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Saturday, June 12, 2010

Christina Carter


For my 100th post, I decided to start a new feature, called Collectionneuse. Something I've always been interested in is people's favorite albums.

I will be asking my friends and people whose work inspires me to contribute. The first of these comes from someone who has been an inspiration to me for years and whose music is constantly evolving and always leaves me breathless: Christina Carter.



















Christina Carter is half of the legendary Charalambides with Tom Carter and Scorces with Heather Leigh. But my favorite work of hers is her own. Through her own imprint, Many Breaths Press, she releases her solo albums, including a beautiful subscription series she started last year which contained a piece of music made directly for the recipient. Christina's releases come beautifully packaged with handmade art and artifacts, but the music is always the best part. Her recent releases include Coupled, Seals, The Light Is Out, As Human As They Sound, and Masque Femine. You can find out more here.

Christina insists these are by no means her favorite albums, but those which she considers formative.

CHRISTINA CARTER'S FORMATIVE ALBUMS

Blasé - ARCHIE SHEPP
Black Woman - SONNY & LINDA SHARROCK
Sunset Glow, 1969 - JULIE DRISCOLL
Surrealistic Pillow - JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
The Psychedlic Sounds Of, Easter Everywhere, Bull Of The Woods - 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
Cheap Thrills - BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY
Liege And Lief - FAIRPORT CONVENTION
Back In The USA - THE MC5
Aftermath, Their Satanic Majesties Request, Beggars Banquet, Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main St - THE ROLLING STONES
Another Side Of, Nashville Skyline, Blood On The Tracks, Desire - BOB DYLAN
Then Play On - FLEETWOOD MAC
Sings - PATTY WATERS
Happy Sad, Blue Afternoon, Lorca - TIM BUCKLEY
White Light/White Heat, The Velvet Underground - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
In Quest of Tense - DREDD FOOLE
Godz 2 - THE GODZ
Tauhid, Thembi - PHAROAH SANDERS
Live Dead - THE GRATEFUL DEAD
Trapdoor Fucking Exit, Harsh 70s Reality - THE DEAD C
5000 Spirits, The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter - THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND
Fly - YOKO ONO
Picking Through The Wreckage With A Stick - JIM SHEPARD
Daydream Nation, NYC Ghosts & Flowers - SONIC YOUTH
Radio Ethiopia - PATTI SMITH
Morse - ALASTAIR GALBRAITH
Put The Music In Its Coffin - THE SHADOW RING
Presque Vu - LESLIE Q
Advent, River Through Howling Sky, Autumn Response - RICHARD YOUNGS
Bo Diddley - BO DIDDLEY
In Pittsburgh, Rooms, Come Night - LOREN MAZZACANE CONNORS
Mauve Sideshow, Meet Me In The Wasteland - MAUVE SIDESHOW

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