The Residents
Eskimo (LP)
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condition (record/cover): VG+ (one mark producing a soft click for 2') / EX- With gatefold sleeve and original innersleeve. The Residents' 1979 album abandoning conventional songs entirely for pure sound-based environmental storytelling. Eskimo purports to document Inuit life through environmental sounds and minimal instrumentation - wind, ice, voices, and percussion creating immersive sonic world. Using field recordings (possibly fabricated), percussion, and heavily processed vocals, The Residents create a genuinely immersive sonic environment. Whether it's ethnographically accurate is completely beside the point - this is imaginative music using advanced sound design techniques rarely applied to rock contexts at the time. Hugely influential on ambient music and experimental approaches to recording. One of The Residents' most fully realized and ambitious concepts, a genuine masterpiece of sound art.
Release notes
Second pressing of 45,000 copies on black vinyl. It has the same gatefold sleeve as the [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/148901]original edition in white vinyl[/url], but does not have the mention "First Pressing 1979" inside the gatefold sleeve. The record still has the same labels. Includes printed inner sleeve. "Recorded between April 1976 and May 1979 - This product meets the standards as set by ROZZ TOX - Eskimo is respectfully dedicated to N. Senada who started the whole thing." …
| A1 | The Walrus Hunt | ||
| A2 | Birth | ||
| A3 | Arctic Hysteria | ||
| A4 | The Angry Angakok | ||
| B1 | A Spirit Steals A Child | ||
| B2 | The Festival Of Death |
- The Residents
- Arranged By, Vocals, Performer [All Instruments], Text By [Stories By], Technician [Ceremonial Band Instruments Building And Design By], Written-By, Producer
- Poor No Graphics
- Artwork [Graphic Art]
- Dinosaur Productions
- Design [Eyeballs Created By]
- Chris Cutler
- Drums [Precision Drumming], Guest [Recording]
- Snakefinger
- Featuring [The Residents Assisted By]
- LK
- Lacquer Cut By
- Don Preston
- Synthesizer [Inspired Synthesizing], Guest [Recording]
