Kronos Quartet, Laurie Anderson
Landfall (2Lp)
Format2LPLabelNonesuchGenreComposition
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Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet's Landfall, inspired by her experience of Hurricane Sandy, is the first collaboration between the iconic storyteller/musician and the groundbreaking string quartet, who perform together on the recording. Landfall juxtaposes lush electronics and traditional strings by Kronos with Anderson\'s powerful descriptions of loss, from water-logged pianos to disappearing animal species to Dutch karaoke bars. The Washington Post calls it "riveting, gorgeous."
Release notes
Recorded on April 13–15, 2014, at Studio Trilogy, San Francisco, CA. Edited and mixed at Architecture, Los Angeles, CA. Mastered at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, ME. Sticker, poster with liner notes and text for each track, MP3 download card. This edition is in a sleeve, not a gatefold. Pre-order copies from Nonesuch Records came with a Landfall Print Signed by Laurie Anderson. Composed by Laurie Anderson for Kronos Quartet.
| A1 | CNN Predicts A Monster Storm | 3:19 | |
| A2 | Wind Whistles Through The Dark City | 1:59 | |
| A3 | The Water Rises | 2:43 | |
| A4 | Our Street Is A Black River | 1:20 | |
| A5 | Galaxies | 1:07 | |
| A6 | Darkness Falls | 1:56 | |
| A7 | Dreams | 4:01 | |
| A8 | Dreams Translated | 0:51 | |
| A9 | The Dark Side | 1:11 | |
| B1 | Built You A Mountain | 2:16 | |
| B2 | The Electricity Goes Out And We Move To A Hotel | 3:04 | |
| B3 | We Learn To Speak Yet Another Language | 3:01 | |
| B4 | Dawn Of The World | 2:22 | |
| B5 | The Wind Lifted The Boats And Left Them On The Highway | 2:40 | |
| B6 | It Twisted The Street Signs | 1:13 | |
| B7 | Then It Receded | 0:52 | |
| B8 | The Nineteen Stars Of Heaven | 2:44 | |
| C1 | Nothing Left But Their Names | 9:38 | |
| C2 | All The Extinct Animals | 2:50 | |
| C3 | Galaxies II | 0:54 | |
| C4 | Never What You Think It Will Be | 1:11 | |
| C5 | Thunder Continues In The Aftermath | 1:55 | |
| C6 | We Blame Each Other For Losing The Way | 0:42 | |
| D1 | Another Long Evening | 1:57 | |
| D2 | Riding Bicycles Through The Muddy Streets | 2:37 | |
| D3 | Helicopters Hang Over Downtown | 2:16 | |
| D4 | We Head Out | 1:50 | |
| D5 | Everything Is Floating | 1:59 | |
| D6 | Gongs And Bells Sing | 2:33 | |
| D7 | Old Motors And Helicopters | 2:49 |
- Jacob Garchik
- Arranged By, Transcription By
- Laurie Anderson
- Arranged By, Producer
- Kronos Quartet
- Arranged By, Artwork, Liner Notes, Producer, Violin, Composed By, Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion, Words By (A2 to A5, A7, A9, B1, B3, B4, B8, C1, D5)
- Sunny Yang
- Cello
- Barbara de Wilde
- Design
- Noah Killeen
- Engineer
- David Bither
- Executive-Producer
- Steve Smith
- Liner Notes
- Jason Stern
- Photography By
- Mark Allan
- Photography By
- Scott Fraser
- Producer, Recorded By, Edited By, Mixed By
- Hank Dutt
- Viola
- David Harrington
- Violin
- John Sherba
- Violin
