About Me
This page is a tribute to Cindy Dall
and her music.
Her CDs & records are still available @ Drag City and Domino.
Don't miss 'em!
Bio:
Cindy Dall is a musician who has recorded two albums: an untitled release .. City (US) / Domino (UK) in 1996 and "Sound Restores Young Men" (under the name Cynthia Dall) .. City in 2002. She has also collaborated with Bill Callahan's Smog on several Smog recordings and in live performances. In 1998 she did the vocals for a remix of "Torture Day" by The Notwist.
Cindy Dall is also a photographer. Her murder-glam aesthetic places her work firmly in the canon of other transgressive visual artists like Richard Kern and Nick Zedd.
Her self-portraits were featured frequently in Lisa Crystal Carver's Rollerderby.
Visit the pics gallery for some beautiful examples.
About her 1st album:
Though the album cover bears no name or title, this collection of songs is actually the work of Cynthia Dall, best known for her collaboration with labelmate Smog. Smog's Bill Callahan appears on Untitled, contributing guitar and vocals; however, aside from similarly stripped-down production values, that's the only similarity between Smog's music and Dall's solo work. If possible, Untitled is even more implosive and desolately beautiful than her work with Smog on songs like "Christmas (California)" and "Lion Becomes Dragon." She's able to turn a question like "What are you getting me for Christmas?" into a frosty, thinly veiled threat. The echoing pianos that make up Untitled's musical motif sound as if Dall were in a very faraway place that's both nightmarish and dreamy. That's not to say that Untitled is a completely bleak album; on tracks such as the Callahan/Dall duet "Holland" and the wistful ballad "Bright Night," the album achieves a remote, luminous beauty, and on "Aaron Matthew," it grows downright warm and genuine. Brittle, disturbing, and magnetic, Untitled shows that Dall has plenty to say on her own terms. A frighteningly lovely album. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
- Discography -
Releases:
"Untitled" - this song appears on Never Fear The Unfearable, 7" compilation
Starlight Furniture Co. - September 1994
companion EP for issue 9 of Bananafish fanzine
credited as Bill Callahan And Cindy Dall
"Untitled" - 1st album, LP & CD
Drag City / Domino Recording Company Ltd
DC073 - DC73CD / WIGCD23 - WIGLP23 - March 5, 1996
"Be Safe" - this song appears on For All The URLs I'Ve Loved... an Escargot Compilation From Sick & Tired, CD
Sick&Tired, SNT002 - 1997
companion CD for summer issue of Escargot fanzine
credited as Cindy Dall
"Sound Restores Young Men" - 2nd album, LP & CD
Drag City, DC132CD - DC132LP - September 10, 2002
"Eric's Song" - this song appears on Tracks & Fields, 2XCD compilation
Kill Rock Stars, KRS401 - April 6, 2004
credited as Cynthia Dall
Cynthia appears on:
"A Hit" - 7" single by Smog
Drag City, DC038 - March 2, 1994
Cynthia does vocals on Wine Stained Lips, credited as Cindy Dall
"Burning Kingdom" CD EP by Smog
Drag City / City Slang / Domino Recording Company Ltd
DC041 / 04946-1 - 04946-2 / REWIGCD6 - September 19, 1994
"Renée Died 1:45" is written by Cynthia who does also vocals and plays guitar on the song
