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How It Went Down

by Chris Cunningham

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1.
Étoile Verte (Green Star) 05:08
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Ophelia's Last Procession 01:38
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How It Went Down 04:46
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Cauchemar (Nightmare) 04:38
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Cauchemar (nightmare) ህልም ነው ወይ ቅዥት? የማየው እያልክ ስትፈራ ህልም አይደለም ቅዥት ሚታየው እውነት ነው ተስፋ ስትቆርጥ ማየት አልፈልግም መልካም ነገር ይሆንል ል ጥረትን አድርግ፣ አትበል ድክም አትበል ድክም ሂድወደፊት ተጋዝ፣ አትበል ድክም አትበል ድክም አትበል ድክም ተፍጨርጭረህ ጎንህ ያለውን ይዘህ ነገሩ ቢምስል አስፈሪ እሩጥ፣ ተስፋ አትቁረጥ ጠንከር በል ተስፋ አትቁረጥ hilimi newi weyi k’izhiti? yemayewi iyaliki sitifera hilimi āyidelemi k’izhiti mītayewi iwineti newi tesifa sitik’orit’i mayeti ālifeligimi melikami negeri yihonilihāli t’iretini ādirigi፣ ātibeli dikimi ātibeli dikimi hīdiwedefīti tegazi፣ ātibeli dikimi ātibeli dikimi ātibeli dikimi tefich’erich’irehi gonihi yalewini yizehi negeru bīmisili āsiferī irut’i፣ tesifa ātik’uret’i t’enikeri beli tesifa ātik’uret’i Translation: Is it a dream or a nightmare? When you are afraid of what I see It is not a dream it is a reality to be seen I don't want to see you give up It will be a good thing for you Make the Effort, Do Not Say Weakness Do not say that you can’t Go ahead, don't say I can’t Do not say that you are tired Do not say that you are tired Hold on to what is on your side Even though it seems scary Run, don't despair Be strong Do not give up
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Santeria 08:18
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Hypertango 02:31
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Fiker Yashenfal (Love Wins) 04:23
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Fiker Yashenfal መዋደዳችን ጥላቻን አስወግደን ፍቅር መ ሪ ነው ተዋደን በአንድላይ ስንኖር በ ፍቅር ሁሉም ነገር ያምራል ውበትን ይጨምር፣ ፍቅር ፍቅር የታገሳል፣ ቸርነትን ያውቅል ፍቅር በጎ ያስባል ሁሉ መልካም ይሆናል ስንዋደድ ስንተሳሰብ ልዩነታችን አንድነታችን ነው ፍቅር የታገሳል mewadedachini t’ilachani āsiwegideni fik’iri mehārī newi tewadeni be’ānidilayi sininori be fik’iri hulumi negeri yamirali wibetini yich’emiri፣ fik’iri fik’iri yetagesali፣ cherinetini yawik’ili fik’iri bego yasibali hulu melikami yihonali siniwadedi sinitesasebi liyunetachini ānidinetachini newi fik’iri yetagesali translation: Our love is to put an end to hate Love is merciful When we live together, everything is beautiful in love That is our beauty Love is patient, recognizes goodness Love thinks good When we love, everything will be fine The difference is our unity Love is patient
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The God of Frogs 04:33
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Moundsview, MN — 1973 02:29
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Jack's Big Decision! 03:38
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This album contains the most recent solo compositions, studio assemblages, and musical collaborations from Chris Cunningham, a Minneapolis -based musician/composer/producer.

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...at first and second hearing the music strikes me as clear yet mysterious, deep and sweeping, atmospheric, textured, narrative, flowing, engaging, ever-changing, rocking, haunting, well-mixed and original.

Howard Mandel- jazz critic (The Wire, Jazztimes)

Chris Cunningham’s latest full-length captures the Minneapolitan and his post-jazz cohorts in full-bore spontaneous composition mode from start to finish, with strands of previously unheard melody constantly bubbling up out of endlessly-evolving polyrhythms like new forms of life in a bottomless bowl of primordial starter broth.Producer/composer Cunningham doesn't so much play god as empower his many collaborators to just go ahead and do the entity's work.

-Rod Smith

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released September 22, 2019

All tracks produced, mixed and engineered by Chris Cunningham
All compositions by Chris Cunningham (except where noted)
Copyright 2019 Ecstatomatic BMI

Cauchemar and Fiker Yashenfal co-written by Biruk Chegen and Chris Cunningham

Recorded indoors and outdoors in many locations, in many years, and in many ways and means

Deepest thanks and gratitude to:

Michelle Kinney
Ivan Cunningham
Ruby Kinney
Barry Reynolds
Joe Scarfone
Jeff Buckley
Dumas
Jerry Agony
James White
Evan Lurie
EJ Rodriguez
Dave Reichely
Pam Fleming
Tim Otto
Poppa Johnnie
Mingo
Indio
Erik Sanko
Hazrat Inayat Khan
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Omar Farouk
Ali Hafid
Dan Behrman
Lindsey Horner
Jason Crigler
Tim Hill
And many, many others

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a collective of musicians and composers in Minneapolis, MN.
Many are in the same family.

FOTHOU has been described as:
lifting from the world's deepest groove pockets- East, West, and North African, 80's No Wave funk, Sun Ra, and more.

The solo albums by Chris Cunningham (Neverwas) are from the same vein of the mine, with more acoustic folk influences.
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