''Green Blue Fire'' is an album by

Lida Husik Lida Husik (born 1963) is an American Washington, D.C./ New York City-based musician, who was active mainly in the 1990s. She released three albums for New York–based label Shimmy Disc. She later signed a deal with Caroline Records/Astralwerks, ...

and

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. It was released in 1996 through

Astralwerks Astralwerks is an American record label primarily focused on electronic music owned by Universal Music Group. Its material is distributed via Capitol Music Group in the United States. The label was founded in 1993 and, in its early years, featur ...

Conception

The album was inspired by Husik's travels in

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Critical reception

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'' called the album "wispy, neo-psychedelic electronic music." ''

Trouser Press ''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who Dave Schulps and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference to ...

'' called it "by turns stark, still and catchy." ''

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'' called ''Green Blue Fire'' "chill-out ambient folk—groovy at times, dull at others."

Track listing

Personnel

*Richard Brown –

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– keyboards, percussion, production, engineering *Wendi Horowitz –

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–

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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, keyboards,

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References

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