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Foreign Legion

by Tin Hat

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Helium 05:58
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Big Top 05:51
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Compay 06:00
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Hotel Aurora 03:25
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Asterisk 05:06
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Ana Ivonovic 03:31
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New West 04:39
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Slip 01:11
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about

"Modern melancholy, modern jubilation, modern swagger and modern volatility – for the last few years Tin Hat has reminded us that things aren’t exactly as they used to be."
-- downbeat

The 2010 edition of Tin Hat: Mark Orton, Carla Kihlstedt, Ara Anderson, Ben Goldberg

In 2007 we made The Sad Machinery of Spring. We were meticulous in the studio to create just the right sound -- a hallmark of Tin Hat records. But there is another side to the group: unbelievable live performances. When you're on tour things loosen up night after night, anything can happen, and then it's gone forever -- unless you are lucky enough to have recorded it, which brings us to Foreign Legion. We had recordings from gigs all over the place, and when we listened to them we found a couple of gems: the Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkeley and a festival on the island of Mallorca.

Mark did the mix at his studio in Portland so he probably spent the most time with these tapes. Here is what he says:

Foreign Legion includes material from the entire history of Tin Hat, from the title track -- one of the first things we ever played as a group -- to new songs that have never appeared on record. Berkeley’s Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse has always been one of our favorite venues -- we consider it our home town club, and I think you can hear something special in the lovely performances recorded there. The other half of the disc comes from a concert in Mallorca -- a really fun show in a far-flung corner of the world. They put on a great festival there, we had been well fed and provided for, and we were lucky to have it recorded. Even though our other records reflect our interest in sounds you can only get in a studio, listeners know that Tin Hat has always been about live performance -- the kind of group improvisations and chances you take in front of an audience -- so I'd say the live record has been a long time coming, and I couldn't be happier with the results.

credits

released March 27, 2009

Ben Goldberg - clarinet
Ara Anderson - trumpet, glockenspiel, pump organ
Carla Kihlstedt - violin
Mark Orton - guitar, dobro

Produced by Mark Orton
Recorded live at Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, Berkeley, California, and Sa Congrecaio in Sa Pobla, Mallorca, Spain
Mixed by Mark Orton at Camp Watertown Studio, Portland, Oregon
Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk at Stereophonic Mastering, Portland, Oregon

Mark Orton compositions published by Camp Watertown Music, ASCAP
Carla Kihlstedt compositions published by Broca's Fold, ASCAP
Ben Goldberg compositions published by NJAMIN Music, ASCAP

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Ben Goldberg / BAG Production Records Berkeley, California

Ben Goldberg plays the clarinet and writes songs.

Contact him at
ben dot goldberg dot music at gmail dot com.

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