Kosmic Music From The Black Country

Never-before-released recordings of live improvisations from 1973-78. Packaged in a 6-panel Digipak with clear trays and 24-page booklet glued inside. Instrumentation: Claviers (string Elka Rhapsody, synthesizer Roland sh1000), saxophone soprano, flûte traversière, boîte à rythme, loops de bandes magnétiques, ring oscillator, chambre d'écho, radio. Guitare basse Maya avec distorsion, parfois archet et écho/reverb, guitare Fender avec pédales d'effets. Percussions: batterie Premier - caisse claire, trois toms medium, basse + grosse caisse, hi-hat et 5 cymbales Paiste et Zymbalist. Enregistré sur bandes 2 pistes Ampex, Sony et TDK, enregistreur Sony TC63. Recorded on Ampex, Sony and TDK tapes on a TC63 Sony recorder. All tracks are live improvisations. No overdub, no mixing desk, just 2 microphones and an open-reel tape recorder. Alain Neffe did it at Francis Pourcel's attic in Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgium, between 1974 and 1978. 'The Eight Untitled Track' was recorded at the 'Festival du film de science-fiction' in Charleroi on the 29th October 1977. These dusty old open-reel tapes have been cleaned, repaired and mastered in Seneffe, Belgium. Another Sub Rosa production, with the help of la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.