artist: Diane Cluck
title: Macy's Day Bird/Black With Green Leaves
catalog number: imprec078
format: double cd
This deluxe double cd, priced the same as a single disc, pairs up Diane
Cluck's 2nd full length album Macy's Day Bird with the ep titled
Black With Green Leaves. Both were originally was released by Diane
in an elaborate tiny handmade edtions. These are arguably Diane's most
compelling, immediate and striking records and it was these two recordings
that originally caught the ear of Important Records in 2001.
Macy's Day Bird/Black With Green Leaves is highly recommended to
Diane's many new fans who picked up on her after the release of Oh
Vanille/Ova Nil in early 2005. The attentive listener will find her
hauntingly clear voice weaving melodies of love, pain and city life through
sparse arrangements of piano, acoustic guitar and harmonium. This material
is newly restored/mastered by James Fei.
Oh Vanille/Ova Nil was recently given the status of No. 2 US Underground
album of 2005 by the UK's esteemed Mojo Magazine.
"i made these albums a few years ago for myself and friends about
myself and friends.
to me they're total fidelity recordings-- true documents of how i felt
/ what i experienced
in a particular time and place there. have been suggestions that i rerecord
to make the songs sound some version of more appealing...
but i'd rather keep flowing / playing in the moment things come out right
the first time
even if they are hard to look at / hear in that form those tend to be
the forms
which teach me the most about myself / the world...don't apologize for
yrself !
be a mess...be whatever...
these songs were important for me to make & record if they're useful
/ helpful to other people
i'm glad about that !" - Diane Cluck
- This is the material that got Diane "signed" to Important
Records.
- This double cd is housed in a deluxe gatefold cardboard sleeve of the
highest quality and priced modestly as a single cd
- Diane's previous album on Important was met with much acclaim and Mojo
magazine elected it underground album of the month who also ranked it
in their top 10 underground albums of 2005
- Diane has toured Europe and the United States extensively in
the last few years.
- She appeared alongside Iron & Wine, Vertiver, Joanna Newsom,
Six Organs Of Admittance, White Magic, Matt Valentine, CocoRosie, Vashti
Bunyan and many more on the 2004 Golden Apples Of The Sun compilation
in Arthur Magazine. This collection was called “Essential”
by Mojo Magazine.
- Diane has played with Cocorosie, Devendra Banhart, Genesis
P-Orridge, Kimya Dawson, Herman-Dune, Barry Bliss, Jeffrey Lewis and
many more.