{"title":"Rachel's","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"music-for-egon-schiele-30th-anniversary-edition","title":"Music for Egon Schiele (30th Anniversary Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released in 1996 on Quarterstick Records, Music for Egon Schiele is the soundtrack to a piece of dance and theater that was debuted by the Itinerant Theater Guild, May 18, 1995, in Chicago. Based on the life of the romantic and controversial Viennese painter, Egon Schiele was written and directed by Stephan Mazurek, who headed the group of performing artists. Rachel Grimes composed this music and performed it with two string musicians during the run of the performance. The Rachel’s began recording in April of 1991 in Baltimore, MD, under the direction of Christian Frederickson and Jason Noble (Rodan, Shipping News). Subsequently, they met and became close friends with Rachel Grimes. In September of 1994 after a few more city moves, band break-ups, and general melancholy they decided to become a full time band and complete their first record for Quarterstick Records, Handwriting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusic for Egon Schiele is their second LP and contains a more stripped down and immediate musical focus. These songs are not sparse, they’re beautiful. They build, they crash, and they make you wish you knew more about life and they mysteries its holds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quarterstick Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Silver","offer_id":51558388695371,"sku":"R4704-4949","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5ce70cec-0f48-2cbf-86c5-7767dfd929b8.jpg?v=1743438685"},{"product_id":"handwriting-30th-anniversary-edition","title":"Handwriting (30th Anniversary Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Rachel's band began when Jason Noble joined forces with Christian Frederickson. Within months of their meeting on a crowded trolley, they had formed a small ensemble to perform original compositions. In the next three years, madness ensued. Christian finished his degree at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, traveled to Switzerland to study, returned home, then wound up in NYC to attend the Julliard School. Jason didn't finish his degree, moved back to Louisville, began employment as an artist by day, dishwasher by night, and began working with friends in a band that would become Rodan. This insane, all-over-the-world lifestyle led to a barrage of telephone, demo tape, notepaper, sheet music \u0026amp; mail communication. This, combined with sporadic two-week or two-day person-to-person collaborations in whatever city was central enough, became the bizarre process of the music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring this long gestation, Rachel Grimes became involved, first assisting Jason in his brute comprehension of written music, then joining as a pianist \u0026amp; confidant. Soon she was fully entrenched, providing the strange coincidence of possessing the name \"Rachel,\" and an incredible backbone to the project. Several recordings had been finished, some in the studio, hundreds of 8-track cassettes, a few jambox cuts, but the time for a concentrated attempt at an LP seemed far away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, Rachel, Christian, \u0026amp; Jason began assembling musicians who they respected: John, Mark and Barry from the Chicago supergroup The Coctails, Kevin Coultas from Rodan, Bob Weston, and several other string players from various walks of life. The result was a group of semi-vagrants, some reading from sheet music, some rambunctious noisemakers, working from an equally improvisational and tight-assed way. The real character comes from the musicians involved, participating in what can only be called a \"labor of love.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHandwriting,\u003c\/em\u003e the band’s debut album, was originally released by Quarterstick Records in 1995. Jacket custom screen-printed by Jeff Mueller at Dexterity Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quarterstick","offers":[{"title":"LP - Silver","offer_id":53052209758539,"sku":"R6652-5173","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Rachels-Handwriting.jpg?v=1753803168"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/rachels-1.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}