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Album
Winter Songs is the second album by English avant-rock group Art Bears. It was recorded at Sunrise Studio in Kirchberg, Switzerland between 22 November and 5 December 1978, and was released in 1979. It was Art Bears' first album to be recorded on their own, the bulk of their first album, Hopes and Fears (1978) having been recorded as Henry Cow. Winter Songs comprises fourteen short songs composed by Fred Frith around texts by Chris Cutler that were based on carvings on the dado of the west façade of Amiens Cathedral in France. The whole album was recorded and mixed simultaneously, taking 14 days from start to finish. The group adopted an approach of creating the sound first and committing it to tape immediately, instead of leaving the sound detail to post-production mixing. This method used the studio as a compositional instrument, and Etienne Conod, the studio engineer at Sunrise Studio, played an important part in this process, becoming an indispensable member of the group. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
The Bath of Stars
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First Things First
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Gold
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The Summer Wheel
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The Slave
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Democracy
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The Song of the Martyrs
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Law
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The Song of the Monopolists
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The Song of the Dignity of Labour
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Winter/War
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Force
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Three Figures
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Three Wheels
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