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drumnjazz
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 12:42 am Reply with quote
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Okay kids. Here it tis. The singularly amazing, underground classic (to all 30 people who have a copy) Krismus Karuls.

Originally released in 2003 on Konstrictor Productions this fantastically bizzare record features both a 7 song Christmas EP from Nichole & The Dreamcatchers, whose lead singer, Nichole, is in full command of her twelve year old voice. Amazing stuff. Then the full on extravaganza. Two tracks from Half-Handed Cloud, The Mary Hamhocks (Liz Janes and husband- erstwhile Slowly Rotating Fan- Michael Kaufmann) and Mary Krismus. Probably the prettiest thing Create (!) has ever recorded ("Hymn for St. John of Shanghai"- bonus points if you know what he is the patron saint of...), a great lo-fi, fun instrumental from elusive My Marathon and a simply astounding piece of music from Joel Pickell (drummer and musician in the travelling Half-Handed Cloud circus). What is Christmas without kids!?? Childhood tape recordings from 1978 and 87 bookend the tracks and the album tops off with "Red & Green" from themorningcall featuring some sweet baby chatter.

WOW! Merry Christmas indeed! Get it while you can...

Various Artists- Krismus Karuls

track listing
Nichole & The Dreamcatchers- Santa is the Greatest
Nichole & The Dreamcatchers- Santa-Santa
Nichole & The Dreamcatchers- Time To Rejoice
Nichole & The Dreamcatchers- What a Day for a Dog of Gold
Nichole & The Dreamcatchers- Santa's on his Way
Nichole & The Dreamcatchers- Santa is the Greatest (surf-rap)
Nichole & The Dreamcatchers- Chocolate Stars (I'll be home)
The Mary Hamhocks- Christmas Kiss
Joel Pickell- Don't be Scared There is a Savior
Christmas 1978- Jingle Bells
My Marathon- A Sleigh Ride Through the Streets of San Francisco
Campfire Kids- It's Jesus' Birthday so He Should Get the Toys
Half-Handed Cloud- Asian Meteorologists Predicted the Heavens to Snow-down a Child a Child to Us (Plant a little Fir Tree)
Mary Krismus- Ah-ooh-nee-oh
Create (!)- Hymn for St. John of Shanghai
Bastille Day- It's Christmas Time in D.C.
Philip Fawn- Ode to Gandolf and Ye Ole Christmas Spirit
The Mary Hamhocks- Sweet Baby Jesus
Christmas 1987- Little St. Nick
The Switched-Off Promise Book- Electrical Coloured Lights
Mary Krismus- Go Tell it on the Mountain (for Cousin Paul)
Half-Handed Cloud- The * That Moved-around the Night
themorningcall- Red & Green


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intransit
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 7:26 am Reply with quote
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I was listening to that wonderful kristmus karols cd in the van on the way to work the other day and my co-worker, though thoroughly disgusted, recognized the hidden talent in nicole's other-worldly voice. I can't get enough of the cd face image. Maybe I'll post it later for those who don't know what I'm talking about.
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drumnjazz
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:30 am Reply with quote
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intransit wrote:
I can't get enough of the cd face image. Maybe I'll post it later for those who don't know what I'm talking about.


hey jonathan please do... my scanner doesn't rock quite so well...
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intransit
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 1:34 pm Reply with quote
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The lovely cd face for krismuskaruls. Watch out for the tiger Nichole!
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Guest
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 6:15 am Reply with quote
Thanks for posting this. Fantastic.
metalfoot
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 7:43 am Reply with quote
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Thanks for making this available. I'm curious if it will drive my wife crazy...
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Chewie KABLOOIE
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 8:23 am Reply with quote
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Very Happy

Many Happy thoughts to you this holiday season - and thank you for some great Holiday tunes instead of the same old CRAP!
nobody in particular
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 9:35 am Reply with quote
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What a wonderful appeal to kind free loaders. Thank you.
captainnegro
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 9:48 am Reply with quote
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And a Merry Christmas to you, too!
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WHITMAN
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 4:24 pm Reply with quote
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you made my christmas. Thank you Chris!
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Yanamama
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 7:59 pm Reply with quote
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Anyone have a favorite song ?
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Yanamama
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 8:03 pm Reply with quote
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The Switch wrote:
so how do we get it??


all the tracks are available as mp3 downloads up above (they're pink and bold)... you can just click "Save As" or "Save to desktop" and they're yours...

let me know if you still have any trouble...
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drumnjazz
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 8:10 pm Reply with quote
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Yanamama wrote:
Anyone have a favorite song ?


i really, really, really like Joel Pickell's song and My Marathon's track is really fun too. and then who could deny the amazing content of Nichole & the Dreamcatchers' "Santa is the Greatest (surf rap)"?
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skab
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 5:00 pm Reply with quote
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Gee Willikers!!!!! (its odd how people react to saying that compared to cursing) I can't stand dial-up! I'll get these songs eventually, but it seems like Christmas will be over by then! oh well, it'll still be worth it. If anybody has a problem with patients they want to fix, just get dial-up.

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Konstructor
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 9:24 pm Reply with quote
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Nichole and the Dreamcatchers ?Krismus Karuls?
+ bonus tribute. I am still amazed by this wonderful little nugget. The first section (tracks 1-7) were all recorded in the early summer of 2003, when some friends of the family flew out of Lenoir City, Tennessee to see us here in Berkeley California.
Their daughter, Nichole age twelve, has a unique voice. The summer before, when they visited us, we had done some recordings with her that kept us anticipating their next visit. Nichole?s ideas were incredible. Listening to her was refreshing. The music she made didn?t obey the rules. It was real and impossible to recreate.
When she visited us the second time, I had already planned how the session was going to unravel. We would only do Christmas songs. We were going to record as many as we could.
After they left, my brother Rian and I played the songs for our friend John Ringhofer who was very amazed by the sugar coated pop brainchild kid. ?Laughs?.
Anyway, the tapes were soon forgotten and left to rust and gather crumbs in the filth and scatter of our carpet. Meanwhile, I was writing some Christmas songs of my own. I talked to John about the songs I had been working on; he told me he had a few Christmas songs up his sleeves also, and wouldn?t it be cool if we made a small compilation. ?I?m sure the Campfire Kids would be into it?, he said. ?What about the Nichole stuff??, I asked,? I really wanted to get that stuff finished too.?. ?Let?s just put it all on one disc.? he said. This was a clever suggestion because Nichole had already finished the artwork. The only thing left to do was the inside designs, recording, and emailing.
Even though there wasn?t much time left until Christmas, everyone got there songs finished and sent in by the deadline. The final product was a Christmas tour de force. If you don?t believe me, try it out yourself. That?s not a dare; that?s a promise. Thank you John and Chris and everyone who contributed their time. Happy holidays. I?ve got ringworm.
------------------Joel.
Track Listing:
1.) Santa is the Greatest 0:15
2.) Santa-Santa. 0:44
3.) Time to Rejoice. 1: 50
4.) What a Day for a Dog of Gold. 0:23
5.) Santa?s on his Way. 0: 59
6.) Santa is the Greatest. (surf-rap) 0:32
7.) Chocolate Stars. (I?ll be home) 1:11
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