breasts of nails' pic for the first time on CD. Enhanced features on the disc include a live video performance of 'Knives in the Drain,' recorded live in London in 2004. Also included is a rare video of 'Gloomy Sunday' directed by Linda Di Franco, filmed in 1980."

Artist:	LUNCH, LYDIA
Title:	Master Alchemist
Label:	ECHOISM (NETHERLANDS)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	ECHOISM 004EP

"For the next release on Echoism Recordings we have chosen to mix some of our favorite artists which we have worked with in the last few years and have influenced us greatly. Choosing a more underground and daring concept we've asked electronica wizards Solvent & Jori Hulkkonen to produce their interpretation of Lydia Lunch's 'Master Alchemist.' Lydia Lunch must be one of our favorite all time artists. An artist who defies every categorization through conquering new territories and gaining international recognition for the innovative quality of her work. With Echoism004 we have chosen two electronic artists with encyclopedentical understanding of electronic music and Lydia Lynch to interpret and produce the soundtrack for the hypnotic master alchemist. Solvent has created his own unique version of electro-pop: too elegant and sincere for the electroclash set, too complex and contemporary to sound like it was recorded in 1981, and too seeped in the time-honored traditions of melody, songwriting and hands-on synthesis to be lost in the overcrowded world of IDM. Along with some notable remixes for Soft Cell, Alter Ego, and Adult., Solvent has also contributed standout tracks to several influential electronica compilations in recent years, including Putting The Morr Back In Morrissey (Morr Music), Disco Nouveau (Ghostly International), and Misery Loves Company (Ersatz Audio). Zyntherius (born 1973) hails from the northern town of Kemi, Finland. Raised up around the Arctic circle, below freezing point and under the influence of a cocktail of synthpop and early electro, house and techno handily available from the Swedish radio, Jori quickly developed a taste, and more importantly, a passion for electronic music."

Artist:	LUNCH, LYDIA
Title:	Smoke In the Shadows
Label:	MULE MUSIQ (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	MUSIQ 010EP

"Lydia Lunch has sculpted a truly original, multi-faceted artistic vision. On the map at age 16 as primal screamer and guitar guerrilla for the seminal 'no-wave' band Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Lydia Lunch has also been active as a spoken word performer, actress, filmmaker, novelist, and creator of confrontational artwork. Her novel Paradoxia: A Predator's Diary was published by Creation Books and translated into six languages. Recently she contributed her vision to the film Shadow Hours, music to The Blair Witch Project, and a heart-stopping rendition of the Tom Waits classic 'Heart Attack & Vine' for a tribute album released by Manifesto Records. She is currently working on her new project entitled Johnny Behind the Deuce as well as touring with her production of Real Pornography. On this hip 4-tracker, Lydia Lunch's sharp lyrical artistry is embedded in dense experimental jazz and wave sound textures. Truly intensive listening!"

Artist:	LUNCH, LYDIA
Title:	Big Sexy Noise
Label:	SARTORIAL (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$20.50
Catalog #:	FIT 039LP

"Lydia Lunch has collaborated with Terry Edwards, James Johnston and Ian White in a variety of musical guises for the last ten years. From Hangover Hotel and Smoke in the Shadows to the most recent multimedia performances of Real Pornography and The Ghosts of Spain, the three rabble rousers from Gallon Drunk have, in a series of ever morphing configurations, collaborated with Lydia in creating psycho-ambient soundscapes in the service of propelling forth spoken word exorcisms in her decades-long prophecies of societal collapse, moral bankruptcy, and global corruption."

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