Live At The Knitting Factory, by No Safety

Live At The Knitting Factory

by No Safety

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	1.	Take Me 03:03 video
	2.	Definition 02:17
	3.	Someone 03:29
	4.	Eight Year Old With An Uzi 03:22
	5.	Ms Quoted 03:42
	6.	Heavenly Pass 02:18
	7.	Submerge 02:57
	8.	Angry 01:33
	9.	Balm 02:57
	10.	I Turned Upside Down Into A World 03:35
	11.	Lonely 03:00
	12.	He's Some Kind Of A Dope Bitch 00:39
	13.	Master/Slave 02:43
	14.	Man or Monkey 02:35
	15.	Guilty 01:19
	16.	Hard Ass 03:50

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NO SAFETY
Live At The Knitting Factory

The New York Times
April 3, 1994
By Jim MacNie

"Live at the Knitting Factory" shows that the New York-based quintet has turned to recognizable pop styles for inspiration. Blending free improvisation with funk, it attains an enviable equilibrium.

The guitarist Chris Cochrane is smitten with back beats. On "Ms. Quoted" he reclaims an old rap by the Clash and connects it with a rhythm-and-blues phrase from Soul II Soul. The groove momentarily smoothens No Safety's rhythmic turbulence, as does the relatively conventional blues riff that drives "Eight Year Old With an Uzi."

Even the craggy instrumentals by the harpist Zeena Parkins have been polished. Fragments are grouped together, ultimately creating continuity. In under three minutes, "F Is for Fake" moves through five passages; primal thuds, kaleidoscopic sounds and laughing voices stand shoulder to shoulder.

The ominous tone that drifts through the 17 works isn't unusual for No Safety; the group has long been fascinated by the way modern dilemmas -- from sexism to urban deterioration -- are addressed in society. In the past, Mr. Cochrane has sung of how AIDS is robbing the world, and his ardor can be daunting. "I'm disappearing/ Hold me, hold me," he pleads in "Lonely," as a cloudy guitar squall lays a shroud over Tim Spelios's crackling snare drum.

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released July 23, 2021

Ann Rupel - bass, vocals
Chris Cochrane - guitar, tape, tambourine, vocals
Zeena Parkins - harp, sampler, eggs, vocals
Doug Seidel - guitar
Tim Spelios - traps

Produce by No Safety and John Siket
Recorded live at the Knitting Factory July 5, 12, 13, 1993
Original recordings remastered by Kato Hideki, 2021

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