Unnatural Selection, by Nonstop Tango

Unnatural Selection

by Nonstop Tango

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1.	Prologue 03:32	info	buy track
2.	Guitar Song 03:07		buy track
3.	The Socialist Star 05:04		buy track
4.	Hypermacho Mary 07:01		buy track
5.	Sneer 03:09		buy track
6.	Burning 06:11		buy track
7.	Death and the Alphabet 05:02		buy track
8.	Erik laments Ms Valadon with the help of Miles and Frederic 06:17		buy track
9.	When Marilyn met Caligula 07:04		buy track
10.	The Gospel according to Stavroula 03:02		buy track
11.	Beautiful Song 05:14		buy track

credits

released April 3, 2015

Stavroula Kounadea: voice (Miles Doubleday on 'Sneer')
Sam Kidel or Tim Chatzigiannis: guitars (and bass on 'Sneer')
Malcolm Atkins: keyboards, violin & vocals
Jon Seagroatt: bass & saxes
Chris Hills: drums, tabla, dhol & whistling

with

Pat Thomas: extra keyboards on 'Sneer'

concept: Malcolm & Stavroula

Words: Stav except::
‘Sneer’, ‘Alphabet’, ‘Erik laments’, ‘Beautiful Song’ original words Miles
‘As soon as this Pub closes’ original words Alex Glasgow
‘Hypermaxo’,’Erik laments’ extra words Saint Romanos the Melodist
‘She moves through the Fair’ traditional
‘Frangosyriani’ Markos Vamvakaris
‘Ding Dong’ Harburg
Quotes from Erik Satie

All music Nonstop Tango except:
‘Hypermaxo’,‘She moves through the Fair’ traditional
'Frangosyriani’ Markos Vamvakaris
‘Ding Dong’ inspired by Arlen, Harburg
'Sneer’ inspired by Morton Feldman
‘Erik laments’ inspired by Chopin

Recorded by Malcolm Atkins
Edited, mixed and produced by Jon Seagroatt (Tim Chatzigiannis on track 1)

All pictures (including cover): Pier Corona apart from ‘Dead Erik’ by Chris Atkins
Art work: Claudia Figueiredo

Thanks to Bobbie Seagroatt, Aya Kasai, Morton Feldman, Frederic Chopin, Charles Darwin, The Virgin Mary, Arvo Pärt, & Saint Romanos.

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Nonstop Tango Oxford, UK

Songs and reflections by Oxford's leading Anglo-Greek-Polish anarcho-situationist Morton Feldman/Funkadelic mash-up, flash-mob collective, Nonstop Tango.

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