Down the Puppet String, Marionettes

by BEVEL

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A project that began in the early parts of 1998, Down the Puppet String, Marionettes is now being introduced for the first time since its original conception 6 years ago. Comprised of old and new songs diligently re-worked and re-recorded between 2001 & 2002, it also includes a chilling rendition of a Civil War-era traditional and a suitably deconstructed version of Donovan Leitch’s ‘Teas’. Melodious and interwoven throughout this mini-album are the lull-like tones of Deanna Varagona’s baritone sax exhalations. Sometimes an undulating piano line – played by Michael Krassner – can be heard punctuating against the textural rhythms tapped out by Gerald Dowd. Although only 19 minutes in length and operating in a stream of consciousness-like fashion, Down the Puppet String, Marionettes, captures a transitory world, whose bucolic plains & uncharted beaches are characteristic results as one awakens, diluted & immersed, such as from an afternoon reverie.

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released January 20, 2004

on CDEP by Jagjaguwar

Via Nuon - vocals, guitar etc.
Gerald Dowd - drums
Deanna Varagona - vocals & baritone sax
Michael Krassner - electric piano, (1,3) guitar (4)
Adam Busch - electric piano (2)
Clarence Fraher - slide guitar (3)

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BEVEL Chicago, Illinois

For over two decades, BEVEL has been the solo project of Via Nuon, a Chicago-based artist who employs a uniquely literary and painterly approach to the music he creates. Nuon executes his dreamlike psych-folk with the care and fragility of a cartographer. It informs the beauty in BEVEL's music, which bleeds out like details emerging from a map of a forgotten city. ... more

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