Artist description Minimalist, oppressive, passionate, acidic, philosphical, introspective

Music Style conceptual art

Musical Influences Laurie Anderson, Daniel Amos, The Residents, John Cage

Similar Artists The Residents, Laurie Anderson, John Cage, Harry Partch

Artist History "everything & nothing" was the first seventh sister record (1990).It was a collection of songs written for Deltavee, my band at the time.When the band thing didn't work out, I kept recording with whoever happenedto be around. // The first full-length album was "sex love death" (1991).It consisted of more songs that I had planned for Deltavee.By 1993, my work had become less song oriented andfocused more on spoken word and audio collage pieces.These songs became "Pandora's Chinese Box" it is the first real seventh sister record. Because it was written without the intention of a band performance. // The songs on "I Wanna Have Your Baby" originally appearedon "Pandora's Chinese Box".

Group Members Landry Butler with Jack Silverman, Alex Sniderman, Cyrus Pelton, Mark DeYoung and others

Instruments yes

Albums 1990 - everything & nothing; 1991 - sex love death; 1993 - pandora's chinese box; 1994 - promiscuity; 1999 - I Wanna Have Your Baby; 2000 - Make Mine 3XL; all on vinylRekkids

Press Reviews Music City Genius // By the Reverend Keith A. Gordon // reprinted from The Metro, June 1993 // It was just another yellow notice placed in my post office box to inform me that I had a package that wouldn?t fit in the miniscule space I can afford. When the postal employee brought the pile of packages to the window, there among the usual funky brown standard-issue record company promo packages stood out an unusual green and orange and blue box--Pandora?s Chinese Box, to be exact. // Cached within, among other items, were a pair of cassette tapes from Seventh Sister, the musical project of one of Nashville?s true subterranean geniuses, Landry Butler. A performance artist, musician, poet and iconoclast, Butler is a keen observer of life and love, totem and taboo. The first cassette, Seventh Sister?s sex love death, is a Freudian plunge into the abyss of the psyche. Musically minimalist, with a sound that is appropriately hollow and oppressive, the tape showcases Butler?s budding talent as a writer and performer. Not much escapes Butler?s watching eyes, as he sings of the touchstones of human existence with a zeal only the alienated can muster. // Pandora?s Chinese Box is slightly more focused that its predecessor, an exhilarating exercise in linear media which mixes music with found noise and vocals, undeterminable samples, songs and spoken word rants and rambles. The latest release from Landry, it shows his creative growth and the sharpening of his science. Butler posses a strong, if untrained, singing voice, quite capable of great expression, while his spoken pieces convey emotion, passion and intelligence. // The material is acidic, political, philosophical and reflective of society, tackling relationships, religion, racism and such with artistic aplomb. His genius lies not in his meager, though adequate, musical abilities, nor in his satirical edge or observational skills--it works through his ability to paste it all together into a cohesive artistic statement. This is heady, thought-provoking work with a lot to say and absolutely no commercial potential. // Through the years, there have been a handful of artists in the U.S. working on this edge, eccentrics with at usually regional cult following and an influence far beyond the reach of their precarious balancing act between genius and madness--John Trubee, Daniel Johnston, Jandek, Dr. Eugene Chadbourne--in Landry Butler, the Music City may well have one of its own.

Additional Info People want art explained because they do not want to misunderstand the artist's vision. My vision is that we each find our own understanding.

Location Nashville, TN - USA

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