I don't want to go to bed

by Cul de Sac

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	1.	Abandoned Hospital 10:46
	2.	Doldrums 09:28
	3.	Graveyard for Robots 11:29
	4.	The Fraud of Satisfaction 04:03
	5.	Roses in the Wallpaper 05:51
	6.	This is the Metal That Do Not Burn 11:04
	7.	Lower Hate, Massachusetts 02:16
	8.	The Kim Parker Report 03:38
	9.	Count Donut 05:09
	10.	For Seasickness 05:38
	11.	Lully's Gangrene 06:57

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This music was played live (excepting some occasional synthesizer overdubs) and was recorded in Cul de Sac's practice space on two tracks of a barely functioning bottom-of-the-line four track cassette recorder. Because of the generally primitive recording quality and conditions, the results contain certain sonic imperfections and distortion, etc. Thanks to Bill Salkin for a sonic clean-up job. If in doubt, consult your dealer. - Chris Guttmacher, San Francisco 1995

From The Wire:

Some people buy records to sound good on their hi-fi; Cul De Sac laugh at such a conceit. I Don't Want To... sounds like it was recorded in a cave with one mic situated at the entrance: it makes its raw predecessor, ECIM, sound sumptuous by comparison. The biscuit tin drums and floods of ancient synths and guitar noise rise out of the murk in a strangely compulsive way. There are affinities with The Velvet Underground's "Sister Ray", where everything was so overloaded that the clashing of frequencies produced overtones which hinted at instruments that weren't even there. This semi-improvised, live-in-the-studio set mashes everything together. It's least satisfactory when they all crank up and let fly: all definition is lost in the din, and the tracks are then defined mainly by the drums - delicate rhythms, like Jaki Leibezeit on Can's Tago Mago, becoming funky, four square or sometimes hinting at disintegration. - Dave Morrison, July 1995

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released January 1, 1995

Robin Amos - synthesizer, kalimba
Chris Fujiwara - bass
Chris Guttmacher - drums, g.d. flexitone
Glenn Jones - guitars, contraption

Recorded in our practice space 1990-1993
Salvaged and edited by Chris Guttmacher
Produced by Bill Salkin and Robin Amos
Design by David Greenberger
Thanks to A.S. Hamrah

Track 2 (Jones), track 6 (Jones/Cul de Sac);
all others by Cul de Sac
Published by Fourth Eye Music, BMI c.1995

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Cul de Sac was a Boston band active from 1990-2009.

During their tenure, they released albums with John Fahey and Damo Suzuki, as well as genre defining albums, such as "ECIM", "China Gate", "Crashes to Light, Minutes to It's Fall" and "Death of the Sun." ... more

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