Verbatim, Flesh and Blood
{{Infobox album|
| name = Verbatim, Flesh and Blood
| type = live
| artist = Bob Ostertag
| cover = Bob Ostertag - Verbatim, Flesh and Blood.jpg
| venue =
| released = {{Start date|1998}}
| recorded = {{Start date|1998|1}}
| studio = Kunstencentrum Vooruit
(Ghent, Belgium)
| genre = {{hlist|Experimental|free improvisation}}
| length = 45:01
| label = Rastascan
| producer =
| prev_title = Like a Melody, No Bitterness
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = PantyChrist
| next_year = 1999
}}
Verbatim, Flesh and Blood is a live album by Bob Ostertag, released in 1998 by Rastascan Records.{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XeM4AQAAIAAJ |title=Bob Ostertag: Like a Melody, No Bitterness |journal=The Wire |publisher=Tony Herrington |date=2001 |issue=203–208 |pages=8 |access-date=August 15, 2020}}{{cite book |first=Bob |last=Ostertag |author-link=Bob Ostertag |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P2qdKfkMNiUC |title=Creative Life: Music, Politics, People, and Machines |publisher=McFarland & Company |date=July 27, 2009 |page=139 |isbn=9780252076466 |access-date=August 15, 2020}}
Reception
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |first=François |last=Couture |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0000053976|pure_url=yes}}|title=Bob Ostertag: Like a Melody, No Bitterness > Review |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=August 15, 2020}}
}}
François Couture of AllMusic gave the album four out of five possible stars, saying "quiet passages abound, textures are more refined, dynamics wider, and the whole thing is more pensive and introspective, without being self-absorbed." Couture concluded by saying "this whole project will go down in history as one of the most original artistic propositions of the 1990s."
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| all_writing = Bob Ostertag
| title1 = Periwinkle
| length1 = 10:20
| title2 = Oxblood
| length2 = 2:18
| title3 = Smoke
| length3 = 7:34
| title4 = Ink
| length4 = 9:06
| title5 = Cornflower
| length5 = 3:32
| title6 = Paris Green
| length6 = 2:29
| title7 = Middle Stone
| length7 = 3:50
| title8 = Lavender
| length8 = 2:30
| title9 = Ash
| length9 = 3:22
}}
Personnel
Adapted from the Verbatim, Flesh and Blood liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Verbatim, Flesh and Blood |title-link=Verbatim, Flesh and Blood |others=Bob Ostertag |year=1998 |type=booklet |publisher=Rastascan Records |location=Walnut Creek, California}}
Musicians
Additional musicians
Production and design
Release history
References
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External links
- [https://bobostertag.bandcamp.com/album/verbatim-flesh-and-blood Verbatim, Flesh and Blood] at Bandcamp
- {{Discogs master |master=329177 |name=Verbatim, Flesh and Blood |type=album}}
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