Name: Iron Horse
Brand: Youth, Allen Ginsberg

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CADIZLP237

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Limited edition

Release date

2024-10-04

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Plastichead

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0844493062370

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CADIZCD236

2024-03-15

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0844493062363

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Youth

Allen Ginsberg

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Alternative / Modern

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Formed in 2003, Cadiz Music Ltd is an established and successful music and film company. We distribute a diverse range of products including music, films, books, and more on an international basis. Our label releases both music and films from artists such as Dr Feelgood, Lee Scratch Perry, Viv Albertine, New Model Army, Hugh Cornwell, and the Cockney Rejects. In addition to our core business, we are expanding into new areas such as fashion and event management. Located at 13 Harmony Place, London SE8 3FE, our spacious building also serves as a venue for exhibitions and pop-up events.

Allen Ginsberg was a seminal member of the Beat Generation, known for his prowess as a poet. Born on June 3, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey, he was an outspoken opponent of materialist and militarist society. As a Buddhist practitioner and open homosexual before his time, Ginsberg supported free speech and individual liberty throughout his life. He was deeply influenced by his Jewish American heritage and the teachings of his father Louis Ginsberg.

Ginsberg's impact on literature is immeasurable, with his work inspiring countless artists across generations. His poetry explored themes of spirituality, social justice, and personal liberation. Alongside fellow Beat writers like Jack Kerouac and Charles Bukowski, he challenged societal norms through provocative and thought-provoking verse.

Tragically, Allen Ginsberg passed away on April 5, 1997 in NYC at the age of 70. Despite his untimely death, his legacy lives on through the continued influence of his work and the lasting impact he had on the literary world.

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Iron Horse by Youth and Allen Ginsberg is a new album that reimagines and sound tracks Ginsberg's epic spoken word poem 'Iron Horse'. The poem is a poignant snapshot of countercultural 1966 America, documenting a summer journey across the United States by train, through Ginsberg’s lens of laser sharp detail. The poem itself has previously only ever been released in a limited run by City Lights Books in 1974. Recorded by Youth in the Andalusian mountains in Spain during the hard lockdown of autumn 2021, the new album sees sounds weave in discourse with Ginsberg’s narration of his encounter with some young soldiers headed to the Vietnam War and features a haunting vocal refrain by Siobhan Fahey. The ambient soundscape, including a remix by The Orb, poignantly captures the ebb and flow of the poem and the rhythm of the train and transports us on a psychedelic journey through the darkness and beauty of the Summer of 1966.&nbsp; 'The album falls somewhere between KLF's Chill Out and Ash Ra Temple's cosmic ambient drone and is my homage to Ginsberg's pioneering rebel spirit, his poetry and his influence on the world and myself' - Youth&nbsp;

Iron Horse

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Discover Iron Horse by Allen Ginsberg on Cadiz Records. A reimagined album of his epic spoken word poem, capturing the essence of countercultural America in 1966. Vinyl records available.