City of Refuge

by John Fahey

City of Refuge cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 February 1997
  • Label: Tim/Kerr Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:05:17
  • Community rating: 3.51/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

John Fahey violently deconstructs his American Primitivism style, embracing avant-garde noise and musique concr猫te tape loops. The result is a startlingly harsh, urban-sounding album driven largely by abrasive free improvisation.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, Folk, improvisation, avant-garde, experimental, acoustic, guitars, dissonant, deconstructed

Tracklist

  1. Fanfare (5:17)
  2. The Mill Pond (3:51)
  3. Chelsey Silver, Please Come Home (4:31)
  4. City Of Refuge I (20:37)
  5. City Of Refuge III (6:30)
  6. Hope Slumbers Eternal (5:04)
  7. On The Death And Disembowelment Of The New Age (19:27)

Credits

  • John Fahey - primary artist, guitar, written-by
  • Christopher Douglas - artwork
  • John Pearse - strings

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