The Bon Voyage recordings sound far more mature than the band’s earlier music

the definitive edition remastered from the original tapes

Stand Der Dinge is another band emerging from the scene of my hometown Gießen

and just using the lyrics as a way to have continuity

During apartheid times we made people laugh and dance when things weren’t looking good

ARTHUR RUSSELL - Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out (Live 12/20/85) DLP Dub The Bon Voyage recordings soundSome of it sounds so pure and clear and I am picturing him huddled around all that gear, simply magical. In my memory he didnt play for the audience but was rather trying to perfect these various permutations of sound within himselfand a few of us just happened to be present. Tom Lee "Open Vocal Phrases, Where Songs Come in And Out" offers an intimate unedited Arthur Russell solo live performance recorded at Phill Niblocks Experimental Intermedia