Mar 2, 2012

Lee Ranaldo - Between the Times & the Tides ( 2012)

...ALBUM OF THE MONTH...
Explosions in the city, explosions deep in me
Someone in the crowd has me falling at her feet
These days are so uncommon flashing lights and siren’s calls
These days I’m trying hard to keep from falling off the wall
 
Member of Sonic Youth, now in 30th year; visual artist, writer, producer etc. Recent live performances with partner Leah Singer, sight unseen, have been large scale, multi projection quadraphonic sound+light events, w Lee performing suspended guitar phenomena. A solo record of songs was completed this summer and slated for realease early in 2012, with band contributions from Steve Shelley, Nels Cline, John Medeski, Alan Licht, Irwin Menken, Jim O’Rourke, Kathy Leiesen and Bob Bert.
Sonic Youthʼs most recent recording: Simon Werner a Desparu, a film soundtrack [SYR9, 2011].
Leeʼs drawings, prints and videos have been on view this year in gallery and museum shows in places such as Bratislava Slovakia, Auckland New Zealand, Salt Lake City Utah and in Brooklyn and Manhattan, NYC.




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