*DENIO MAGNETO/DISCOGRAPHY*


Denio in Prague with (EC) Nudes, 1994


*da Ordinare*

Listen & purchase these releases thru CD Baby:

Amy Denio & Petunia
To Lie Tenderly (2000)
AMY DENIO & PETUNIA: To Lie Tenderly
Music for David Dorfman Dance
Recorded during our run at the Next Wave 2000 series
at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
Performed also in Tuscon & Durham & beyond.
Amy Denio (el. guitar, accordion, voice); With Hahn Rowe (violin);
Jesse Manno (saz, bass); David Dorfman (keyboards, baritone sax);
Tobias Ralph (drums).


Amy Denio
No Bones (1986)
AMY DENIO: No Bones
Direct from cassette!
First official solo Denio Spoot release, Fall 1986.
Tascam 244 4-track & a bunch of instruments & sound-making stuff.


Amy Denio
Never Too Old To Pop A Hole (1988)
AMY DENIO: Never Too Old To Pop A Hole
Direct from cassette!
1988 release with vocals (No Elevators being the instrumental release)
Toy pianos and plungers and regular instruments too.


Amy Denio
Birthing Chair Blues (1991)
AMY DENIO: Birthing Chair Blues
Historic first CD, issued on Knitting Factory in 1991.
Upgrade to Tascam 644 MIDI studio, recorded mostly in Madrona one February.
Gulf War was on, and I was smitten by someone (but not smitted, inspiration for lots of time in the studio warding off youthful heartbreak).


Tiptons Sax Quartet
Drive (2005)
TIPTONS SAX QUARTET & DRUMS: Drive
Recorded & mixed in 3 days during Hurricane Katrina.
Luckily, we were in Seattle at Jupiter Studios
Jessica Lurie, Tina Richerson, Tobi Stone, Libetz Pupo-Walker & myself
Artis the Spoonman guests on Gemini Rising, a NOLA 2nd line song.


Tiptons Sax Quartet
Tsunami (2004)
THE TIPTONS: Tsunami
Recorded & mixed in 3 days chez Aleph Studios with Randal Dunn.
Mastered by Mell Dettmer. One of the loveliest collections of our songs.
Jessica Lurie, Sue Orfield, Tobi Stone, Libetz Pupo-Walker & myself


Tone Dogs
Ankety Low Day (1990)
TONE DOGS: Ankety Low Day
Fred Chalenor had free recording studio time & invited me down to Newburg OR.
We had fun preparing, and it was heaven in the studio. The Grammy Office left me a message asking for a copy (distribution was never that good), because ALD had been nominated as best new recording. I thought it was a joke phone message.
Recorded under the magic hands of engineer Drew Canulette, with Matt Cameron,
Fred Frith, Hans Reichel, Courtney von Drehle, and Bob Bain.

*Catologo Spoot - Colonne Sonore*

I travel a lot, so please allow 2-4 weeks for delivery.

Amy Denio: sub-ROSA (CD-R) ($8)
Soundtrack for Cheronne Wong's new multi-media modern dance composition, inspired by numbers stations, surveillance, and decryption.
Electric guitar, baritone guitar, bass, clarinet, accordion, voice, drums and field recordings from Sicily, Toscana, Umbria, Taipei County Taiwan, and Seattle.

Derek Bailey/AD/Dennis Palmer: The Gospel Record (CD) ($10)
c&p 2005 Levi Recordings, Chattanooga, Tennessee

When the Shaking Ray Levis were but youngsters in the deepest Tennessee, they were allowed to watch Saturday morning TV only if they saw a particular religious program with music, hosted by a fabulous Chattanoogan preacher, his radical bouffant-hairstyled wife beaming at his side. The program featured the Stamps, the quartet famous for backing Elvis.
Years later, the Levis found a copy of the hymnal with all those fire-and-brimstone Old Testament-y festaments, and asked Denio to sing 'em. Derek Bailey added his guitar genius, and Dennis Palmer wove everything together with his finest finesse. One of the stranger things you might ever hear.

Amy Denio & Martin Hayes: Vivian Girls (CD-R) ($8)
2004 Spoot Music
Fabulous new soundtrack to Pat Graney's visionary new dance work. Irish fiddler Martin Hayes joins Denio to create a mysteriously beautiful and dark soundscore.

Amy Denio: Folk (CD-R) ($8)
2004 Spoot Music
Music for Kim Root's Dance FOLK at Wesleyan University. Field recordings, baritone guitar, electric guitar, glockenspiel, clarinet, voice, accordion; waltzes, jigs and some slamming dance music courtesia di Mau Mau.
Amy Denio: Nocturnis (CD-R) ($8)
2003 Spoot Music

Denio's fresh interpretation of Bach Cello Suite No.1, rearranged for accordion, glockenspiel, clarinet, and voice. Commissioned by Li Chiao-Ping Dance Company.
Amy Denio: TASOGARE (Twilight) (CD-R) ($8)
Newly produced CD-R, soundtrack for Yoko Murao's dance piece. It premiered in late August, 2001 at the Asian Art Museum, Capitol Hill, Seattle.
The piece began when the sun went below the horizon, ending in complete darkness (bats and shooting stars, the usual Seattle sights). AD: Accordion, voice; Eyvind Kang: viola, effects.
Published by Public Eyesore Records

*Collegamenti*

I played & toured from 1999-2004 in a Bosnian Gypsy-core band Kultur Shock, based in Seattle. Lead singer Gino Yevdjevic (a.k.a. Gino Banana) is from Sarajevo, all his LPs went platinum in Bosnia in the 80's, in his crooner stage. Kultur Shock goes deeper, into the darker crevasses of the soul. Melodies 500 years old, classic poetry, balkan rhythms, and metal. Our newest CD Kultura Diktatura has been getting rave reviews in scandinavian metal mags...
Produced by Billy Gould (ex-Faith No More) for his label Kool Arrow Records.

LESLI DALABA: Timelines
c 2005 Tzadik Records, New York, NY
With Ikue Mori, Zeena Parkins, Carla Kihlstedt, and Amy Denio. Beautiful.

IL PARTO DELLE NUVOLE PESANTI: Il Parto
c 2005 Storie di note, Italy
Il Parto (the birth, nativity) delle nuvole pesanti (of the heavy clouds).
Remember Denio's song Salvatore? The very same Salvatore de Siena plays percussion and left-handed guitar in this band from Calabria, Italy. After 12 years they met again, and Denio's been a guest at various concerts. On 'Il Parto' she sang, played tenor sax and clarinet. Italian folk pop, delightful. Check out 'L'imperatore.'

*Archives*

Tiptons: Tsunami (CD-R) ($10)
2004 Zipa!/Spoot
A rich and exciting recording from the fabulous all-gal saxers!
Recorded in just 2 days, it has a phenomenal live feel, and fantastic playing. With AD, Jessica Lurie, Sue Orfield, Tobi Stone, and Elizabeth Pupo Walker. Artwork by Danijel Zezelj.
Amy Denio: Chickenhawks Ought Not (CD-R) ($8)
2002 Spoot Music

A new recording of solo voice with electronics, beautiful and spacious, rhythmic and humorous.

Pale Nudes: Soul Come Home (CD-R) ($8)
1998 Rec Rec/MakeUp, Zurich Switzerland

The final Pale Nudes recording, this time with the great Jeroen Visser on organ & vocals, Fredi Fluckiger on drums, and Mich, Wadi and Amy. Also available on CD through RecRec.

Pale Nudes: Wise To The Heat (CD-R) ($8)
1995 Rec Rec/MakeUp, Zurich Switzerland

A beautiful recording, mostly acoustic, with Wadi Gysi on guitar, Mich Gerber on bass, Will Dowd on drums, and Denio on accordion and a little saxophone.
I consider it to be my 'pop' record. Also available on CD through RecRec.

Amy Denio: Tongues (CD-R) ($8)
1993 Spoot Music
Denio's 4-track excursions continue, this time documenting songs in her concert repertoire while she was with the Knitting Factory. Every language has a musicality; on this disc you'll hear (her version of) Italian, Czech, Russian, and French, along with Denio's unstoppable vocals. Technical upgrade to Tascam 644.


Tone Dogs: Early Middle Years (CD-R)($8)
(originally on Soleilmoon 1991)
Released after their fateful breakup in 1991 (from a really awful 5th European tour where every day something went radically wrong), a great collection of classics.
Fred Chalenor: guitar, bass, kurzweil, vocals; Amy Denio: bass, guitar, musette, alto sax, vocals; Will Dowd: drums, electronics, vocals.

Tone Dogs: Ankety Low Day (1990 cassette) ($1)
Initiated in August, 1987, released in 1990, and nominated to be nominated for a Grammy for best new recording. (I thought the call from the Grammy office was a prank phone call...). Very special flavour. Matt Cameron: drums, voice; Fred Chalenor: bass, guitar, keyboard, percussion, voice, violin, bowed guitars; Amy Denio: guitar, bass, sax, drums, hubcaps, voice, guitar; Drew Canulette: engineer. With guests Fred Frith, Hans Reichel, Courtney von Drehle, Bob Bain.

Denio's Fantastical Original Cassettes Now on CD!
Amy Denio: No Elevators (CD-R) ($8)
1988 Spoot Music

All instrumental, composed during Denio's glorious reign in the Programming Department the World Headquarters of Muzak. A huge variety of instruments & objects are played on this recording. Includes Denio's early soundtracks for dance, theater and film.

The Entropics: Spagga! (LP) ($15)
1987 Popllama Records

Amy Denio & David Stern, a 4-legged multi-instrumental band recorded this live in Ellensburg, Washington. Engineer: Steve Fisk. A wild multi-instrumental journey from comic books to seasonal affective disorder, humorous but dark!

*Links*

Amy Denio: Greatest Hits (1999) (Unit Circle)
19 luscious and beautiful selections from Denio's vast recording catalogue. Tone Dogs, BTMSQ, Curlew, FoMoFlo, Die Knodel, and solo Denio. Beautiful.

Amy Denio: Tattoo (2001) (Unit Circle)
A Denio soundtrack for dance, encompassing the construction noise outside her studio, her voice, accordion, guitar, bass, water slapping, dancers' footsteps, and field recordings (of found sound).

Amy Denio: TASOGARE (Twilight) (2001) (Public Eyesore)
Beautiful accordion tones and voice, Eyvind Kang on viola; soundtrack for Yoko Murao's dance piece, premiered a few weeks before 9/11...

Amy Denio: Birthing Chair Blues (1991) (Knitting Factory/Spoot Music)
More adventures in Spaciouser Spoot Studios, in KCMU-FM's Top Ten Summer 1992. (And blacklisted 6 months later, along with Coltrane...)

Billy Tipon Memorial Saxophone Quartet: Box (1996)
(New World Records)
Denio's final recording with the quartet. With Jessica Lurie, Maya Johnson, Barbara Marino and Pam Barger.

Curlew with Amy Denio: A Beautiful Western Saddle
(Cuneiform Records, 1993)
Denio's first vocal adventures with Curlew. They premiered this body of work at New Music America 1990, and it stands up to the test of time.
Tom Cora (cello), George Cartwright (sax), Davey Williams (el. guitar), Ann Rupel (bass), and Pippin Barnett (drums).

The Danubians (2000) (Cuneiform Records)
Denio joined forces with Gabi Kenderesi (violin & voice) & Csaba Hajnoczy (guitar) of Kampec Dolores fame, and Czech drummer Pavel Fajt for this one. Lovely and noisy.

FoMoFlo: Slug And Firearms (1996) (God Mountain)
A true international collaboration between Hoppy Kamiyama, Denio, and Mighty John Henry (Dennis Gunn, Tada Makio, and Honda Tatsuya).

(ec) Nudes: Vanishing Point (1994) (ReR Megacorp)
Improvisers Chris Cutler (drums, electronics, text), Wadi Gysi (guitars) and Denio (accordion, bass, sax, voice) came together to form a song band. Recorded in France & Ticino, mixed by the genius engineer Bob Drake.

The Science Group: a mere coincidence (ReR Megacorp, London, UK, 1999) Composer Stevan Tickmayer (from Novi Sad, Yugoslavia - piano, keyboards, zither, violin, guitar, samples) set text by Chris Cutler (drums & electronics), with the help of Fred Frith (guitar), Bob Drake (bass and vocals), Claudio Puntin (clarinet, b. cl.), and Amy sang. Very very dense stuff!

 

*Compilations*

COMPILATIONS with DENIO MUSIC
Amy Denio: Act of Being Polite (Eyesore: A Residents Sampler)
Vaccination Records, Oakland, CA
Amy Denio: Dishwasher (Cage/Uncaged) Cramps/Artis Records, Italy
Amy Denio: Eggy Shaggy (Passed Normal #5) Ponk Rec. Bloomington IL
Amy Denio: Exiles (Zattere Alla Deriva) MORE Music, Italy
Amy Denio: Hey Hey #1, #2, #3, Ambaraba Ci Ci Co Co
(Dice 2: She Says) Ishtar Records, NY
Amy Denio: Partial Gravity (Enhanced Gravity CD-ROM)
Yucca Tree Records 1999
Amy Denio: Traffic Island Psycho (Y)earbook #3
Rastascan Records
, San Leandro, CA
Amy Denio: Traffic Island Psycho/Long Song (Isole Che Parlano)
Erosha, Palau, Sardegna, Italy
Amy Denio: Your Condition (Naked In The Afternoon - A Tribute to Jandek) Summersteps , Moscow PA
Amy Denio & Jeroen Visser : Seafaring
(Hallelujah, Anyway: A Tribute to Tom Cora) Tzadik Records, NYC
Amy Denio & Viola Kramer: Flight Path
(Poetic Silhouettes) amf Music, Aachen, Germany
BTMSQ: All Manic (My Kind Of Blues) amf Music, Aachen, Germany
BTMSQ: Az Du Furst Avek & Air Drone
(Lives; A Pointless Night Out) Pointless Music, Kent, OH
BTMSQ: Big Beat (Wie Es Ihr Gefaellt) Z.o.o., Berlin, Germany
BTMSQ: Frailoch (Klezmer, NYC, 1993) (Knitting Factory Works , NYC
BTMSQ: Mu (Sun Ra: Wavelength Infinity) <Rastascan, San Leandro, CA
Couch of Sound: Lousy In The Tropics (Secretions) C/Z Rec., Seattle, WA
Couch of Sound: No Cry
(Lacmayer's Island) Mekka Conserveci, Dusseldorf, Germany
Fred w/Amy Denio: Mad Furry Love/Golden Rule (Passed Normal #4)
Ponk Records, Bloomington IL Fred w/Amy Denio: Spa Club (Passed Normal #7) Ponk Records, Bloomington IL
Fred w/Amy Denio: Tons of Buns
(Passed Normal #5) Ponk Rec., Bloomington IL
Tone Dogs: Big Beat (Passed Normal #5) Ponk Rec., Bloomington IL
Tone Dogs: Brave It (Recommended Records Sampler, Vol.3 No.4)
ReR Megacorp, London, UK
Pale Nudes: Les Sons Se Repondent (Stop Aids Songs) Bern, Switzerland

ALSO HEARD ON THESE SONGS & CDs
KEN FIELD: various songs (Pictures of Motion) <sFz Recordings, Boston
JINMO: Takato (Jinmo live in Vienna) Madame Poo Rec., Tokyo, Japan
KMFDM: Down And Out (untranslatable!) WaxTrax/Sony Music
THE MINUS FIVE: How Many Bones (Old Liquidator) ESD, Minneapolis
FRANK PAHL: O (Ernest Noyes Brookings: Outstandingly Ignited) ESD, Minneapolis
FRANK PAHL: O Doc (Romantic Side of Schizophrenia) Ponk Rec., Bloomington, IN
MARY LYDIA RYAN: Devil With Wings/Self Control/Liar (Diaphonous) marylydiaryan.com, Seattle, WA