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The Ordinaires
12+ albums
Avant-Gardeinstrumentalliszaj radiopost-punkRock In Opposition
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When critics pull out names like Philip Glass, Captain Beefheart, Henry Mancini, Hüsker Dü and Stravinsky to describe the same group, its clear that ordinary is not the operative word. The Ordinaires are a nine-piece band that refuses to keep things neat and tidy for their listeners. Rather than assuming that music audiences need homogenized fodder in order to have fun, The Ordinaires challenge without being pretentious. One is the name of their newest release, their first for the Bar/None label. It marks the first Ordinaires effort to be widely distributed in America and features a cover which is an eerie computer generated composite photograph of all nine members of the band. Co-produced by Martin Bisi (Material, Sonic Youth, Live Skull), Bill Krauss (They Might Be Giants) and The Ordinaires, One is sure to shatter pre-conceived notions about the group, while opening them up to an ever-widening audience. Rather than using musical styles as posts to tie themselves to, The Ordinaires write and perform compositions which are simply unclassifiable. Born as the early '80's New York no wave/noise movement began to take root, the band was both an outgrowth of and a reaction against the shapeless dissonance of their peers. Initially coming together in an outfit called Off-Beach, they christened themselves The Ordinaires after completing two tracks for a Lower East Side compilation record. Since then, they have performed throughout Europe and the US, effortlessly playing the gamut
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Peripheral Vision
One Little Indian - Greatest Hits Vol. 2
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The Song Retains The Name Volume II
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One Little Indian - Greatest Hits (Vol.2)
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V.A.-Peripheral Vision
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Live At Sweet Basil
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CBGB: A New York City Soundtrack 1975-1986
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The Song Retains the Name, Vol. II
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Time for a Change - Bar/None Sampler #2
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