Widow's First Dawn

by Rope

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1.	Love Without The Illusion Of Permanence 06:48	buy track
2.	Widow's First Dusk 08:38	buy track
3.	Routine Mood Swings 08:14	buy track
4.	Confusing Heritage 14:14
5.	Wordless Conversation 05:16	buy track
6.	Rubicon 12:18

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Rope -- Robert Iwanik (bass/vocals), Przemyslaw Chris Drazek (guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar) and Illinois native Michael J. Kendrick (trap set, household percussion) -- have forced a thousand years of oppression, seething and lost chance into a cascading and ultra-dynamic group sound. "Widow's First Dawn" is an epic six-part song-cycle about a life buried by its surrounding loss and failure,

Rope transcends modern influence and looks back to the staggering explorations of Polish composer Komeda and other Romantic greats.

Iwanik's whispered, near vocal hissing confessions shape the music's cinematic swell equally as near-smeared scat bellows of guest vocalist and Polish jazz legend Grazyna Auguscik. Drazek's crystallized guitar sheen pushes Rope's sound beyond musical similarities. Features Grand Ulena's Darin Gray on piano and Unstable Ensemble's Marty Belcher on soprano saxophone.

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released October 22, 2003

Bass, Vocals – Robert Iwanik
Twelve-String Guitar, Guitar – Przemyslaw Krzysztof Drazek
Percussion – Michael J. Kendrick
Piano – Darin Gray
Soprano Saxophone – Marty Belcher
Recorded By – Steve Albini

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Rope Chicago, Illinois

Rope was the trio of Przemyslaw Chris Drazek (guitars), Robert Iwanik (electric bass, vocals) and Michael Kendrick (trap set). Formed in 1998 by Drazek and Iwanik in Poland, soon after the two relocated to Chicago. Rope ended in 2007.

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