Conversations w/ Shepherds, Sheep, Guinea Pigs, and Monkeys... Nursery Rhymes For The Underfed Minds Vol. 1

by LA'VENDER FREDDY

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It's been thirteen years since the CD release of Conversations w/ Shepherds, Sheep, Guinea Pigs, and Monkeys: Nursery Rhymes For The Underfed Minds...Vol. 1.

Upon its inception this obscure collection of music garnered local acclaim and support and eventually found its way into the hands of a select group of fans and artistic directors who recognized its value. Two of its tracks were featured on the soundtracks and within documentary films produced by WQED Multimedia: In Country: A Vietnam Story(2006) and Jim Crow Pennsylvania (2006).

A number of CDs were sold but the majority were given away. It was the act of freely sharing this gem of an album that allowed Ricardo Iamuuri to begin to establish an underground movement. Clearly, commercial success was not its ultimate goal, but it achieved something a little more interesting. It became a word-of-mouth album, passed on from one fan to the next. It took on a grassroots movement . . . and faded away like one too.

Due to his more recent works, Nursery Rhymes For The Underfed Minds...Vol. 1 is suddenly experiencing a resurgence of interest. It is in honor of this current and genuine interest in the music composed by Ricardo Iammuri... a renaissance is taking place. ... more

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1.	selling revolution 04:50	buy track
2.	scream 04:44	buy track
3.	playing with fire 03:34	buy track
4.	have you been 05:32	buy track
5.	run curtis run 03:11	buy track
6.	finding purpose 03:30	buy track
7.	mourning glory 02:32	buy track
8.	power of words 04:34	buy track
9.	scared child is ruler of the world 04:37	buy track
10.	something remains the same 02:23	buy track
11.	Have You Been Pt. II (feat. Malcolm X) 05:30	buy track

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What's in a name? Well, according to Ricardo Iamuuri, everything! The title of his first conceptual album deserves a little unpacking. It’s not a conceptual album musically, rather the title alone sets the tone and the standard for what is expressed lyrically, allowing Ricardo to approach his subjects and songs with an acute awareness and a provocative delivery.

The four mentioned characters are likened to Jungian archetypes. They are representatives or guides of human behavior and psyche, all carrying with them a sort of ancient collective symbolism. They become the puppets for Ricardo’s play, not in the sense that they have their own personalities and distinct voices but in the reflective light of perspective. The Shepherd clearly assumes the leadership role (religious figures, teachers and politicians), The Sheep represent an assortment of followers, passive and aggressive (even the rebel is consider to be a sheep, according to Ricardo), and The Guinea Pigs and The Monkeys symbolize a kind of dangerous gullibility and an entertaining new form of prostitution and slavery. Ricardo Iamuuri is not averse to owning all of these various characteristics, and he readily admits they make up his personal understanding of self.

The latter portion of the title simply explains the recurring theme consistent in the majority of his work, a balance between levity and gravity, knowing and believing, the child and the adult. In essence, Conversations w/ Shepherds, Sheep, Guinea Pigs, and Monkeys: Nursery Rhymes For The Underfed Minds....Vol. 1 is a window to the quiet conflict of a thoughtful human being determined to know freedom firsthand by way of embracing all of his natural limitations.

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released May 25, 2012

all sounds created by: ricardo iamuuri

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LA'VENDER FREDDY Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

La’Vender Freddy is a mobile phone beat maker and social media performance artist.They’re the digital persona of interdisciplinary sound artist Ricardo iamuuri Robinson. La'Vender Freddy invites listeners to cultivate a deeper understanding of the act of listening and how sound informs our sense of purpose. The listener is always the composer. ... more