Bad Brain Call (2012)

Bad Brain Call is a new album of pop songs written by Annabel Frearson using only words from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1831), set to original music by Joe Howe.

ANNABEL FREARSON, Bad Brain Call: vinyl insert, 2012, <p>12 inch vinyl record with lyrics insert.</p>, The Artist
ANNABEL FREARSON, Bad Brain Call: vinyl records, 2012, Limited edition of 100 twelve-inch records.
ANNABEL FREARSON, Bad Brain Call: CD, 2012, Edition of 200 CDs with A5 booklet of lyrics.
ANNABEL FREARSON, Bad Brain Call: New Heroes, 2012, New Heroes is a rearrangement of David Bowie's 'Heroes' having first removed the five words that do not also occur in 'Frankenstein'. Listen to the song here: http://badbraincall.bandcamp.com/track/new-heroes
ANNABEL FREARSON, Bad Brain Call: xero, kline & coma, 2012, Solo exhibition of Bad Brain Call at xero, kline & coma, a project space run by artists Pil and Galia Kollectiv in London, E2.
ANNABEL FREARSON, Bad Brain Call: record shop at xero, kline & coma, 2012, Solo exhibition to launch Bad Brain Call.
ANNABEL FREARSON, Bad Brain Call: Maladie and You Will Be Mine, Mr Frankenstein, 2012, Solo exhibition at xero, kline & coma.
ANNABEL FREARSON, Bad Brain Call: The And I and Eyes Eyes, 2012, Solo exhibition at xero, kline & coma.
ANNABEL FREARSON, Bad Brain Call: You Will Be Mine - part 1, 2012, An homage to Blondie. See Part 2 for rap section. Listen here: http://badbraincall.bandcamp.com/track/you-will-be-mine-mr-frankenstein
ANNABEL FREARSON, Umelec, September 2013, <p>Installation of Bad Brain Call at DIVUS London to coincide with the launch of Umelec Magazine, Sept 2013</p>
ANNABEL FREARSON, Bad Brain Call: You Will Be Mine - part 2, 2012, See Part 1 for intro section. Listen here: http://badbraincall.bandcamp.com/track/you-will-be-mine-mr-frankenstein

Bad Brain Call is part of the ongoing project Frankenstein2; or the Monster of Main Stream, a new novel and associated works created using all and only the words from Shelley's Frankenstein. 

Bad Brain Call references a cross-section of pop genres, and includes reworkings of songs by David Bowie and Lady Gaga (having first removed any words that do not also occur in Frankenstein).

Joe Howe (Glasgow) is a young composer and sound designer, working under a series of aliases, including Ben Butler & Mousepad, Germlin, Gay Against You. He's produced five albums in the last five years on various EU and US labels.

Bad Brain Call is available on limited edition vinyl, CD with publication, and download from: http://badbraincall.bandcamp.com

 

 

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ANNABEL FREARSON, Umelec magazine, 2013, <p>Umelec magazine with article by Frearson on her project <em>Bad Brain Call: dialogical pop</em></p>

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