Black Snakes [SEP] record label
Black Snakes
Black Snakes is the third collaboration between the experimental rock band Red Krayola and the conceptual art group Art & Language, released in 1983 by RecRec Music. The album was adopted by Drag City and re-issued on CD in 1997.
Personnel.
- Musicians
- Ben Annesley – bass guitar
- Chris Taylor – drums
- Allen Ravenstine – synthesizer, saxophone
- Mayo Thompson – guitar, vocals
- Production
- Etienne Conod – recording
- Eric
scene, he moved to London having joined the conceptual art group Art & Language, with whom he went on to record five albums: Corrected Slogans (1976), Kangaroo? (1981), Black Snakes (1983), Sighs Trapped by Liars (2007), Five American Portraits (2010).
While in London, he became involved with Geoff Travis's distribution business at Rough Trade Records. When the label decided to begin releasing records in 1978, Thompson was asked to produce many of them because Travis did