Turn (The Ex album)
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Turn is a double album
by Dutch
anarchist post-punk
band The Ex. After 20 years of working with Luc, their former bass guitar
ist, Turn is the only Ex album to feature double bass
player Rosemarie giving the band a sound akin their prior work with cellist Tom Cora
. In tandem with The Ex's drummer Katrin, Rosemarie also contributed significant female vocal harmonies to the album.
On Turn, The Ex also displayed their love and interpretations of African rhythms and melodies. On "Theme From Konono" The Ex's guitars imitate amplified thumb piano
s in a tribute to the infectious rhythm of Congo
lese percussion group Konono Nº 1 who had toured Europe with The Ex. "Getatchew" pays tribute to Ethiopian Saxophone legend Getatchew Mekuria with whom The Ex would later record an album
. Turn also features The Ex playing the Eritrean revolutionary song "Huriyet" set to a traditional Tigrinya beat.
Turn was recorded by Steve Albini
at Electrical Audio
, Chicago
, and mixed by Mikel Le Roy and The Ex at Studio Le Roy, Amsterdam
, Netherlands
.
Double album
A double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs....
by Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
anarchist post-punk
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
band The Ex. After 20 years of working with Luc, their former bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
ist, Turn is the only Ex album to feature double bass
Double bass
The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
player Rosemarie giving the band a sound akin their prior work with cellist Tom Cora
Tom Cora
Thomas Henry Corra , better known as Tom Cora, was a United States cellist and composer, best known for his improvisational performances in the field of experimental jazz and rock...
. In tandem with The Ex's drummer Katrin, Rosemarie also contributed significant female vocal harmonies to the album.
On Turn, The Ex also displayed their love and interpretations of African rhythms and melodies. On "Theme From Konono" The Ex's guitars imitate amplified thumb piano
Thumb piano
The thumb piano is an African musical instrument, a type of plucked idiophone common throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.-Description:Each note of a kalimba, mbira, etc. is a separate idiophone, and in orchestral terms, the instrument as a whole belongs in the bar percussion family...
s in a tribute to the infectious rhythm of Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
lese percussion group Konono Nº 1 who had toured Europe with The Ex. "Getatchew" pays tribute to Ethiopian Saxophone legend Getatchew Mekuria with whom The Ex would later record an album
Moa Anbessa
Moa Anbessa is an album by Ethiopian saxophonist Getatchew Mekuria with Dutch post-punk band The Ex and guests, released in 2006 on The Ex's subsidiary label Terp. The project came together on the heels of The Ex's previous studio album Turn, which incorporated elements of Eritrean and Congolese...
. Turn also features The Ex playing the Eritrean revolutionary song "Huriyet" set to a traditional Tigrinya beat.
Turn was recorded by Steve Albini
Steve Albini
Steven Frank Albini is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman, and Flour, and is currently a member of Shellac...
at Electrical Audio
Electrical Audio
Electrical Audio is a recording facility founded in Chicago, Illinois by musician and recording engineer Steve Albini in 1997. Hundreds of independent music projects have been recorded there....
, Chicago
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...
, and mixed by Mikel Le Roy and The Ex at Studio Le Roy, Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
.
Disc one
- "Listen To The Painters" - 4:13
- "Prism Song" - 5:51
- "Dog Tree" - 6:28
- "Getatchew" - 5:05
- "The Pie" - 8:46
- "3:45 AM" - 5:26
- "IP Man" - 8:27
Disc two
- "Theme From Konono" - 8:24
- "Huriyet" - 5:11
- "Sister" - 6:24
- "Confusion Errorist" - 4:49
- "The Idunno Law" - 5:11
- "Henry K" - 4:59
- "In The Event" - 7:42
Personnel
- Katrin (drums, vocals)
- Terrie (guitar)
- Andy (guitar)
- Rozemarie (acoustic bass, vocals)
- G.W. Sok (vocals)