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Andy Partridge and Harold Budd |
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| However surprising such a
partnership might seem, here are two of modern music's more original exponents,
who against (even their own) expectations have combined their highly individual
abilities and disparate musical backgrounds to create almost an hour of very
original music.Harold and Andy were introduced by All Saints Records in the UK and Ray
Hearn, a concert promoter in Tokyo.I'm always astounded by
people who have very good ears, because mine are very mediocre and Andy's are
superbly tuned"."We didn't have a clue what we were going to come up with before we met"
continues Andy "but we found a common ground between the kind of things that
each of us likes and we created Frankenstein's Bathing Beauty".Harold describes the exercise as "two architects
designing a bridge between them and deciding how it was going to look before
they built it.Once in the studio the two realised they worked in completely different
ways.The result was an enriching
experience where both were able to learn from each other's recording
technique.Harold,
"because I want to get on to the next stage.An early Korg guitar synthesizer also makes an appearance (loaned from XTC's
Dave Gregory).Harold Budd
Through The Hill
If English pop eccentric and Californian ambient composer seems an unlikely
combination, then Andy Partridge's dub and psychedelic experiments and recent
pastoral direction should provide a clue.Surprisingly, it's Harold Budd who
emerges the dominant character, his spacious, almost motionless creations of
piano and organ sounds (replete with murmur and sustain) forming much of the
framework.Harold BuddThrough The
Hill
What's an explorer to do?The working premise for this soundscape of instrumentals and
occasional verse was "fake archaeology.""We were really grasping in the dark until we could find ideas or alleyways
that we had in common, and we seemed to gravitate towards this idea of
archaeology," Partridge explained.And we both liked the idea
of fakes.So we decided that fake archaeology would be the order of the
day."If you wanted to make an
interestingly gentle, exploratory album, who would you make it with?It's you sitting down with a scrapbook or
a picture book on your own.Nazis punching the air in a stadium.XTC hits like Partridge's 'Senses Working Overtime.While
XTC records have shown flashes of an introspective, instrumental side of
Partridge, Through the Hill does seem weighted more towards Budd's
signature sound."This is clearly not an XTC album," Budd commented.Andy is there turning the
lights on, while I have a tendency to dim things down."Frankly, these were fairly naked duets.The
works with Eno, at least sonically, are not duets.In Through The Hill and its fake archaeology, perhaps there is a
metaphor that extends far beyond one album.Computerized mass marketing is on the music industry horizon, with the
prospect of albums routinely downloaded by the customer direct from the
performer.How long then before improbable collaborations are common, with
musicians hooking up across the globe to record albums uncommercial by usual
standards and yet each with its own small, dedicated constituency?Rolling Stone to
really wanting to be a songwriter specifically and not a performer.All that really smells funny to me.The description seems particularly appropriate in view of
ambient music pioneer Brian Eno's role in forming Gyroscope's parent company
All Saints Records, as well as its spiritual predecessor, the defunct Opal
label.Armenian duduk or nay, whose
current release, Moon Shines At Night, is in the same mold as his US
debut, I Will Not Be Sad In This World on Opal.Actually Gasparyan could be considered the odd man out in the Gyroscope
catalog.Haunting and brooding for the most part,
Gasparyan's music makes no concessions to the listener in the way contemporary
styles often do.Traditional to the core, it demands patience and
perseverance.Dream Academy singer Kate
St.This is rich and accessible material with its plethora of melody, counterpoint,
and the contrasting voices of piano, strings and various aerophones.Who are these people and why are they doing this?The average
consumer is given few clues.Collaborations seem to be Gyroscope's passion at the moment.Partridge sojourn, the label is currently releasing a quietly evocative
collage by Nelson, R.Collectively they are calling themselves Channel
Light Vessel, a name under which they may possibly tour in the US.Their first
release as a formal entity is entitled Automatic, although The
Familiar might be regarded as a dress rehearsal.In spirit Automatic might be described as electronic back porch
music.Not that all the music is made electronically."The
tacit rule was that everyone would underplay, so that if anyone was doing
anything interesting they would have the forefront.That's
what we were aiming at, so there wasn't one person dominating throughout the
thing."Studios and computers are proliferating around the planet
in countless channels of light.As with any exploration, it will be an uphill struggle at times.But, if
Automatic and Through The Hill are any indication, this territory
is worth the effort.Fragmentary titles offer to organize the material like so many
anecdotes, but they just help to confuse matters.Budd reading the poetry of Partridge
(leader of the pop group XTC).Nothing develops, and little lingers.Guess
you had to be there.Recording Information
Recorded and mixed at Chipping Norton Studios, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire,
February 1994.Engineered and mixed by Barry Hammond.All instruments Andy Partridge and Harold Budd.Go back to XTC Reel by Real.From AMG ReviewsSounding much more like a Harold Budd album than anything ever released by Andy Partridge (of XTC), these ambient pieces are lush, spacious environments populated by Budd's watery keyboards and Partridge's heavily processed angular guitar lines.This is one of Andy Partridge's most interesting diversions while stuck in contractual limbo after 1992's Nonsuch; it's a shame that there weren't any more like this.Harold Budd Biography
The primary singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the beloved British art pop band XTC, Andy Partridge was born December 11, 1953, on the island of Malta and raised in Swindon, England.Send this product information as a text message to a mobile phone.Note: Wireless carriers may charge fees for receiving and using the mobile web to view this Yahoo!Shopping product information ' +
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