LP (180 Gram)
Original Artwork by Richard Rupenus, James Worse
Numbered & signed edition of 30 ex.
d’or077
Date of Publication: 29 September 2024
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‘A gLaStLy ThReEn’ is the ultimate collaboration of three masters of surrealism, Richard Rupenus, Raymond Dijkstra and James Worse, originally recorded in 1985 and published now for the first time by Astres d’Or… An exceptional journey through phantasmagorical projections of the mind leading us astray from preconceived reflections of the distorted self. The image is broken. Crushed in an all absorbing rage from years gone by. The field lies open in front of us. The air is clear. With remaining clouds of dust and scattered glass continuously being pushed to the side whilst we glide forward over a landscape of mud, shiny, in a far away sun.
James Worse is an artist from the UK, active in visual arts, poetry and music since the early 1980’s. His spoken word pieces include poetry written by himself. The poetry consists of self invented wordings with a direct link to surrealism and folk art. His artwork forms a beautiful personal, folk art inspired amalgan of free forms and letters, often very colorful.
James Worse currently lives in Melbourne, Australia and can be found here: (music) https://jamesworse.bandcamp.com/ and here (artpage on instagram) @flartitude
Richard Rupenus is an experimental musician, of a highly distinctive, easily discernible, personal form of noise music. The basis of his noise lies in concrete sounds- scraping, scratching of objects and surfaces, recorded from near by. His active years were from early 1980’s-2024. He recently stopped making music. Rupenus is working under the name The New Blockaders. Previously Rupenus and Raymond Dijkstra published two titles, both on Astres d’Or. An extensive discography and background information of Richard Rupenus can be found here: https://www.thenewblockaders.org.uk/
Raymond Dijkstra is an obscure outsider visual artist and musician since 1980. He has a large discography, mainly consisting of highly limited editions (1-10 ex) and tiny vinyl formats (3″, 5″). His publications are often a combination of music and original art. His to the larger public unknown music can be described as a very personal and original type of musique brut. Mostly made with acoustic sources like harmonium, pianoharp and scraping of objects. In 2022 he stopped making music permanently and is now fully engaged in the visual arts. https://www.rayastre.org , instagram
A gLaStLy ThReEn
James Worse- Voice, Poetry
Richard Rupenus- Scraping
Raymond Dijkstra- Other instruments, composition
Excerpt Face A
Excerpt Face B
Artwork description
Cover is made by Richard Rupenus. Consisting of handcut and pasted, printed paper collage with acrylic paint and glue. Each one is different.
Insert by James Worse, letterpress prints on colored cardboard (each different) (edition of 24)
Insert by James Worse, original oil crayon drawings on cardboard (edition of 6)
The publication of A gLaStLy ThReEn has artwork by Richard Rupenus on the cover, with inserts of James Worse. There are two editions- edition with 24 letterpress inserts by James Worse and another edition with 6 original oil crayon drawings by James Worse.
Price:
Edition of 24 (with letterpress inserts) 160 euro
Edition of 6 (with original drawings) 220 euro.
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