SON OF A GUN - ep (Contraphonic)

On Son of a Gun, Martin Bisi brings in musicians from his extended revolving line-up at live shows - long time collaborator Bill Laswell, and members of The Dresden Dolls, Fiery Furnaces, Balkan Beat Box, and World Inferno Friendship Society.

THE SONGS

Son of a Gun - who's cover is a surreal image of Bisi with a rifle - is thematically on the other side of the coin from the Sirens of the Apocalypse cd. Whereas the topless women on the cover of Sirens reveal an outward gaze into the world, Son of Gun is more self-referential.

Two songs on the EP are meant to be sister tracks: 'Mile High-Apple of My Eye', featuring Bill Laswell on bass, and 'Mile High-Formaldehyde' with Brian Viglione from The Dresden Dolls on drums.

The two Mile High tracks share a lot of identical lyrics and are directed at the similarities between Bisi and his daughter - "You share my design".

'Rise Up Cowboy' philosophically refers to a masculine presence and archetype that Bisi finds within himself, and ubiquitously in the world.
'Rise Up Cowboy' is embellished with very ambient sax by Peter Hess from Balkan Beat Box and World Inferno Friendship society, and features Bob D'Amico, the regular drummer for Fiery Furnaces (Mr. D'Amico also plays on 'Drink Your Wine').

FULL CREDITS

Bill Laswell - bass on "Mile High- Apple Of My Eye"
Bob D'Amico (Fiery Furnaces) - drums on "Rise Up Cowboy" and "Drink Your Wine"
Brian Viglione (Dresden Dolls, World Inferno Friendship Society) - drums on "Mile High- Formaldehyde"
Peter Hess (Balkan Beat Box, World Inferno Friendship Society) - ambient sax on "Rise Up Cowboy"
DJ Butterface - keyboards, programming on "Mile High- Apple Of My Eye", extra guitar and didgeridoo on "Mile High- Formaldehyde", harmonica on "Drink Your Wine", backup vocals on "Son Of A Gun" and "Rise Up Cowboy"
Shawn Setaro - Bass (all except "Mile High- Apple Of My Eye")
Billy Atwell - drums on "Son Of A Gun"
Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi - sax on "Mile High- Formaldehyde"
Ajda the Turkish Queen - backup vocals
Daniel Lee Cousins - extra guitar on "Rise Up Cowboy"
Russ Widdall and Joe Collura - extra vocals on "Mile High- Apple Of My Eye"

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