17-583: Danielson is an American rock band from Clarksboro , New Jersey , that plays indie pop gospel music . The group consists of frontman Daniel Smith and a number of various artists with whom he collaborates. Smith has also released solo work as Brother Danielson . When joined by his family the band is known as Danielson Famile or Danielson Family , whose members have included Smith; his "siblings Andrew, David, Megan, and Rachel; wife Elin; friends Christiaan & Melissa Palladino; [and] daughters Lilly and Ida". Sufjan Stevens has also recorded and performed with
34-465: A large exhibition of graphical work made by Fair and Daniel Johnston in April 2012. In the same month Fair released a lost album called Songs from a Haunted House with Gilles Reider on Interbang Records. In 2012, Jad Fair released on Joyful Noise Recordings a collaboration with French experimentalist trio Hifiklub, and German guitarist/producer kptmichigan. The band was originally assembled to provide
51-475: A live band and toured through Europe. In 2011, Thick Syrup Records released the compilation album ' 78 LTD . This album features the track "36 Perfect Ways I Ching of Love" Fair made with Ken Stringfellow ( Posies , R.E.M. ). In 2012, Fair contributed to the Landman album That's Right Go Cats with a 22-minute vocal contribution on side A of the record. The Nantes -based venue Le Lieu Unique organised
68-589: Is an unincorporated community and historic area located in the municipality of East Greenwich Township in Gloucester County , in the U.S. state of New Jersey . East Greenwich Township School District serves grades K-6 with students in 7-12 served by Kingsway Regional School District . Guardian Angels Regional School is a K-8 school that operates under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden . Its PreK-3 campus
85-581: Is in Gibbstown while its 4-8 campus is in Paulsboro . People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Clarksboro include: This Gloucester County, New Jersey state location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jad Fair Jadwin B. Fair (born June 9, 1954) is an American singer, guitarist, graphic artist , and founding member of lo-fi alternative rock group Half Japanese . Fair
102-741: The State-X New Forms festival , and in Nantes at Le Lieu Unique together with Daniel Johnston. It's Spooky is a 1989 collaboration album by Daniel Johnston and Jad Fair. Strange but True is a collaborative album between the band Yo La Tengo and Jad Fair. It was released by Matador Records in 1998. Song titles on the album were taken from outrageous newspaper headlines. In 2002, Fair recorded an album with R. Stevie Moore , titled FairMoore , described as "a lovely, heartfelt effort that shows both in top form" by Dave Mandl, who stated that it "brings together two fiercely original figures in
119-432: The "Danielson Famile." The group released Tri-Danielson!!! (Alpha) and Tri-Danielson!!! (Omega) in 1998 and 1999 respectively, earning them further college radio play and broadening their indie audience. Both LP's were recorded and produced by Kramer . The band became known for their onstage costumes (initially nurse uniforms with large red hearts sewn on) as well as their homemade T-shirts and other merchandise. While
136-525: The American music underground", the album consisting of Fair reciting his poetry over Moore's instrumental backing. Words Of Wisdom And Hope is a collaboration between Glasgow, Scotland's Teenage Fanclub , and Fair, released in 2002. In 2008, experimental instrument builder Yuri Landman constructed for Fair a special two-string instrument called the Bachelor QS. In 2011, Half Japanese reunited as
153-562: The Bible and praying again and songs and art started flowing. I would meet with my dad and talk philosophy and theology and I became a child again." Smith has cited the major influence his musician father had on him growing up and the importance of lyrical content. Smith began recording songs that would later compose the album A Prayer for Every Hour : "some from my solo 4-track, some with my friends Jason Faunce and Missy Forsyth backing and some with my brothers and sisters backing. Danielson became
170-493: The Holy Spirit . In 1993, while attending Rutgers University as a senior, Daniel Smith experienced a spiritual reawakening: "This was the year I stopped running away from home, picked up my acoustic guitar again and changed from being Dan back to Daniel. I woke up to the fact that I have an amazing family, an amazing childhood and I began to relate everything I was thinking and doing with this in mind... I began reading
187-1041: The first Danielson album released solely through his Sounds Familyre Records label. In June 2014, Danielson and Jad Fair (of Half Japanese ) released a collaborative album "Solid Gold Heart". The album came about as part of Jad Fair's Artist In Residence project with Indianapolis label Joyful Noise Recordings . Daniel Smith has cited his musical influences as including " T.Rex , Rapeman , B.A.L.L. , Syd Barrett , Bob Dylan , Bongwater , My Bloody Valentine , Beat Happening , Cypress Hill , Ween , Donovan , Sonic Youth , Royal Trux , Beatles , Half Japanese , A Tribe Called Quest , [David] Bowie , Can , Pixies , Minutemen , James Brown , Tom Waits , Daniel Johnston , Brian Eno , Larry Norman , Captain Beefheart and more." In addition to Danielson's music, Smith has recorded and produced albums by Sufjan Stevens , The Welcome Wagon , The Chairman Dances, Half-handed Cloud and others. Clarksboro, New Jersey Clarksboro
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#1732781183858204-399: The group. The band is known for Smith's squeaky, falsetto vocals, innovative musical arrangements, and matching uniforms "that act, according to Daniel, as 'visual reminders of the spiritual and emotional healing taking place' within audience members." During some performances Smith has "worn a nine-foot tall, hand-made nine-fruit tree to 'bear the good fruit,'" in reference to the fruit of
221-462: The lyrical content was unabashedly Christian , Danielson Famile nevertheless received strong press and support from secular audiences due to their musical inventiveness. Danielson signed to Secretly Canadian Records in 2001 and released Fetch the Compass Kids , which was recorded by Steve Albini . Smith then released a solo record in 2004 ( Brother Is to Son ) as Brother Danielson. It
238-639: The name of the songs that I write. I had become "Daniel" and realized that I am a son." He submitted the album as his final thesis (and received an 'A' grade) and performed, joined by his siblings, at the senior art show. Smith then sent the album out to several indie labels but only received a response from Tooth & Nail in California, who picked up the album and released it in 1994. Daniel Smith, his siblings, and friend Chris Palladino began to perform in New York City, New Jersey, and Philadelphia as
255-575: The single "The Zombies of Mora-Tau" followed by the full-length album Everyone Knew ... But Me one year later. Besides his musical career Fair is also active as a visual artist, drawings, as well as papercuttings . He took up papercutting to alleviate boredom while touring on the road. Many of the album covers are made by Fair. Four books of Fair's art have been published. Exhibitions of Fair's paper cuts and drawings have taken place in New York, Tokyo, Glasgow, Austin, Paris, London, Houston, The Hague at
272-928: Was born in Coldwater, Michigan . In 1974, he and his brother David formed the lo-fi group Half Japanese . Since then, Half Japanese has released nearly 30 records. Besides Half Japanese, Fair performs and records as a solo artist, and collaborates with artists such as Terry Adams , Kramer , Norman Blake , Kevin Blechdom , Isobel Campbell , Eugene Chadbourne , DQE , Steve Fisk , Fred Frith , God Is My Co-Pilot , Richard Hell , Daniel Johnston , J. Mascis , Jason Willett , Monster Party , Weird Paul Petroskey , R. Stevie Moore , Thurston Moore , The Pastels , Phono-Comb , Steve Shelley , Strobe Talbot, Teenage Fanclub , The Tinklers , Moe Tucker , Bill Wells , Jason Willett , Adult Rodeo, Lumberob, Yo La Tengo , and John Zorn . In 1982, Fair released his first solo work,
289-577: Was followed in May 2006 by the ambitious Ships , which featured contributions from a total of 20 musicians, including Deerhoof , Sufjan Stevens , Why? , Serena Maneesh , and Half-handed Cloud . The band was chosen by Matt Groening to perform at the edition of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival he curated in May 2010 in Minehead, England. In 2011, Smith released Best of Gloucester County ,
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