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The Ruby Cord

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4.5 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
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Domino

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The Domino Recording Company was founded in Putney, South West London by Laurence Bell in 1993. Twenty-five plus years later, the Domino headquarters are a short walk away from Bell's first 'office' and the company's ambitions, operating procedures and ethos remain the same – to represent and release music by artists who have no choice but to make music and to draw them to the attention of the world.

The label's first release was Sebadoh's "Soul And Fire", a song of lovelorn honesty that cut through the prevailing bluster of grunge and introduced a new style of singer-songwriter recording that became known as Lo-Fi. Though always keen to avoid genres and nametags, the first generation of Domino artists became synonymous with the hallmarks of Lo-Fi: home recording, a free hand, and an outsider mentality, one that was unconvinced by wider ideas about commerce within the music business.

Among the label's earliest successes were Will Oldham under his working name of Palace and its variant modifiers (Palace Songs, Palace Music and Palace Brothers), Smog and Royal Trux - artists who all released epochal, highly praised albums that earned the label a unique position and reputation in a UK that was musically fixated on the monolithic good times of Britpop. In a move that typified the label's unique sense of resilience, Domino also released titles by wayward and experimental domestic acts such as Hood, Flying Saucer Attack and The Third Eye Foundation that, together with their signing of The Pastels, ensured Domino celebrated a very British sense of regionalism and, at times, eccentricity.

In 1997, Domino released Pavement's landmark commercial breakthrough Brighten The Corners which was followed a year later by Elliott Smith's Either/Or and in 1999 the debut album by Will Oldham as Bonnie “Prince” Billy, I See A Darkness: a series of albums that confirmed the label's reputation as the preeminent European home of American music. Bell's desire to work with British bands as innovative and singular as his American artists reached fruition in the late 90s with the signings of Four Tet, Clinic, James Yorkston and The Kills.

All were acts with a distinct identity that established Domino as a label interested in creativity rather than any particular sound or style. Towards the end of its first decade, the label became synonymous with this new set of artists who provided a catalogue for Domino's.

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Pop in your earpiece, close your eyes and embrace the wonders (and horrors) of augmented reality and prepare to travel 500 years into the future as Richard Dawson returns with…The Ruby Cord. These seven tracks plunge us into an unreal, fantastical and at times sinister future where social mores have mutated, ethical and physical boundaries have evaporated; a place where you no longer need to engage with anyone but yourself and your own imagination. It’s a leap into a future that is well within reach, in some cases already here.  1. The Hermit 2. Thicker Than Water 3. The Fool 4. Museum 5. The Tip of an Arrow 6. No-one 7. Horse and Rider

Product details

  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.32 x 12.32 x 0.31 inches; 10.4 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Domino Record Co.
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2022
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ September 30, 2022
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Domino Record Co.
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BGXPKL49
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
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    4.5 out of 5 stars 31 ratings

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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2022
    Sunlight shining through the window, you pull from the back of a dresser drawer the wooden box of things you treasured as a child. You turn each item over in your hand, smelling old data and forgotten beauty. The wood, some string, some scraps of metal, drawings, a portal, a sense of unfocused appreciation, love.
    This album is an alien holding humanity in such a way.
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  • David Fernández
    5.0 out of 5 stars "Tiny cobles out at sea..."
    Reviewed in Spain on January 12, 2023
    Este disco de Richard Dawson es una maravilla y ya sólo la canción que abre el disco ("The hermit"), que dura 40 fantásticos minutos, justifica pasar por caja. En concreto, la sección "Tiny cobles out at sea..." ("Barquitas mar adentro, un muro negro de nubes al este y una luz de arco iris débilmente encendida..."), con su etérea melodía, bella instrumentación y unos coros fantásticos, alcanza momentos de belleza extática. Con que sólo alguien que leyera esto se animara a escuchar esta canción fabulosa, ya estaría uno satisfecho.
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  • sheila blackwell
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ethereal strange and beautiful
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 22, 2022
    Got all of his stuff but this is by far my favourite of his work to date. Like some modern day Homer, his words and music paint images in the mind that are at once alien and yet somehow familiar being epic and mythical in scope and depth that act as a bridge between our past and present that inspire and give rise to questions of what it means to be human. Live, he is something else, totally unique and mesmerising to watch. In fact you don’t just watch him, you become a part of the magical world he creates. Buy this album and go see him live. A national treasure.
  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Goede muziek
    Reviewed in Germany on December 12, 2022
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  • amedeo
    5.0 out of 5 stars ok
    Reviewed in Italy on December 30, 2022
    Tutto ok, grazie.
  • Alistair Pettigrew
    5.0 out of 5 stars Last track sticks
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 14, 2023
    I love this album but the last track sticks on my CD player.