glenrobinson
Owen's done a great job of covering Washington Phillips. The songs are wonderful, especially Mother's Last Word To Her Son.
Favorite track: Mother's Last Word To Her Son.
Joshua James Amberson
There could be no better tribute to the otherworldly music of Washington Phillips than these out of time, Stephen Foster-with-a-drum-machine reinventions.
Favorite track: Mother's Last Word To Her Son.
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CD released by Caldo Verde Records. Disc is packaged in a shrinkwrapped miniature LP jacket with original artwork by Owen Ashworth
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Black vinyl 7"
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High quality black vinyl 7"s packaged in extra heavyweight mini-LP jackets with original artwork by Owen Ashworth
Please note that only the first four tracks appear on the vinyl. "I Had A Good Father & Mother" & "What A Friend We Have in Jesus" are only available on your included digital download.
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Following the critically acclaimed debut album, A Shut-In’s Prayer (#19 on MOJO Magazine’s Best Albums of 2012 list), Advance Base returns with a tribute to early 20th century Texas street preacher, singer, songwriter & musical innovator Washington Phillips entitled The World Is In A Bad Fix Everywhere.
Washington Phillips only recorded eighteen songs during his short career as a professional recording artist, & only sixteen of those recordings exist today. Mystery surrounds Washington Phillips’ music, as there is no known documentation of how it was made. For many years, it was believed that he performed his songs on a tiny, piano-like instrument called a dolceola, but many scholars now believe that Phillips custom modified two celestaphones (archaic, zither-like instruments), which he played simultaneously in his own special tunings. The strange, angelic sounds of strummed & plucked strings that accompany Washington Phillips’ forlorn spirituals have made him a legendary figure in gospel & outsider music circles.
For The World Is In A Bad Fix Everywhere, Advance Base’s Owen Ashworth has arranged a selection of Washington Phillips’ compositions for autoharp, piano, electric piano, drum machine & voice. Phillips’ unique, beautiful melodies & heartbreaking lyrics are a natural match for Ashworth’s raw, inventive production & doleful singing voice. Performed, recorded & mixed solely by Ashworth at his home in Chicago, Illinois, these tracks stretch the sound of Advance Base in new directions while paying tribute to one of Ashworth’s greatest influences. The World Is In A Bad Fix Everywhere showcases elements of gospel, psychedelia, traditional Americana, alt. country & lo-fi outsider art.
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released June 25, 2013
Autoharp, piano, electric piano, rhythm box, vocals & tape machine by Owen Ashworth
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My god, what an absolutely incredible Suite. I'll admit, I've struggled to get into Pharoah Sanders due to diving headfirst into some of his most challenging catalogue and that never worked. This is the perfect place to restart. Floating Points is new for me and I can honestly say I've never heard synthesizer music this lush and organic before. the LSO is just perfect. This is one of those albums that any serious music fan needs in their life. The perfect swan song for the great Pharaoh! 5/5 ClassyMusicSnob
Dreamy, intimate experimental pop, part of the artist's challenge to herself to write and record a song every single day of the year. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 22, 2017