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Alien Stories by String Noise on Infrequent Seams Records (the album cover features a detail of an abstract sculpture resembling a clock face by Edwin Bethea; the artists' names and album title are printed in a yellow bar down the right-hand side of the cover; the bar also has diagonal black lines through it)
Packshot of Alien Stories by String Noise on Infrequent Seams Records showing the CD and the cover, with artwork by Edwin Bethea on the front, and the inner panels with photographs of the composers and performers, plus liner notes
Black and white pressshot of Pauline Kim Harris and Conrad Harris of String Noise. The duo sit, both wearing black, looking at each other somewhat sceptically, and on a wooden table in front of them sits a violin on its side; behind them is a plain white background

String Noise - Alien Stories

INFREQUENT SEAMS RECORDS

New York violin duo String Noise (Pauline Kim Harris and Conrad Harris) have seen acclaim for their unique arrangements of pieces from disparate corners of the musical world - from conceptual minimalist treatises by Alvin Lucier, to noise-nik punk songs by the likes of Half Japanese and the Germs. 

On Alien Stories, the duo interpret the work of five contemporary African American composer-performers: Lester St. Louis, Jessie Cox, Jonathan Finlayson, Anaïs Maviel, and Charles Overton. 

 

TRACKLIST: 
  1. Alien Stories (Jessie Cox) 
  2. ARCHIVE01 [Absolute Recoil] (Lester St. Louis) 
  3. La Púyalá Munta (Anaïs Maviel) 
  4. Only Time Will Tell (Charles Overton) 
  5. Yet to Be (Jonathan Finlayson) 

 

  • CD housed in six-panel card sleeve with 4mm spine
  • Includes full liner-notes
  • Features artwork by Edwin Bethea 

 

 

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