Arthur Russell - Instrumentals Artist_Vitalic A new kind of music

A new kind of music was born

My soul is wounded and it’s like having dust in my eyes

To document their musical "coming-of-age" the band members could only trust themselves

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The lyrics heavily informed by life during lockdown

Arthur Russell - Instrumentals Artist_Vitalic A new kind of musicHis journey began in 1972, leaving home in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Heading west to Northern California, Arthur studied Indian classical composition at the Ali Akbar Khan College of Music followed by western orchestral music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, before ending two years later in New York at the Manhattan School of Music. Traversing the popular and the serious, Arthur composed Instrumentals in 1974, inspired by the photography of his