Album Notes

Re-mastered with 3 bonus tracks culled from the Chance vaults/ Over an Hour of Music

“Soul Exorcism Redux” is a re-release of an exhilarating night in Rotterdam from 1980. If you shut your eyes you might actually feel his breath, his sweat come flying at you from the stage or more likely from the floor when he’s dancing alone to the “Twitch”. James Chance is a dangerous and irrepressible man. He makes you think of one of those wild horses that man was not meant to tame. Now with 3 Bonus tracks from a 4 track session recorded in 1987. ¬¬

“the [Rotterdam} performance’s soul and essence is an expression of New York City in the late seventies
and early eighties. The nightclub scene of that time revolved around music with an intensity that
would send one of the 1990’s “club kids” wailing for his pacifier.” – from album liner Notes by James Chance

In the late 70’s and early 80’s no artist represented the heart and soul of the No Wave/New Wave movement as much as James Chance. Chance and the Contortions and (alter-ego) James White and the Blacks were media stars all over the U.S.A. and Europe, heralding a new movement of Jazz/Punk/Funk. He was a prime time creator (co-founder of Teenage Jesus & the Jerks w/ Lydia Lunch), bandleader, catalyst and motivating force. His early Brian Eno produced cuts on No New York (Antilles 1978) followed by two full vinyl albums on Ze Records launched a career as radiant as a shooting star across the musical firmament.

A few choice words about the original release of “Soul Exorcism”:

•“Soul Exorcism proves that jazz, funk, experimental, and new wave make quite an intoxicating mix when perfected. The whole album is inspired from beginning to end” – AMG/Greg Prato
•James Chance "took elements from James Brown, the Velvet Underground and Roxy Music to create his own bizarre underground funk/lounge act.” – CMJ/James Lien
•“JC’s music was the boil lancing itself; the sickness was the cure.” – Melody Maker UK/Simon Reynolds

Tracks 1-11 recorded live in concert, June 1980, Rotterdam, Holland.
Tracks 12-14 taken from a 4 track demo session recorded in 1987.