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Mon, 31 Oct 2011  /  1 Comment
Dummy point us to a blog, which has a note from a Warner Brothers' A&R who had a bit of trouble wrapping his head around the NYC producer's music in 1979.
Wed, 04 May 2011  /  2 Comments
Here are sections of a 1986 recording session from Battery Sound NYC, in which upstart rapper Mark Sinclair (Diesel) spits on the mic while the legendary producer mans the desk.
Thu, 04 Feb 2010  /  3 Comments
Cherished New York disco producer Bob Blank recalls working with Russell on the seminal "Go Bang" and "Is It All Over My Face" releases. More ›
Thu, 10 Sep 2009  /  1 Comment
Carl Craig's Demon Days cohort Gamall Awad goes on a quest to discover just how much of Arthur's material remains in the vaults.

Real name / Charles Arthur Russell
Aliases / Dinosaur, Dinosaur L, Indian Ocean, Killer Whale
When Arthur Russell died of AIDS on April 4, 1992, at the age of 40, the obituary in The Village Voice read: "his songs were so personal that it seems as though he simply vanished into his music."


On the internet
RA DJ Page / residentadvisor.net/dj/arthurrussell
Discogs / discogs.com/artist/arthur+russell
Buy releases / Juno Records  /  Juno Download



In an extract from his new book on Arthur Russell, Tim Lawrence explains the story of how one of the most famous tracks in dance music history came to be.



The famed 1981 album from Arthur Russell's band will hit stores in October.

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