Picture of Bunny Rabbit, by Arthur Russell

Picture of Bunny Rabbit

by Arthur Russell

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parasquared arthur russell's music has always amused me.. it sounds so personal and i love it Favorite track: Fuzzbuster #10.

blayze hembree Re-falling in love with Arthur Russell is such a beautiful thing Favorite track: The Boy With a Smile.

World of Echo More music in the vein of World of Echo (the album I obviously named my Bandcamp fan account after!). Super psyched for this!

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Charlie Moonbeam I need wobbly Arthur Russell music in my late night cassette player life

colinsb Ethereal. Genius. In another realm. On another thought. His music moves me unlike any other. Just received this record today Picture of Bunny Rabbit. It’s amazing.

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1.	Fuzzbuster #10 03:22	info	buy track
2.	Not Checking Up 04:34	info	buy track
3.	Telling No One 02:30	info	buy track
4.	Fuzzbuster #06 02:32	info	buy track
5.	The Boy With a Smile 04:00	info	buy track
6.	Fuzzbuster #09 02:05	info	buy track
7.	Very Reason 03:59	info	buy track
8.	Picture Of Bunny Rabbit 08:13	info	buy track
9.	In The Light Of A Miracle 06:42	info	buy track

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“Music is a very personal thing. How you deal with your music is very closely linked with how you deal with your life. If you misuse your capacities as a musician, you’re misusing your capacities as a human being and you’re taking humanity in the wrong direction”
- Arthur Russell – 03/17/77 Soho Weekly News

“In outer space you can’t take your drums - you take your mind”
- Arthur Russell

In 1986 Arthur Russell was diagnosed with HIV, that same year he released his career-defining masterpiece ‘World of Echo’, the first and only solo album issued during his lifetime.

Arthur had found his voice and a fresh direction with a set of new, transformative material, unlike anything he or anyone else had previously released. His illness ensured that the artistic growth and sense of exploration encapsulated in ‘World of Echo’ would be tragically curtailed. Within six short years Arthur was gone.

Arthur’s final years were filled with a renewed commitment to creativity and unceasing live and recording work. He regularly performed the ‘World of Echo’ material and incorporated several of its compositions in collaborations with choreographers active in New York’s innovative dance community. Arthur worked closely with Diane Madden, Allison Salzinger, Stephanie Woodard and John Bernd, usually playing his cello and effects boxes off stage as the choreographers’ pieces were performed. In 1993 Arthur posthumously received a prestigious Bessie Composer Award for his work in the dance world.

Picture of Bunny Rabbit’ features nine previously unreleased performances from this era compiled from completed masters culled from two unique test pressings, including one, dated 9/15/85 by Arthur, provided by his mother and sister. A further four tracks were discovered in his tape archive. The track listing includes an exceptional and dramatic solo recording of “In The Light of a Miracle” and the enigmatic title instrumental “Picture of Bunny Rabbit”, written especially for a friends pet rabbit. The bulk of the material was recorded with engineer Eric Liljestrand at Battery Sound Studios, New York, which was located directly opposite the World Trade Center and at Arthur’s apartment studio in the East Village.

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released June 23, 2023

Arthur Russell – Vocals, Cello, Keyboards, Guitar, Harmonica, and Echoes

Produced by Arthur Russell
All words and music by Charles Arthur Russell Jr.
Published by Echo & Feedback Newsletter Music (ASCAP)

Recorded at Battery Sound NY 1985/86
Engineered by Eric Liljestrand

Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk at Stereophonic Mastering

Compilation produced by Steve Knutson and Tom Lee

Art Direction and Design Molly Smith

With thanks: Anne, Eric Liljestrand, Larry Saltzman, Emily Russell, Kate Russell Henry, Timothy & Brittany, Eric Isaacson, Domino Publishing, Geoff Travis and all at Rough Trade/Beggars UK, Richard King, and New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

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P + C 2023 Audika Records LLC under exclusive license from the estate of Arthur Russell
All rights reserved.

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Arthur Russell New York, New York

American cellist, artist, and composer (born 21 May 1951 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA - died 4 April 1992 from AIDS in New York, New York, USA (aged 40). Licensing inquires steve (at) audikarecords (dot) com

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