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Code Duello

by DUENDE!

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Last Time 02:25
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The Line 06:14
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Burnt 05:20
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Que Howboy 03:11
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Code Duello 06:37
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Sidetracked 05:35
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Surrendre' 07:24
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about

"Code Duello" merges the "eponymous" sessions of '07 with the original '06 "On The Steps..." material, into a playlist more reflective of the band's set during that period. Also included with the download (not on the CD) is a live set from Spring of '08 in it's last incarnation as a five piece.

Tracks 7, 8 & 9 Recorded at The Cortez Summer Palace in Ferndale, MI by Turtle Jon L' Anglois July 7th-9th 2006 with Jeff Howitt and Laura Willem leading a different line up each session. Though "officially" unreleased in it's entirety, the project by that Fall would be known as DUENDE!, and it's title, "On The Steps Of The Summer Palace", began to circulate amongst friends with this track listing:

1. Last Time
2. Feelin' Don't Feel Right
3. Code Duello *
4. Runnin'
5. Sidetracked *
6. Surrendre' *
7. On The Steps

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"A certain uncertainty" quipped guitarist L.T. Sanders of what he brought to the sonic swell of Duende, a rootsy, psychedelic rock band brandishing a layered, driving Americana rock sound that shakes hips as much as twists minds.

A "diverse cast" fatefully formed on a summer-solstice jam with "each member involved a leader of their own project," making Duende an amalgamation of long-time musicians (with the exception of intensely dedicated novice drummer Laura Willem) lead by guitarist Jeffery "Odidlee" Scott, veteran musical hep cat and writer who had numerous songs with which he assembled his allies to experiment. "It's more us responding to each other than trying to have 'a sound,'" Odidlee said. "It's discordance rooted in Americana."

"Like Wilco took some DMT," said Sanders (also of Bored Housewives). The current line-up also includes Jorge Krautner (of the Brothers Cortez) who brings "dynamic flash and fireworks" and Jayson Worden (of Red China and Raccoon) who brings "raw dissonance."

More a collective or loose family of many other musicians including Ryan Milligen (of The Hotwalls), the name means the moment one chooses between the light and the dark "and sometimes stays in-between," Jeff explained, with a sound recalling the disorienting beauty of the Velvet Underground, the shuffle of Chuck Berry and the alluring insanity of Captain Beefheart.

Odidlee is also the founder of LocoGnosis records, which will look forward to a slew of releases later this year, including perhaps an autumn debut of Duende material.

The meaning of Duende, Odidlee said, "implies the surrender necessary to live the ecstasy in performance of music." - JEFF MILO FOR REAL DETROIT WEEKLY 2/28/07

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Tracks 1 - 6 were Recorded at The Cortez Summer Palace in Ferndale, MI by Turtle Jon L' Anglois on Mondays during the month of July 2007 with a core of Howitt/Willem/Cortez, with special guests.

The line up of Howitt/Willem/Cortez/Milligan/Sanders played 4 shows between Nov. '06 and April '07, with Howitt/Willem continuing to gig with variations of a 4 and 5 piece band of Cortez/Worden/Cortez until years end when "Jelly Roll" Joel McCune joined on guitar, and Jason "Bludgie" Worden became the steady bassist.

Miiligan moved to New York City but kept his band, The Hotwalls, current in Detroit for a few more years, recording and performing between the two cities. Cortez's band, The Brother Cortez, became the seed for White Shag. Sanders went on working on his Seventh Son of Seventh Son, and still records under the Bored Housewives moniker.

"Jelly Roll" Joel arrived in Michigan about a month after the sessions wrapped, but he did play it's release party, also Jorge's final show, though he's been known to jump up with the band here and there during encores.

Originally released as "DUENDE!" with a limited run of 500 CD's (NOW SOLD OUT) on Loco Gnosis November 3rd 2007 with this track listing:

1. Dance Party
2. The Line *
3. Code Duello
4. Feelin' Don't Feel Right *
5. What You Came To Know
6. Last Time *
7. Bangpo Rasputation *
8. Sidetracked *
9. Long Ear
10. REVISITED

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"No matter how you cut 'em, this slightly psychedelic, boot-stomp, hip-shake, Pabst slammer band bleeds Detroit. When I think of DUENDE!, I think of a Tarantino soundtrack for a film he hasn't yet made. Dark at times but with a groovy garage savvy." - TRAVIS WRIGHT FOR REAL DETROIT WEEKLY 3/28-4/3/07

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Tracks 10 - 16 were recorded at Paycheck's Lounge for the Detroit MetroTimes BLOWOUT in Hamtramck, MI on March 7th 2007, and features the bands last configuration as a full time five piece, with Johnny Miller on 2nd lead electric guitar.

Johnny played a year with the band, recording "Just Like an Aborigine" mashed with "Together" by The Up for a 40th Anniversary of Kick Out The Jams by The MC5 Concert, another couple sessions with Bars of Gold guitarist Scotty Ulianelli, and played numerous gigs around Southeast MI, Ohio and New York. A Veteran, his last show was a Benefit for Wounded Soldiers at The Magic Stick in Detroit.

"Bangpo" and "The Line" were originally included with "On The Steps...", a compilation of out takes and live tracks with a limited run of 100 CD's (NOW SOLD OUT) on Loco Gnosis November 1st 2008 with this track listing:

1. Hey Cowboy
2. Burnt
3. Bangpo Rasputation (live) *
4. Last Time
5. Feelin' Don't Feel Right
6. Code Duello
7. Runnin'
8. Sidtracked
9. Surrendre'
10. On The Steps...
11. Burnt (live)
12. The Line (live) *
13. Nain Rouge
14. Titten Party

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"Partly B-sides, partly retrospective, Steps is also a "stacked" re-release of local literate-goth-rock, Duende's '07 debut, complete with new material. It's a percolation of Bo Diddley's rhythm, Chuck Berry's swagger, Hendrix's astronomic devastations and the grit of the Stones, all refracted through beat trips through the desert's grainy romance and back through to Detroit's grimy melancholic inspiration. Think White Light/White Heat recorded in the '50s at Sun Studios with plenty of bud, Zen and R.L. Burnside hovering near the boards.” **** (four stars) - JEFF MILO FOR REAL DETROIT WEEKLY November 4, 2008

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credits

released November 3, 2007

Tracks 1 - 6
Jeff Howitt - vox/lyrics, rhythm guitar, theremin
Laura "The Boom" Willem - drums, aux percussion, vox
Jorge Cortez - electric guitar, vox
Jason Worden - electric 12 string guitar, electric bass, vox
Gary Rasmussen - electric bass, electric 12 string guitar
Miguel Cortez - electric bass, vox

special guests
"Lo-Fi" Brian Rozman - vox, f/x on Last Time
Ryan Milligan - vox on Feelin Don't Feel Right, Que Howboy
Lance Sanders - electric guitar solo on Que Howboy
Ray Thompson - electric guitar solo on Feelin' Don't Feel Right

Tracks 7 - 9
Jeff Howitt - vox/lyrics, rhythm guitar
Laura "The Boom" Willem - drums, aux percussion, vox
Jorge Cortez - electric guitar, vox
Ryan Milligan - electric bass, vox
Lance Sanders - electric 12 string guitar, vox

Tracks 10 - 16
Jeff Howitt - vox, rhythm guitar, theremin
Laura "The Boom" Willem - drums
"Jelly Roll" Joel McCune - electric guitar, vox
Jason Worden - electric bass
Johnny Miller - electric guitar

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