Kat Onoma - Billy the kid (2022 Remastered) (1992) [Hi-Res]

In 1980, at the age of 26, Burger founded the rock band Kat Onoma—initially known as Dernière Bande, which he ultimately repurposed as the name of his record label. A jazz-rock band with heavy emphasis on the rock, the kind of band you get when you channel something like Steely Dan through punk and post-punk, Kat Onoma made five studio and three live albums through the early 21st century. A striking example is this one, originally released in 1992. It’s not any kind of country style rock, or an arrangement of Aaron Copland’s ballet, but a set of songs that come out of, and pay homage to, fairly obscure American beat poet Jack Spicer and his poem Billy the Kid. Sung mostly in English, with some adaptations of Spicer’s words, this has a big, glossy sound with plenty of toughness and grit underneath.

Tracklist:
1-1 Kat Onoma - The radio (2022 Remastered) [5:04]
1-2 Kat Onoma - Le désert (2022 Remastered) [5:45]
1-3 Kat Onoma - The gun (2022 Remastered) [5:01]
1-4 Kat Onoma - Will you dance ? (2022 Remastered) [4:53]
1-5 Kat Onoma - Riverrun (2022 Remastered) [4:40]
1-6 Kat Onoma - The trap (2022 Remastered) [4:54]
1-7 Kat Onoma - Lady of guadelupe (2022 Remastered) [4:14]
1-8 Kat Onoma - Memo (2022 Remastered) [3:58]
1-9 Kat Onoma - B. the k. (2022 Remastered) [5:28]
1-10 Kat Onoma - Night way (2022 Remastered) [5:14]
1-11 Kat Onoma - The poplars (2022 Remastered) [2:43]
1-12 Kat Onoma - The heart (2022 Remastered) [4:33]
1-13 Kat Onoma - The pain (2022 Remastered) [5:50]
1-14 Kat Onoma - The radio (Remix 2022 Remastered) [6:15]
1-15 Kat Onoma - Hidden track (2022 Remastered) [3:24]