Amy Denio
『Tongues』
CD: Fot Records
FOT AD1 (1993)
Made in USA
1. Salvatore (Denio/Chip Doring) 4:39
AD: accordion, lead voice, Proteus programming
Marjorie de Muynck: mandolin, backing voice
Tusk Tom: suggestions
2. Further Sadness (Denio) 5:43
AD: Proteus programming, alto sax
3. Waltzing Tongues (Denio) 0:33
AD: voices
4. Czechered Pyjamas (Denio) 4:22
AD: 12-string & electric guitars, accordion drone, voice, Alessis SR16 programming
5. Da (Gdye Damskaya Parikmakirskaya?) (Denio) 5:00
Yes (Where's The Beauty Salon?)
AD: slide/distorted/drone & other bass, voice, Alessis SR16 programming
6. Slugs (Gymnosalyagi) 4:50
(Traditional Greek/Words & Arrangement: Denio)
AD: accordion, voice, Alessis SR16 programming
Charley Rowan: accordion with solo
Marjorie de Muynck: soprano sax
Recorded & mixed at Warp & Woof Studios
7. Buka Mouth Clusters (Denio) 0:18
AD: 4 voices
8. Six (Denio) 3:28
AD: voice, bass, accordion, Alessis SR16 programming
9. Industry (Denio) 2:58
AD: Proteus programming
10. Valentine's Tango (Denio) 4:18
AD: accordion, alto sax, voice, Alessis SR16 programming
Charley Rowan: accordion with solo
11. Monk Tongue (Denio) 0:34
AD: untreated solo voice
12. Jazzm (Denio) 0:56
AD: Proteus programming
13. Jig (Denio/Words: Marjorie de Muynck) 5:29
AD: accordion, alto sax, voice, Proteus programming
14. Rhymes With Ohio (Denio) 3:28
AD: accordion, alto sax, voice
15. Exiles (Denio) 4:46
AD: bass, alto sax, voice, Alessis SR16 programming
16. Lousy Wanker (Denio) 4:41
AD: bass, accordion, voice, Alessis SR16 programming
17. Epiglottis (Denio) 0:21
AD: solo voice
18. Deduo Denim (Denio) 1:37
AD: Yamaha SY22 programming
Marjorie Muynck: "vibes" solo
All tracks composed, performed & produced by Amy Denio during spring & summer 1993 in spacious Spoot Studios (now moved to the 3x4 foot area between the south end of the bed and the 4 track, in scenic Madrona) except "Slugs", a traditional Macedonian song which was recorded at Warp and Woof Studios by Amy & Charley Rowan.
(c) 1993 Spoot Music
Special thanks to Dennis Palmer for creating the BEE-YOU-tiful cover.
◆本CDについて◆
透明ジュエルケース。三つ折りブックレットに歌詞＆クレジット、イラスト（カラー／モノクロ）。インレイにトラックリスト、インレイ内側（トレイ部分）にイラスト（モノクロ）。「Fot Records Catalog」（二つ折り）。
シアトルのアヴァンギャルド女性マルチ・インストゥルメンタリスト＆ヴォーカリスト、エイミー・デニオ（自らのバンドTone Dogs、Pale Nudes、クリス・カトラーとのThe (EC) Nudes、The Science Group等で活動）の1993年ソロ作。
タイトルの「Tongues」は様々な「舌」＝「言語」の意で、ブックレット＆インレイには赤・青・緑・紫の舌のイラストがちりばめられ、歌詞もイタリア語、チェコ語、ロシア語、ギリシャ語、英語、フランス語と様々な言語で歌われています（歌詞のないホーミーふうなのとかもあります）。英語以外の詞は英訳が付されていますが、日常会話の例文集からコラージュしたようなシュールな内容になっています。音の方もいかにも1990年代サブカルふうフェイク・ワールドミュージックです。声、アコーディオン、サックス、ベース、プログラミング（リズム・トラック）等を一人でこなしていて、数曲でCharley Rowan（当時バンドBlubberで共演）、Marjorie de Muynck（当時サックス・アンサンブルThe Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartetで共演）がゲスト参加しています。
★★★★★
Da (Gdye Damskaya Parikhmakirskaya?)
「Ya nimagoo nayti svayoo zhinoo - I cannot find my wife
Pazhaloosta, pakazhiti na karti - Please show me on the map
Kagda ona virnyotsah? - When will she be back?
Dohyte mnye raspisanye paizdof - Give me a schedule
Da, nimnoga - Yes, a little
Gavariti myedlini - Please speak slowly
Ya plokha sibya choostvooyoo - I'm not feeling very well
Padazhditi minootachkoo - Please wait a minute
Mnye noozhin ootyook - I need an iron
Eta ochin strana - It is very strange」
Six
「When we were six a day was endlessly long
And the sunshine sent spokes through the clouds
When we were six we had secrets and games
And we still remembered how to play
When we were six we had a language of our own
And we sang simple songs to ourselves
When we were six grownups had their own world
Completely apart from our own
Please pass the whiskey I think I'll have
One more for the road
I don't feel nothing anymore I don't feel anything」
