Lydia Lunch with Anubian Lights

(Los Angeles May 2001 - May 2003)

Lydia Lunch: Smoke In The Shadows

(USA/Europe January 2000 - December 2005)

Discography


Discography: a chronological overview of all record releases.
Official recordings of Lydia Lunch with Anubian Lights.
Official recordings of Smoke In The Shadows.
Compilations with non-exclusive tracks are not listed.
-Information in grey italics is uncertain-

Regular releases

CHAMPAGNE, COCAINE & NICOTINE STAINS - EP (01-Feb-02)

Anubian_Lights: Champagne -front CHAMPAGNE, COCAINE & NICOTINE STAINS (12"/CDS)

Tracklist: Nothing But Trouble/ Champagne, Cocaine & Nicotine Stains// Potango Tango/ Guernicana/ Potango Tango (rmx)

Recording info: Recorded @ The Antichamber studio, South Pasadena-Los Angeles in mid 2001. Engineered and mixed by Len Del Rio.

Notes: Line-up: Lydia Lunch (chanteuse)/ Tommy Grenas (bass, guitar, keyboards, loops)/ Len Del Rio (drums, keyboards, loops, programming) and guests: Tracy Garcia (12 string - and electrical guitar) and Scott Rush (treated guitar).

  • Crippled Dick Hotwax/EFA -CDHW0 27 (GE,01-Feb-02) 10" Ltd. edition
  • Crippled Dick Hotwax/EFA -CDHW0 27 (GE,01-Feb-02) CDS

Anubian_Lights: Champagne -back

Anubian_Lights: Champagne Ltd -front CHAMPAGNE, COCAINE & NICOTINE STAINS Ltd (CD-R)

Tracklist: 1.Nothing But Trouble/ 2.Champagne, Cocaine & Nicotine Stains/ 3.Potango Tango/ 4.Guernicana/ 5.Potango Tango (rmx)/ 6. Hot Tip (On A Dead Jockey)/ 7.Baby Face Killer

Recording info: Tracks 1-5 recorded @ The Antichamber studio, Los Angeles in mid 2001. Engineered an mixed by Len Del Rio. Tracks 6-7 recorded live @ Muffathalle,Fun for Free Festival, München on 29-May-02.

Notes: Sold on the April 2003 US tour. Live tracks later released on the "Touch My Evil" album (2006). Line-up: Lydia Lunch (chanteuse)/ Tommy Grenas (bass, guitar, Keyboards, loops)/ Len Del Rio (drums, keyboards, loops, programming) and guests: Tracy Garcia (12 string - and electrical guitar) and Scott Rush (treated guitar) [not on the live tracks].

  • Widowspeak/Brainsquid Music (US,Apr-03) Ltd. edition tour CD-R.

Anubian_Lights: Champagne Ltd -label

LYDIA LUNCH w/ THE ANUBIAN LIGHTS - promo (2003)

Anubian Lights: promo box -front LYDIA LUNCH w/ THE ANUBIAN LIGHTS (CD-R)

Tracklist: 1.Blame/ 2.Trick Baby/ 3. Smoke In The Shadows/ 4.Touch My Evil

Recording info: Recorded and mixed @ The Antichamber studio, South Pasadena in Spring 2003. Engineered by Len Del Rio.

Notes: Demo package in a silver cardboard box made by Lydia and Tommy. Sent out to major record companies to entice interest, but alas! Line-up: a.o. Lydia Lunch (vocals)/ Tommy Grenas (guitar, synths, drums)/ Len Del Rio (synths, organ,piano,programming)/ Nels Cline (guitar)/ Adele Bertei [The Contortions] (backing vocals).

  • Widowspeak/Brainsquid Music (US,2003) Ltd. edition promo CD-R. (12 copies)

Anubian Lights: promo box -label

SMOKE IN THE SHADOWS - ALBUM (01-Nov-04)

Smoke In The Shadows -front SMOKE IN THE SHADOWS (CD)

Tracklist: 1.Hangover Hotel/ 2.Smoke In The Shadows/ 3.Johnny Behind The Deuce/ 4.I Love How You.../ 5.Touch My Evil/ 6.Lost World/ 7.Sway/ 8.Gone City/ 9.Blame/ 10.Pass Like Night/ 11.Portrait Of The Minus Man/ 12.Trick Baby/ 13.Hot Tip

Recording info: Tracks 1,3 and 4 recorded @ Newzone Studio, Los Angeles in January 2000. Engineered by Wayne Peet. Track 11 music recorded @ Sartorial Sound (Terry Edwards' studio), London late (October?) 2001 and vocals by Lydia in Los Angeles. Other tracks recorded and mixed @ The Antichamber studio, South Pasadena in Spring 2003. Engineered by Len Del Rio.

Notes: In the studio largely another Anubian Lights collaboration. This album was initially titled "Torcher". "Portrait Of The Minus Man" also available on the V/A: "Wake The Dead - Words And Music From Sex And Guts 4" album (2002).

Tracks 1,3 and 4 line-up: Lydia Lunch (vocals)/ Nels Cline (guitar) with West Coast big band jazz musicians: Alex Cline (drums)/ Joel Hamilton (bass)/ Joe Berardi (vibraphone)/ Vinny Golia (alto flute/baritone sax)/ Chuck Manning (alto sax)/ Don Ostermann (trombone)/ John Fumo (trumpet).
Track 11 line-up: Lydia Lunch (vocals done in Los Angeles) and Terry Edwards (all instruments in London).
Other tracks line-up: Lydia Lunch (vocals)/ Nels Cline (guitar)/ Niels Van Hoorn [Legendary Pink Dots] (sax)/ Carla Bozulich [Geraldine Fibbers] (backing vocals) and Adele Bertei [The Contortions] (backing vocals) with The Anubian Lights: Tommy Grenas (guitar, synths, drums) and Len Del Rio (synths, organ,piano,programming).

  • Breakin Beats -BBEATSCD005 (UK,01-Nov-04)
  • Atavistic -ALP157CD (US,23-Nov-04)

Smoke In The Shadows -back

TOUCH MY EVIL - ALBUM (06-Mar-06)

Anubian_Lights: Touch My Evil -front TOUCH MY EVIL (CD-R)

Tracklist: 1.Sway/ 2.Nothing But Trouble/ 3.Touch My Evil/ 4.Champagne, Cocaine & Nicotine Stains/ 5.Lost World/ 6.Tainte Fema-Creatura (a.k.a. Solo Mystico)(*)/ 7. Pass Like Night/ 8.Guernicana/ 9.Hotel Room/ 10.Cry Murder/ 11.Baby Faced Killer/ 12.One Body Too Many(*)/ 13.Hot Tip/ 14. Potango Tango.

Recording info: Recorded live @ Muffathalle,Fun for Free Festival, München on 29-May-02, except track 1 recorded live @ Flex, Wien on 28-May-02.

Notes: "Hotel Room" is an Edgar Broughton song. (*) also released on the "Deviations On A Theme" 2CD compilation album. Anubian Lights live line-up: Lydia Lunch (words,vocals)/ Tommy Grenas (bass, treated loops)/ Len Del Rio (keyboards, Moog, mixing) and Tracy Garcia (guitar).

  • Widowspeak/lydia-lunch.org (US,06-Mar-06) Ltd. edition website only.

Anubian_Lights: Touch My Evil -back

SMOKE IN THE SHADOWS - SINGLE (04-Dec-06)

Smoke In The Shadows Single -front SMOKE IN THE SHADOWS (12")

Tracklist: 1.Smoke In The Shadows/ 2.Lost World// 3.Blame/ 4.Pass Like Night.

Recording info: Recorded and mixed @ The Antichamber studio, South Pasadena in Spring 2003. Engineered by Len Del Rio.

Notes: In the studio largely another Anubian Lights collaboration. Line-up: Lydia Lunch (vocals)/ Nels Cline (guitar) and Adele Bertei [The Contortions] (backing vocals) with The Anubian Lights: Tommy Grenas (guitar, synths, drums) and Len Del Rio (synths, organ,piano,programming).

  • Mule Musiq -MULE010 (JP,04-Dec-06) Limited Edition.

Smoke In The Shadows Single -back



Terry Edwards releases

TERRY EDWARDS: QUEER STREET
(NO FISH TO WEIRD FOR HER AQUARIUM -VOL III) - ALBUM (16-Feb-04)

Queer Street (No Fish III) -front TERRY EDWARDS: QUEER STREET
(NO FISH TO WEIRD FOR HER AQUARIUM -VOL III) (2CD)

Tracklist: Disc I: 1.The Driver/ 2.Cut Up/ 3.Wicked/ 4.Smoke In The Shadows (live): TB Sheets/ 5.Split/ 6.Are ’Friends’ Electric?/ 7.The Good Intent/ 8.Tuned & Lit/ 9.The Knife/ 10.Thinking With The Window Open/ 11.Phoenix City/ 12.Bohemian Rhapsody// Disc II: 1.Ace Of Spades/ 2.Detroit/ 3.Creosote/ 4.Spill The Beans.

Recording info: Track 4 recorded live @ ISC, Bern (CH) on 03-Oct-01.

Notes: Compilation of various TE projects between 1981-2002 containing 1 Smoke In The Shadows track. "TB Sheets" is a cover of a Van Morrison song. Smoke In The Shadows (live) line-up: Lydia Lunch (vocals) and Terry Edwards (sax,pre-recorded backing tracks).

  • Sartorial -Fit 012CD (UK,16-Feb-04)

Queer Street (No Fish III) -back

TERRY EDWARDS: SARTORIAL SAMPLER - ALBUM (04-Jul-05)

Sartorial Sampler -front TERRY EDWARDS: SARTORIAL SAMPLER (CD)

Tracklist: 1.The Higsons: Music to Watch Girls By/ 2.Butterfield 8: The Talented Mr Ripley/ 3.Noonday Underground vs Funkhead: Noonday Boost/ 4.Terry Edwards & the Scapegoats: Hey, Louis, Let’s do Lunch/ 5.Die Geisthosen: Louie Louie/ 6.The Higsons: I Don’t Want To Live With Monkeys/ 7.The Higsons: Heat/ 8.Terry Edwards & the Scapegoats: Night and the City/ 9.Terry Edwards & the Scapegoats: Asthma/ 10.Smoke In The Shadows (live): I Like My Lowlife Low/ 11. Lydia Lunch: Miserable Bastard/ 12.The Biscuitmen: Double Bourbon Biscuit Barrel/ 13.Terry Edwards: Seven Steps to Heaven/ 14.Terry Edwards: Break Me Down/ 15.Serious Drinking: Bohemian Rhapsody/ 16.Terry Edwards: Who’s Bagging the Iraqis?/ 17. Nitwood: Nitwood/ 18.Terry Edwards & the Scapegoats feat. Bruce Gilbert: 6-8-1.

Recording info: Track 10 recorded live @ the Star Club, Dresden on 02-Oct-01. Track 11 recorded live @ the Rep Door,Fierce Festival, Birmingham on 06-Jun-03.

Notes: Compilation of various TE projects between 1980-2002 containing 1 Smoke In The Shadows track. "I Like My Lowlife Low" also available on the V/A: "Wake The Dead - Words And Music From Sex And Guts 4" album (2002). "Miserable Bastard" also available on the "Memory And Madness" an "Deviations On A Theme" albums. Smoke In The Shadows (live) line-up: Lydia Lunch (vocals) and Terry Edwards (vocals,sax,pre-recorded backing tracks). Track 11 line-up: Lydia Lunch (spoken voice,words) and (limited) Terry Edwards (saxophone/pocket trumpet).

  • Sartorial -Fit 015CD (UK,04-Jul-05)

Sartorial Sampler -back

TERRY EDWARDS: SARTORIAL SAMPLER-READYMADE - ALBUM (09-Jul-07)

Sartorial Sampler II-front TERRY EDWARDS: SARTORIAL SAMPLER-READYMADE (CD)

Tracklist: 1.Draggin’ along: Gallon Drunk/ 2.Totally wired: Terry Edwards Ska All-Stars/ 3. Here comes the contortionist: BUtterfield 8/ 4.Painkiller song: Robyn Hitchcock/ 5.Touchdown: The Higsons/ 6.Ructions: Terry Edwards & the Scapegoats/ 7.The Amsterdam Run: Gallon Drunk/ 8.Blitzkrieg bop: Serious Drinking/ 9.Dog food: Terry Edwards & the Scapegoats/ 10.Boxes: Nitwood/ 11.Turnstone: The Treecreepers/ 12. Where have all the club-a-go-gos went went?: The Higsons/ 13.Two wings mambo: Gallon Drunk/ 14.The alchemist: Terry Edwards/ 15.Wicked: New York New York/ 16.Richard’s favourite: Ralph Littlejohn & Michael Cunningham/ 17.166º 40 E/77º 515 (elevation 15km): Lob/ 18.Didjeridu + trumpet (Rapture): Anubian Lights (live)

Recording info: Track 18 recorded live @ the Red Club, St. Petersburg on 13-Mar-04.

Notes: Compilation of various TE projects containing 1 Anubian Lights live track.

Line-up track 18: Lydia Lunch/ Terry Edwards [Gallon Drunk/Tindersticks]/ James Johnston [Gallon Drunk/Bad Seeds] and Ian White [Gallon Drunk], with guest David Coulter [Test Dept/The Pogues]). Recorded live on the March 2004 "Lydia Lunch plays the music of the Anubian Lights" tour.

  • Sartorial -Fit 025CD (UK,09-Jul-07)

Sartorial Sampler II-back


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