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THE STONE TAPES (PINK DOTS, BIG CITY ORCHESTRA & FRANS DE WAARD) - Revolutions in the Head

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: Attenuation Circuit ACU 1015 Release Year: 2019 Note: a unique experimental ensemble "live in the studio" recording by members of BIG CITY ORCHESTRA (DAS and NINAH PIXIE), LEGENDARY PINK DOTS (EDWARD KA-SPEL and PHILIP KNIGHT) and FRANS DE WAARD (BEEQUEEN, KAPUTTE MUZIEK, FREIBAND, MODELBAU, QUEST and countless other projects..), improvised at LPD-studios in Nijmegen 10/2018; 7 pieces between daring experiments and trance-inducing strange drones.. ed. of 300 copies Price (incl. 19% VAT): €13.00 More Info All music by: dAS Edward-Ka Spel Frans De Waard Ninah Pixie Philip Knight Recorded at TeKaSky Studios in Nijmegen, Netherlands, late October 2018. Ninah first prepared her collection of sipsi reed flutes, before bonding at the studio Crumar organ (also a Pixy!), with all it's stuttering (broken!) idiosyncrasies..... Frans conjured textural movement by mixing multiple cassette players and I-Pad..... dAS experimented with contact mics and sound boards, feeding his computer to his looper.... Edward conducted a ballet of custom voice samples and played software synths..... Phil surfed the aether-static world of circuit bent radio, and powered up the analog synth... more.... “Revolutions In The Head” represents the almost transcendental result of “Discipline In The Studio” as members of The Big City Orchestra, Legendary Pink Dots And Frans De Waard (Modelbau, Kapotte Muziek and much more) combined to create a stream of 60 minute soundtracks for a TV station in San Francisco . If that sounds like a recipe for chaos, then think again. The concentration involved was almost terrifying, but the satisfaction displayed when that clock hit the magical 60 minute mark seemed like a glorious release. All the music here was recorded in The Silverman’s Attic studio . Das And Ninah of Big City Orchestra instigated the project and flew to The Netherlands for these sessions. The first hours involved them, The Silverman and Frans while Edward Ka-Spel joined for the last part of the penultimate session and the final hour. Edward had literally just got off the train from London, tiptoed upstairs, unpacked his keyboard and various devices, connected the wires as soundlessly as possible and found his patch in the cauldron. The “Hellos” were delayed as only 30 minutes had passed of that particular musical voyage. When the music was over, there seemed to be a general consensus that this meeting of minds needed to be heard by a wider audience. A big thank you to Frans for the hours he spent editing to make this release possible. https://emerge.bandcamp.com/album/revolutions-in-the-head