THE GOLDEN PALOMINOS

THE GOLDEN PALOMINOS

  1/  Clean Plate                                (Fier,Lindsay)                6.28
  2/  Hot Seat                                   (Fier,Miller,Noyes)           5.14
  3/  Under The Cap                              (Fier,Lindsay)                5.33
  4/  Monday Night                               (Fier,Lindsay)                6.31
  5/  Cookout                                    (Fier)                        4.38
  6/  I.D.                                       (Fier,Lindsay)                6.45
  7/  Two Sided Fist                             (Fier,Lindsay,Frith)          7.45

          Recorded at Radio City Music Hall Studio and OAO Studio, New York, 1983
          Engineered by Martin Bisi and Don Hunerberg
          Mixed by Martin Bisi, Bill Laswell and Anton Fier at OAO Studio, Brooklyn
            and RPM Studio, NYC
          Assistant at RPM: Mike Krowiak
          Produced by Bill Laswell and Anton Fier
          Associate Producers: Martin Bisi and Arto Lindsay
          Executive Producers: Karakos and Roger Trilling
Anton Fier: drums, percussion (1,2,4,6), DMX (2,4,5); Arto Lindsay: vocals (1,3,4,6,7), guitar (2,3,4,6); Fred Frith: guitar (1,6,7), violin (1,7); Bill Laswell: prepared fretless bass (1), 6 string bass (1), 4 and 8 string basses (2,7), shortwave (2), Steinberger bass (3,5), slide bass (3), fretless bass (4,6), piano strings (5), turntables (5); Jamaaladeen Tacuma: Steinberger bass (1,7); David Moss: non rhythmic percussion (1,7), Bertoia sound sculptures (3); John Zorn (1,2,3,4,6,7): alto saxophone, clarinets, game calls; M.E. Miller: vocals (2), turntables (2,4); Michael Beinhorn : treatments (1), DMX bass drum (1), piano (5); Nicky Skopelitis: guitar (4,6); Thi-Linh Le: vocals (4); Roger Trilling: records (5).

          1983  -  OAO/Celluloid (France),  CEL  6662 (Vinyl)
          1983  -  OAO/Celluloid (USA), CELL 5002 (Vinyl)
          1983  -  OAO/Celluloid (USA),  CELD  5002 (CD)
          1983  -  OAO/Celluloid (USA), CELCD 5002 (CD)
          1984  -  OAO Records (UK), 001 (Vinyl)
          1992  -  Jimco Records (Japan),  JICK-89055 (CD)

REVIEWS :

The first effort from Anton Fier's revolving-door band is the record which most reflects the group's downtown New York origins. Recalling the avant-funk of Material, The Golden Palominos spotlights a core roster of Fier, guitarists Arto Lindsay and Fred Frith, bassist Bill Laswell, and multi-instrumentalist John Zorn; the music is wildly experimental, incorporating turntables and other hip-hop staples (a rather adventurous notion back in 1983) as well as other oddball ideas (clarinets played underwater and the like) which miss the mark as often as they hit, but make for fascinating listening nevertheless.

3 stars out of 5

Jason Ankeny (courtesy of the All Music Guide website)