News from Babel
Contraries (7")
One-sided 7" on clear vinyl with silk-screened back-side originally included in some copies of the Sirens & Silences / Work Resumed On The Tower 1984 LP on Rē Records by the quartet of Zeena Parkins with Henry Cow's Chris Cutler, Lindsay Cooper and Dagmar Krause.
Letters Home
* Temporary nice price * Recorded at the legendary Cold Storage studio in London and first released in 1986 this is one of the greatest chapters in the 80’s post-Henry Cow / Art Bears era. News from Babel was the song project inaugurated by two ex Henry Cow, Lindsay Cooper (bassoon, sopranino & alto saxophone, keyboards) and Chris Cutler (drums, electrics) plus Zeena Parkins (harp, electric harps, accordion.) A band that created a totally new sound as result of the combination of unusual instru…