ABOUT

The Tiger Lillies perform a live 42 minute soundtrack for the Ballad, one continuous piece of music that evolves and underscores the beauty, pain, joy, tragedy and sorrow of relationships and the startling images by Nan Goldin.
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, constantly reedited and updated, began its public life on the club circuit in New York City and has since been shown at museums, galleries, film festivals, and alternative spaces both in the U.S. and abroad, including the Whitney Biennal, the Berlin Film Festival, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, The Hirschorn Museum in Washington D.C., the Cartier Foundation in Paris, the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Jeu de Paume in Paris, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the ICA Theatre in London, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

"I met Nan a few years ago now. She used to come to our gigs in Brooklyn. She then got in touch and showed me her photo collection, the Ballad of Sexual Dependency. For me it was an inspiration. Her work felt so close, the lives of people from urban subcultures, the underground. Non-conformists. People making their own rules, living lives their own way. It reminded me of my own youth, drugs, night clubs, sex, fetishism. Sad photos as well of abuse and self-harm. So I wrote an epic poem on a subject so close to my own experience and youth. It’s a piece of music and set of lyrics I love. It’s an honour to work with and be inspired by such a great artist as Nan." - Martyn Jaques

Released in 2011

CREDITS

Martyn Jaques Vocals, Piano, Accordion.
Adrian Stout Double Bass, Saw, Theremin.
Adrian Huge Drums, Percussions, Backing Vocals.
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
was recorded live by Claus Buhler. Photography by Nan Goldin.

* The cd contains the music that accompanies The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, it does not contain the images by Nan Goldin*