Huffin' Rag Blues [Digipak]

Performer: Nurse with Wound
Distributor: Revolver USA Distribution

Notes: Nurse with Wound: Matt Waldron (vocals, guitar, horns, percussion); Freida Abtan, Lynn Jackson (vocals); Colin Potter, Andrew Liles, Steve Stapleton. Personnel: Diana Rogerson, Suzi Firenza, R.K. Faulhaber, Melon Liles (vocals); Petr Vastl (flute, gong); Alasdair Willis (saxophone); Taundewei L. Hodge (horns); Peat Bog (bass instrument, percussion); Maude Swift. Since the late-`70s, veteran British experimental musician Steven Stapleton has released his mysterious productions under the surreal moniker Nurse with Wound. In the interim, Stapleton has put his wry, dark twist on nearly every music genre imaginable, from Spike Jones-styled satire to meditative ritual music. HUFFIN' RAG BLUES visits the kitschy world of `50s exotica and lounge music. Juxtaposing ersatz jazz and swing sounds against ominous voiceovers and dark atmospheres, Stapleton showcases his mastery of transforming the commonplace into something strange and unfamiliar.

Alternative Press (p.162) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Stapleton mutates lounge music to his own demented ends....'Groove Grease (Hot Catz)' with its suave Hammond B-3 organ and cool shimmer of vibes could even be homage to Blue Note-style soul jazz." The Wire (p.55) - "There's a rocking horse simplicity to the slow funk of some of these tracks.....The actual provenance and trajectory of the music remains engagingly enigmatic."

While Nurse With Wound, primarily a vehicle for musician/artist Steven Stapleton, is generally lumped in with the industrial-music movement, there is far more to the unit than one simple genre tag. Formed in the late 1970s, the project came under Stapleton's complete control a few years after its launch. Nurse With Wound certainly contains its fair share of industrial clatter, yet Stapleton also looks to classic pop, folk, jazz, and experimental composition for musical inspiration. He has collaborated with numerous high-profile underground figures, most frequently kindred spirit David Tibet of Current 93. After a 20-year break from live performance, Nurse With Wound appeared at Thurston Moore's Nightmare Before Christmas ATP festival in 2006.

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