Album: First Night Forever

Song Title

Time

Where Should I Go

Machine in the Ghost

Walk with Me

Need Is All You Love

First Night Forever

Healer

Western Smoke

Thumb Second

Chaos Breeds, Pt. 1

10)

Chas Breeds, Pt. 2

Album: First Night Forever

Song Title

Time

Where Should I Go

Machine in the Ghost

Walk with Me

Need Is All You Love

First Night Forever

Healer

Western Smoke

Thumb Second

Chaos Breeds, Pt. 1

10)

Chas Breeds, Pt. 2

Performer Notes

Personnel: Burnt Friedman (vocals, toy piano, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, steel drum, percussion, programming, drum programming, sampler); Barbara Panther, Daniel Dodd-Ellis, Theo Altenberg, Steve Spacek (vocals); Mandjao Fati (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar); Tim Motzer (acoustic guitar); Richard Pike, Joseph Suchy (electric guitar); Alexander Meyen (violin, strings); Hayden Chisholm (flute, clarinet, saxophone, soprano saxophone); Daniel Schroeter (bass guitar); Don Abi (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Burnt Friedman.
Recording information: Cologne, Germany (1999-2007); Hamburg (1999-2007); Melbourne, Australia (1999-2007); Nautica, Philadelphia, PA (1999-2007); New York, NY (1999-2007); Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (1999-2007); UTS Studio, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (1999-2007).
Photographers: Theo Altenberg; Burnt Friedman.
Arranger: Burnt Friedman.
Funk-fueled electronic edit-master Burnt Friedman continues to show off his production skills on FIRST NIGHT FOREVER. Known for collaborating with top-notch electronic musicians and vocalists, Friedman does not disappoint here. Funkst”rung vox contributor Enik, and Grace Jones-meets-Eartha-Kitt Berliner Barbara Panther are but two musicians who help Friedman create his blankets of dub, jazz, and funk-infused electronica.

Professional Reviews

Uncut (p.102) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[G]litch electronica, woozy dub tactics and modern soul...beguiling songs that slyly wriggle from their generic skins."

The Wire (p.60) - "With its mosaic of myriad, sensuous intricacies and sound colours, it's tactile on the eardrum, almost palpably aromatic, a complex feast of sensations..."