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Will Blanchard – drums (7, 8) Additional musicians. Spencer Bewley – handclaps on "Dirge" Gary Burns – keyboards on "Neptune City" Ali Friend – upright bass on "Lever Street" Vocalists. Dot Allison – vocals on "Dirge", choir arrangement on "Aladdin's Story"
The Contino Sessions. The band's second album, The Contino Sessions (1999), marked a slight change in direction with more attention to live instrumentation than their first and the inclusion of guest vocalists (including Dot Allison, Bobby Gillespie, Iggy Pop, and Jim Reid ). [1]
Oct 1, 1999 · The Contino Sessions. By Elisabeth Vincentelli. Published on October 1, 1999 04:00AM EDT. Death in Vegas’ songs lock into a groove and slowly burrow into your consciousness. Breezily sung by...
Sep 13, 2019 · Allison doesn’t actually say a word on The Contino Sessions, but “Dirge” wouldn’t be the same without her eerie lah lah lah s, which set the techno-gothic tone of everything to come.
Apr 14, 2015 · Opening the record is “Dirge”, an eerie track that starts with an ominous two chord strum of a jangly electric guitar and an unsettling chant of “La La La La” from Dot Allison. As the song goes on tension builds with a hypnotic bass groove and squealing vintage keyboard to the point where it feels claustrophobic.
Dec 21, 2000 · With appearances by a Reid brother (Jesus and Mary Chain), Bobby Gillespie (Primal Scream), Dot Allison (go ahead, say it, you don’t remember her first big group One Dove), and Iggy Pop, how does this disk turn out to be only middling good? Maybe dark-ish, groove-like, techno-rock loses its flavor with each added cook.
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Mar 15, 2019 · From the jangly guitar opening of “Dirge”, NASA noise of “Death Threat”, to the vintage B3 organ on “Lever Street”, The Contino Sessions is gorgeous from top to bottom. All subtle nuance is present as if you are there with Fearless and Holmes in the studio.
