Arto Lindsay has come a long way since his early days as one of the prime architects of downtown New York's no wave sound, a period when he played untuned guitar in the noise trio DNA and served as the first vocalist for the Golden Palominos. Since then he's been a fairly ubiquitous guest artist and has pursued his own interest in the music of Brazil (where he was raised), as well as taking a detour into slightly avant-garde dance-pop with the group Ambitious Lovers. His solo work i...   [ read more ]

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Seemingly far from the chaotic no wave of DNA, Arto Lindsay continues his explorations into the subtleties of Brazilian pop music. Throughout Invoke, avant-gardisms bubble just below the surface in strange loops and weird drumbeats, occasionally finding their way to the top (such as on "In the City That Reads"). Lindsay fuses the ideas of the art pop of David Byrne with the haunting samples of Soul Coughing's Mark de Gli Antoni. The result is a magical, atmospheric disc ...   [ read more ]

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Arto Lindsay's third outing for Righteous Babe, Salt, continues with the Brazilian meets avant pop stylings he began in the mid-'90s. Fans of his work with DNA, the Golden Palominos, or John Zorn's Locus Solus project may be somewhat disappointed that he only plays guitar on two cuts, but the fact is that this is a decidedly different project. Switching between Portuguese and English, Lindsay's fragile voice has never sounded more melodic, and the Brazilian-influenced music is...   [ read more ]

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