{"product_id":"maher-shalal-hash-baz-hello-new-york","title":"Maher Shalal Hash Baz - Hello New York","description":"I gradually desired recognition from you \/\/ and that's all , all I would get\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In New York, we played John Cage first, then played 'Sweet Jane' on flamenco. At the beginning of 'Sweet Jane,' I tried to say 'Hello New York.' I didn't know whether my voice carried well. I said 'Hello New York' again. That was enough for me about New York. One of my dreams has come true.\" -- Tori Kudo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTori Kudo and Reiko Kudo began Maher Shalal Hash Baz in the mid-'80s \u0026amp; it has grown since into a multi-continental concern with a changing cast of members of varying background \u0026amp; experience . as usual , any brief synopsis would be defective \u0026amp; by way of introduction you would be best advised to listen to the many extant recordings on youtube \u0026amp; read the many \u0026amp; comprehensive interviews published over the years . their first full-length record since 2009's 'C'est La Dernière Chanson' , 'Hello NewYork' was recorded in September 2014 when nearly a dozen members of Maher coalesced in New York for the occasion of a 30th anniversary gig . we holed up here at the sweltering Manual FX basement and worked for the majority of their stay on my deficient rig , joined intermittently by a gaggle of superfans like myself who couldn't pass up the opportunity to throw down a few notes on a Maher record\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaher is often represented incorrectly by the Western press , who have typically lampooned its lack of traditional musical dramaturgy as a kind of \"naivist\" aestheticism \u0026amp; its emphasis on miracular playing as a sign of its instrumentalists' deficiency , and who have refused to see the communal nature of the group \u0026amp; the nonlinear relationship between Tori's composition \u0026amp; the group's playing . in fact , what is really unusual about Maher isn't any one specific quality or principle , but the extreme reverence appreciable in the music for what is beyond words and available only in experience , and a concomittant indeterminacy on all levels , always busy in the middle : composition v. improvisation , the page v. the ear , the group v. the writer , style v. content , the beyond v. the worldly , etc... Tori is drawn to spiritual themes , with many lyrics adapted from Bible verse , not as an aesthetic conceit but as one tool for working through this life . actually , the band's Western aestheticization is ironic given the direct critical treatment Tori's lyrics give to that sort of process (see \"Epignosis\" with its \"the '60s carries weight with you \/\/ you like it better than your wife , son , brothers \u0026amp; sisters\") ... but enough of that sort of talk , and of any","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":64322919465337,"sku":null,"price":15.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/1463\/6153\/files\/maher-shalal-hash-baz-hello-new-york-south-records-ltd_b95a8ed5-530d-4664-b50c-cc20e55b048f.jpg?v=1787904004","url":"https:\/\/vinyl-relic.com\/products\/maher-shalal-hash-baz-hello-new-york","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}