Robin Crutchfield
"Robin Crutchfield"

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55 years old
NEW YORK, New York
United States



Last Login: 5/11/2008
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GeneralCinnamon * Molasses Sponge * Tea * Lime Sherbet * Peppermint * Autumn Leaves * Falling Snow * A Warm Blanket On A Windy Day * Wind Chimes * Drones * Harps * Dominoes * Sandalwood Incense * The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew * A Quiet Place A Window With A View * Raymond Roussel * Marcel Duchamp * Jean Arp * Antoni Tapies * Remedios Varo * Grimm's Fairy Tales * Alice In Wonderland * Dr. Seuss * Edward Gorey * Grey Days * Mark Ryden * Victor Brauner * Leonora Carrington * Charles Addams * Wind Rustling Through The Pine Needles * Russian Tea Cakes * Pamela "Pixie" Colman Smith * My Little Dog Pearl * Painting
MusicDeux Filles * The Incredible String Band * Slowdive * Chet Baker * Harold Budd * Weekend * Roger Eno and Kate St. John * Yoko Ono * Julie London * The Raincoats * Nico * Young Marble Giants * Carmel * Love Unlimited * Bananarama * Mylene Farmer * Charlotte Gainsbourg * Jane Birkin * Virginia Astley * Jeri Southern * Annette Peacock * Peggy Lee * Ivy * Tino Rossi * Maria Callas * Smack Dab * Millie Small * Isabelle Antena * Moondog * Dusty Springfield * Astrud Gilberto * Noonday Underground * Stereolab * Free Design * Chris Montez * Fit and Limo * Francoise Hardy * Simon Fisher Turner * Vashti Bunyan * Colleen * Feathers * Goldoolins * Erik Satie * James Blackshaw
MoviesFellini's Satyricon * Stroszek * The Mole People * Dark Passage * The Phantom of Liberty * Even Dwarfs Started Small * The Young Girls of Rochefort * Curse Of The Demon * Midnight * The Birds * Smashing Time * Valerie and Her Week Of Wonders
TelevisionThe Avengers * As Time Goes By * Perry Mason * Good Neighbors * Boston Legal
BooksRaymond Roussel-Impressions of Africa * Grimms Fairy Tales * Lewis Carroll-Alice In Wonderland/Through The Looking Glass * Yoko Ono-Grapefruit * Pierre Cabanne-Dialogues With Duchamp * Arp on Arp * Benjamin Peret-From The Hidden Storehouse * Werner/Williams-The Giant Golden Book of Elves and Fairies * Ernst Haeckel-Art Forms in Nature * Chesney-Tesla: Man Out Of Time * Edward Gorey-The Black Doll * Edward Gorey-The Water Flowers *
HeroesPamela "Pixie" Colman Smith * Moondog * Nico * Yoko Ono * Annette Peacock * Arp * Victor Brauner * Leonora Carrington * John Cage * Gertrude Stein * Dr. Seuss * The Incredible String Band * Feathers * Alfred Hitchcock * Nikola Tesla * Erik Satie * Lewis Carroll * Remedios Varo.

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Zodiac Sign:Virgo



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http://robincrutchfield.com ***************************************************************************** Hey friends give a listen to my latest 'harp and drone acid folk' CD "Robin Crutchfield-For Our Friends In The Enchanted Otherworld" on Hand/Eye: via site above. Description from Hand/Eye: A tiny treasurebox from a lost garden, “For Our Friends in the Enchanted Otherworld,” finds Robin Crutchfield further exploring his unique world; one of delicate harp compositions, glissando, and deep drones. Soundscapes for daydreamers of this and other worlds. His new solo explorations have been described by Devendra Banhart as “beguiling, powerful, hypnotic, mesmerizing, commanding, delicately unnerving, lilting, mellow,” and “tense as hell.” Thanks for the support from all my friends. I hope you like the musical peek into the enchanted otherworld. ***************************************************************************** Hear a sample of my solo harp music at left -- "Witching And Walking" (which is listed with the other samples on my Dark Day music page--first friend below). ***************************************************************************** More info. about me can be found at: www.rlcrutchfieldsdarkday.homestead.com ***************************************************************************** SongsForFaerieFolk--- Spherical walking pickings of delicate sounds from instruments like harp, lyre and tampura, in semi-eastern and middle eastern and medieval chords tell a story like a 1001 night fairytale for the fairy folk, or how to become a witness to their world and nature and thus solve the spell that only works for those who don’t respect them...Most elves stories are about a subtle world closer to nature's perspectives, where elves are a bit suspicious of humans and sometimes threaten them. It is as if the ability of them to curse men, protects them for humans entering their world without having enough respect. I imagined it is music like that on Robin Crutchfield "Songs for Faerie Folk" which are like the kind of subtle, gentle simple excursions with some variety that can prepare a human who's world has much faster, stronger, sharper, harder contrasts to get used to the calmer, sweeter world of the Faerie World. http://www.psychedelicfolk.com/acidfolkreview16.html#anchor_363 ***************************************************************************** ToadstoolSoup--- Like the previous cd, we have miniature, magical pieces on harp, or with various multi-track harps and a bit of echo, handshakers, wood, and other small percussion, here and there some water and glockenspiel, mixed more often with the droning Indian tanpura. The pieces are a bit longer and melodic, and recall faeric spheres, like slower and faster rondo dances, based upon a simple, fundamental thematical and rhythmical tune. A short, but convincing soundtrack of a faerie world ready to step in. Psyche Van Het Folk review http://www.psychedelicfolk.com/acidfolkreview16.html#anchor_363 ***************************************************************************** Robin Crutchfield For Our Friends In The Enchanted Otherworld HAND/EYE CD Robin Crutchfield is one of the more enigmatic musicians around. After making waves as a performance artist in New York in the late 70s, he played keyboards in the original version of DNA with Arto Lindsay and Ikue Mori, until deciding they weren't as interesting as they might be. He then formed Dark Day, originally a trio with Nina Canal of Gynecologists/Ut and Nancy Arlen of Mars. This version never played live, unlike later line-ups with Jim Jarmusch, members of Tuxedomoon and others. Dark Day explored wide varieties of keyboard textures and machine theories, and went through several distinct phases. In its final incarnation, the group investigated some of the odder possibilities lurking inside British folk traditions. The vibe of their last album, Darkest Before Dawn, was akin to Comus or Current 93. Abandoning the group name, Crutchfield delved ever more deeply into this style; and his explorations are continued on For Our Friends In The Enchanted Otherworld , his third solo album. The music is largely based on instrumental harp glissandos: shimmering cascades of notes pouring down amidst birdsong, tanpura, bells and other woodland instrumentation. Crutchfield's compositions still have some of his old mechanistic hallmarks, but they've been recast as steampunk visions - huge delicate wooden wheels, spinning and plucking and plunking inside his fevered imagination. Which turns out to be a great place to visit - somewhere between Early Music, new volk and contemporary classical. This album is not quite like anything else you'll hear this year, and it's pretty goddamn brilliant. BYRON COLEY The Wire No. 287 (Jan. 2008) SOUNDCHECK p. 55 ***************************************************************************** Hand/Eye Robin Crutchfield : For our Friends in the Enchanted Otherworld (US,2007)**** The instrumentals by Robin Crutchfield are played by harp, tanpura, wine glass, toad, wooden flute, bells, stomping boot, jinglebox, flying machines, sampler, and forest friends. And an Enchanted world this is : very magical minimalism, miniatures that sound very often like dew from elves that flies by with the wind, and this expressed in a musical form. The first three tracks are small variations of harp with droning tanpura. On “Finding Our Woodland Way” the harp dances (-,from right to left,-) between sounds of forest creatures, as if this describes the presence of a Chinese elf or spirit creature. New also is “In Crystal Caves” where there are used airy glass sounds in combination with harp. Between other organic harp tracks (partly with additional sounds), “The Birds Know” is another original, short track, which is based upon a magical forest sounds that become keyboard-like loops. “Enchanted Ice Cream Truck” is magical like wind-chimes, as if combined with tiny bits of piano sounds, and it sounds like a natural musical box. Between two other harp theme tracks, “Magic Puffbox” is also another short beautiful weird moment, of remixed sounds, with a world on its own. “Dwarfish determination” gives an original variation of this particular world, sound rich and minimal in its nature, but still much more a composition of a dance than a loop. This is very descriptive music, a true musical ode to the little friends in the enchanted other world. -Gerald Van Waes psychevanhetfolk PSYCH/ACID HEAD FOLK related items REVIEW PAGE 16 http://psychedelicfolk.homestead.com/acidfolkreview16.html#anchor_447 ***************************************************************************** I moved to New York City in the mid-1970's to participate in the growing Soho and Tribeca performance art scene. After some critical success, I crossed over into music co-founding the experimental No Wave noise band DNA, which recorded tracks for the No New York album with Brian Eno. After a year with DNA, I departed to form my own musical project, Dark Day, with an array of various guest performers including Steven Brown of Tuxedomoon, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, Nina Canal from Ut, and others. I continued on alone releasing a number of albums in styles ranging from cold wave, to medieval pagan, to quirky electronica. Erroll Morris noted the odd nature of my work and commissioned tracks for his Bravo TV series "First Person", televised in 2000. At the turn of the millennium, I wrote and published a series of faerie tales. After the purchase of an African drum, several psalteries and harps, a lyre and a tanpura, I now devote my musical output to attempting dreamy soundscapes that paint aural pictures of the enchanted otherworld.
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amycanbe





Apr 6 2008 8:00 AM

questa will è la nuova
Coos





Apr 5 2008 6:45 PM


:)
Carol Maric





Mar 30 2008 10:35 AM

Just added "Witching and Walking" to my profile Zune player.
George





Mar 1 2008 6:47 PM

nothing like a little good harp & drone acid folk to get us thru these dreary
New England dog days of late winter.

your music will sound good in every season.
SiX PacK KimonO





Feb 26 2008 7:54 AM

hello Mr Crutchfield,
thanx for the add,
a dark day lover.
CIAO S.P.K
victoria





Feb 5 2008 5:28 AM

thank you!

xx
Carol Maric





Jan 23 2008 9:11 PM

Big Congratulations! I just read the review of your new CD in my favourite music magazine, The Wire. Very happy for you--Cheers!
Polaroyd*





Jan 18 2008 12:25 PM

Many thanks for the add, Robin. We love your records! Greetings from Peru.

Yours,
Polaroyd*
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Magic Carpet





Dec 30 2007 1:23 PM

Thanks for sharing
Happy New Year!
Best wishes,
Magic Carpet
Penny-Ante





Dec 25 2007 4:21 PM

ahoy!
I Do Believe Fairy Shop





Dec 20 2007 2:28 PM

Thank You Always for Your Belief

Kaade





Dec 17 2007 8:49 AM

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Dec 16 2007 1:55 AM

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Nov 12 2007 12:59 PM

THE H.I. ESOTERIC CIRCLE WELCOMES ROBIN CRUTCHFIELD!
THANKS FOR THE ADD.
GREETINGS FROM A DISTANT & UNCERTAIN AGE...
Round Sky Music





Nov 12 2007 6:54 AM

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Upon the tree of life
we gaze deeply
the eyes of God
shine in you
boldly we dare
let go of the shore
we float in bliss
river of life
ocean of love
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Oct 30 2007 3:25 AM

here too? where now?
Cool pic, we run a night, you are a legend of that era. Thats all.
Misty Williams





Oct 25 2007 12:55 PM

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Jul 8 2007 12:50 AM

Hi from Venice, Italy & thanks for the add Robin! We met before on the net and we both have our cd's on Cd Baby! I must get "Songs For Faerie Folk"... it's the kind of stuff I love it seems... All the best!
Strict Ideas





Apr 27 2007 5:47 AM

the music you have made, its so good.
DRAMA





Apr 12 2007 5:18 AM

(((Hello)))Greets from italy and thanx... ………
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ciao
marco
George





Apr 2 2007 7:53 PM

i heart robin.
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Feb 19 2007 1:09 AM

Hi!Robin!

Thank you for answering the Add request.


Your music is made strenuous efforts in a pungent, good meaning!

My best regards in the future!
Alessandra Celletti





Feb 14 2007 7:22 AM

Hi Robin! YOu are fantastic...
Shivanebula





Jan 4 2007 12:47 PM

nIcE To mEeT YoU!
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yOu aRe cReAtIvE!
sHiVa
Tony Morris





Jan 4 2007 4:19 AM

Pleased to meet up in cyberspace.

We seem to be in a similar line of business.

Tony.
www.tonymorrispoet.com
Clara





Dec 13 2006 4:21 PM

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Oct 31 2006 1:25 AM

Thanx for your Music ROBIN
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Hello from Paris...
Clara Rockmore





Oct 22 2006 7:35 AM

its a pleasure to meet you.
Linda Smith





Sep 18 2006 5:15 PM

Hello Robin!
Nice to see you on My Space! Hope all is well in the Village!
Linda
Neely O'hara





Sep 18 2006 9:58 AM

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Sep 9 2006 9:27 AM

I'll skip the traditional Myspace 'Dude, you rock!' greeting... How utterly cool to have you as a friend. I notice you have one of my old bands 'Weekend' listed under 'music'. I have asked Myspace to give us back our name but have had no luck so far.
Why don't you 'sign up' as an artist and post some music for us, my friend? I'd love to hear some stuff.
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