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Pigbox & Co. / Vol. 1

by Bradfield Dumpleton

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1.
Vigilant Mind 04:13
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Raised By Hippies 03:03
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Gimme Dat 02:03
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4.
The Tangled Truth 03:39
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Diddley Dee Diddley Doo 02:40
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There Was A Light On 03:17
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Let It Go, Daddy-O 03:53
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Born Hungry 03:00
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World War You 01:55
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Lonesome Prayer 05:35
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Pigbox 05:22
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Here Come The Loose Tongues 03:12
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13.
Some Kind Of Joy 02:35
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14.
Leg In A Bear Trap, Porcupine Gnawing My Hand 02:38
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about

In 2012, lured Grailwise by its sturdy charisma and the silvery radiance of its metal torso, I bought my first resonator ukulele, a Nashville, and took it home to meet the family.

After the more refined company of my other (more delicate) ukes - the feminine eloquence of La Cordoba & the perky plunk of L'il Bruko - this new arrival revealed a personality that was cantankerous & unsubtle.

It rarely stayed in tune, had a brittle grunt & no sustain, but I found new edges in my playing, more percussive, bluntly aggressive & lending itself to the dissonant melodies of depression-era blues & jazz roots. I named my disgruntled beastlet "PIGBOX", and as he offered up his battered reportoire, I envisioned an album designed to celebrate this rough diamond.

Four years of accumulated ideas & interruptions later, recorded at home over a two-week burst, here 'tis: a deliberately ramshackle jumble of half-baked ideas, spontaneous experiments, found sounds, dissonant blues, slurred timings, disgruntlements & happy accidents inspired by this cranky ukulele.

On this album, PIGBOX is joined in various bedragglements by his good mates cello bass, electrified ukuleles, acoustic & electric guitar, jungle kit & kitchen percussion, kemenche, balalaika, mandolin, electric plank, balalaika, 12-string mandolin, balafon, jawharp & whoever else was at hand. Some of these, such as cello & kemenche (Turkish fiddle), I had to teach myself to play, and much of this music was created spontaneously.

I wanted these Pigbox sessions to match his temperament and remain authentic to the moment - loose, klunky, unapologetically blunt, well-warted & rhythmically rubbery, a drunk aesthetic teetering sinuously between delicate collapse & sublime cohesion.

In celebration, esteemed listeners, I present to you.........PIGBOX & CO!

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released April 4, 2016

Composed, performed & recorded between 2011 - 2016 by Bradfield Dumpleton on Nashville resonator ukulele (acoustic & electrified), tremolo Bruko soprano uke, cello bass, acoustic & electric guitar, jungle kit & kitchen percussion, kemenche, balalaika, mandolin, 12-string mandolin, electric plank, rubberband bass, balalaika, 12-string mandolin, balafon, jawharp & strange gutteral moanings (singing?). All music & words, artwork & photography © Bradfield Dumpleton (except the chorus of "I'll Fly Away" on 14)

More info: bradfielddumpleton.com/my-invisible-music-career-pt-6-pigbox/

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A library of musical sketchbooks, mapping my various evolutions from 2005 to next week. Dedicated to exploring sound for its own sake. Many diverse delights here for the patient & attentive listener.

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