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The Grass Blade

by Lee Frank

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The Grass Blade is one of a set of fourteen sociological folk tales set around a future Tokyo railway station. Influenced by the Aum Shinrikyo sarin attack, the burst bubble of Japan and the nascent rise of mobile technology in the mid 90s it unsettles and haunts with layers of meaning interpenetrating like bands of neon and mist in a bad dream.

Published in Kyoto Journal, 1997.

Original version broadcast on Radio National, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1998.

“I listened to a few of the pieces and they were really interesting and had a lovely immersive quality to them.”
Jessica Radburn, Head of Business Affairs, Audible, Australia

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released December 7, 2021

Lee Frank: narration, wave drum, soundscapes, groovebox, vocals, samples
Bill Laswell: bass, wave drum, fine percussion
Produced by Bill Laswell
Recorded in Darwin, NT, Australia.
Mixed by Bill Laswell, New York.
Engineer James Dellatacoma

Untold thanks to Yoko and Bill.

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Aural Fiction Darwin, Australia

Thrown off what was once Australia's most radical radio station in the early 80s (2JJ), Lee sought to collaborate with the musicians and story-tellers of the world. Having lived in and traveled through Central Australia, Papua New Guinea, Asia and Africa, these works are indebted to both traditional and contemporay cultures. Lee also produces the infamous Radio KaraGkatsu! at Soundcloud. ... more

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