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The Iditarod is history. The duo of Karin Wagner and Jeffrey Alexander split
up in 2003. In their eight years of existence, the duo released an impressive
back-catalogue on labels als Bluesanct, Timelag, Camera obscura, Last visible
dog, Elsie and jack…They can easily be counted as one of the pioneers of the current
folk-revival, with their eclectic mix of traditional folk and psychedelica.
The
Iditarod were an avant-folk ensemble from Rhode Island, USA. Carin Wagner and
Jeffrey Alexander have been playing and recording together from 1996 to 2003.
The earliest output -was recorded as a duo, or just by carin. At that time, iditarod
was more popsong-oriented.
The definate sound of the band was reached
after forming a quartet with Margie Wienk on cello and Matt Everret on violin.
Margie also performs as Fern Knght, while Matt also worked with Will Oldham /
Bonnie Prince Billy and Espers.
Its in this lineup that the band is
in its most productive phase: the 3 yuletide albums (4 if you include the yuletide
compilation, the critically acclaimed 'the ghost, the elf...' album, contributions
on the poor minstrels tour cds, and a ton of 7"s and compilation appearances.
Also,
it's in this later era of the existence of iditarod that 'kleine' was put together.
the album was compiled of all unreleased recording from the very beginning of
iditarod, untill the most recent songs. It features carin's more traditional songs,
collaborations with the likes of b'eirth (in gowan ring, birch book) and alastair
galbraith, and more psychedlic tape experiments and improvisations. all mixed
together this is odd enough the most coherent iditarod record. It came out in
2002, but was unavailable for quite some time, untill its rerelease in june 2007
After the split in 2003, Jeffrey founded the Secret Eye label, formed Black
Forest/Black Sea and curated the Terrastock 6 festival. Karin Wagner on the other
hand, stopped making music - hopefully temporarily.
Iditarod is history.
Its no coincidence that most of their records have been re-released.
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"Kleine"
cd - released june 7th 2007
legendary folkcombo,
feat members of black forest black sea, in gowan ring, fern knight... re-release
of their tape from 2002 on morc. a perfect mix of direct songs with psychedelic
tape and drone experiments.
10 € / + 15 us$
->
klick on cover for details and a track
-> mp3: kleine
(5'13) |
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"Kleine"
tape - released april 2002
acoustic dronings,
acid folk, no matter how you label it: it's impossible to describe how beautiful
the songs on this tape are. hot on the heels of their bluesanct-cd.
-> sold out!
-> klick on cover for details and a track
-> mp3:
kleine (5'13) |
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The river nektar cd
bluesanct
71 (re-release) | | 
"The ghost, the elf, the cat and the angel" cd
bluesanct
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terrastock 7"
part of a 5X7" box set, also feat. sonic youth, bardo
pond, stone breath, charalambides
time-lag
records | 
split 7" with jen turrell
dutch courage |
scandinavian tour single
hub city 07 |
split 7" with the eyesores
Brentwood estates |
the invisible pyramid 2cd
also feat.
Pelt, Bardo Pond, Birchville Cat Motel, Kemialliset Ystävät, Fursaxa...
last
visible dog | 
ptolemaic terrascope vol 33 cd
also feat. Land of Nod, the green pajamas,
comets on fire, cerberus shoal...
ptolemaic
zine | 
The poor minstrels of song vol 2" cdr
also feat. drekka, ring, peter
scion, matt everett, static films, tinsel ...
bluesanct | 
The poor minstrels of song vol. 1 cd
also feat. drekka,stone breath, in gowan
ring, eyesores, prydwyn... bluesanct |
oficial website:
http://www.secreteye.org/theiditarod
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