Naux was Juan Maciel. He
died on February 8,2009 after a prolonged illness. Naúx is pronounced
‘nah-ooj’, based on the reversed spelling of his first name. Naúx was a
guitarist for Richard Hell’s Voidoids during the Destiny Street sessions & was a
co-founder along with bassist Steve Cohen of China Shop. China Shop has
enjoyed a retrospective digital download release from Anthology Recordings, but
Naúx's solo album remains a vinyl-only rarity.
Light, Traps & Exploding Wires is a rather
obscure & rare LP from the New
York no wave collective named here simply Naux. This record was
the second release on the Noise New York label, recorded at
Noise New York
studio located on 34th Street
above La Polpetta (the Meatball), owned by Frank & Dwight Eaton. It has all
the hallmarks of No Wave: jagged guitar lines; funky bass lines; lyrics about
alienation; & an all-around artiness. It features some of the New York No
Wave scene’s finest.
Richard Horowitz & Sussan Deihim would go on to release
exquisite albums of synth-heavy Western/Middle Eastern fusion; Fred Maher was
the original drummer in Material as well as playing with the Voidoids; Robert
Quine is well-known as Richard Hell's main guitarist & for his guitar work on
Matthew Sweet's "Girlfriend"; Mike Allison continues recording today
under the moniker Darshan Ambient; & Steve Cohen has played with Mike &
Naux in Nona Hendryx’s Zero Cool & China Shop (with a young Richard Edson) .
Side One:
Mammoth Tarpits: Naux – guitar & synthesizer; Mike Allison – bass; Frank Eaton
– synthesizer
Forget Just Once: Naux – guitars & vocals; Mike Allison – bass, Charles Wood – drums
Don’t Know Love: Naux – guitar, bass, synthesizer, & vocals; Mike Allison – guitar; Jay Dorfman - Roland 808synthesized drums
The Tiger Waits for Me: Sussan
Deihim – vocals; Naux – guitar, bass, synthesizer, & vocals; Frank Eaton – synthesizer; Charles Wood – drums
Too Much Sex: Naux – guitar, bass, synthesizer,
& vocals; Steve Cohen – synthesizer
The Dance of Conflict: Naux – guitar, bass, & vocals; Cliff Williams – bass; Richard Horowitz – synthesizer;
Douglas E Bowne – drums & congas
Side Two:
Sounds & Daughters: Naux – vocals; Kevin Fuller –
guitar; Mike Allison – bass; Frank Eaton - synthesizer; Steve Cohen – synthesizer; Jim Allington – drums
Transmissions: Naux – guitar, bass,
synthesizer, & vocals; Richard Horowitz - synthesizer; Charles
Wood – drums, percussion, Kevin Fuller – percussion
Atlantis: Naux – guitar & vocals; Mike
Allison – guitar & vocals; Steve Cohen – bass; Jim
Allington – drums & vocals,
Face to Face: Naux – guitar,
synthesizer, & vocals; Robert Quine – guitar; Jim Allington – drums
World Without End: Naux – guitar, synthesizer; Brian Cullman – synthesizer; Frank
Eaton – synthesizer;
Jim Allington – drums
Info sheet lists phantom track "Time Zones"
between A6 & B1
(though this goes unexplained…it is on vinyl??? after all).
(though this goes unexplained…it is on vinyl??? after all).
Enjoy
NØ
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