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330,003 Crossdressers from Beyond the Rig Veda

Sun City Girls · 1996

• Scores: Noise 5, Unease 4, Complexity 3 (each 1 to 5)
• Genre: Folk, Experimental Folk, Free Improvisation
• Mood: chaotic, mystic, unmoored
• Sound: free improvisation, world-music instruments, tape collage, spoken-word, long formless tracks

330,003 Crossdressers from Beyond the Rig Veda is a two-disc, 23-track album of about two hours by Sun City Girls, with Alan Bishop, Richard Bishop and Charles Gocher each playing many instruments. The credits include gamelan, balalaika, melodica, banjo, tape and effects, several tracks are arranged from traditional material, and the second disc contains the 34-minute "Ghost Ghat Trespass / Sussmeier". Scott Colburn recorded, mixed and edited it, and Eyvind Kang plays violin on one track.

Track list

1. Civet's Tango (2:56)
2. CCC (4:15)
3. Apna Desh (4:42)
4. Rookoobay (3:45)
5. Cruel and Thin (3:39)
6. Sardhama Royale (2:26)
7. Sikya Boyah (3:27)
8. Soi Cowboy (2:21)
9. Kickin' the Dragon (4:59)
10. Murderers Night (2:52)
11. Diamond Macaque (1:56)
12. Theme From 'Sangkala' (2:10)
13. Insect Dilemma (1:14)
14. Delong Song (3:48)
15. Kumari Sweet (6:07)
16. Lies Up the Niger (6:42)
17. Cineraria Blue (8:35)
18. Shin Paku (7:03)
19. Candi Sukuh (3:28)
20. Ghost Ghat Trespass / Sussmeier (34:22)
21. Vimana of the Twilight (7:05)
22. Theme From 'The Swaying Gardens Of Apocalypsia' (3:37)
23. Maybe I'll Kiss and Die a Fool (Finale) (5:32)