Published on
January 14, 2022
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News
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Featuring previously unreleased tracks.
Jim O’Rourke and Mats Gustafsson’s Xylophonen Virtuosen album is being released on vinyl for the first time, via Trost this February.
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The duo recorded the improvised duets at Chicago’s Acme Studios during 1999, with Gustafsson on tenor sax, fluteophone, flute, and ‘junk’, and O´Rourke on guitar, accordion, and “junk”.
Trost’s release marks Xylophonen Virtuosen’s first vinyl offering, and includes a collection of previously unreleased tracks.
It follows the label’s release of Katharina Ernst’s Le Temps album, in 2021.
Pre-order Xylophonen Virtuosen here in advance of its 25th February release, check out the artwork and tracklist below.
Tracklist:
Side A
1. Telexing Jun
2. Paper Out
Side B
1. Unlisted
2. Low Battery
3. Calling Patti (complete take)
Side C
1. Faxing Stina
2. Paging Cyndi
Side D
1. No Longer in Use
2. …Without Fire…
3. Smoke Signaling Polly Jean (excerpt)