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V.A. (VARIOUS ARTISTS) - Household Objects (and Sundry Massed Gadgets)

Format: do-CD Label & Cat.Number: The 62nd Gramophone Company 62-GC3/4 Release Year: 2025 Price (incl. 19% VAT): €18.00 More Info Double CD, 32pp book, with introduction by Nick Mason (Pink Floyd). William Hayter and Barry Lamb, composers, performers and label impresarios organised this realisation of a post Dark Side Pink Floyd project, commissioning 27 new works made using only Household Objects. "I have to say that 50 years later the resurrection of this idea seems much more manageable, and the work produced on this album is in my opinion, far more interesting than anything we created. I salute all the contributors to this work and if we have encouraged, or in some ways inspired these recordings, then maybe it wasn't such a wasted effort!" – from the introduction by Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) – London, 2025 After Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd were casting around for a new concept. What they came up with was to make an album using only household objects – but allowing manipulation and Musique Concrete techniques. They made a start and then abandoned the project. Now William Hayter and Barry Lamb – who brought you Miniatures 2020 – have decided to give it another go, commissioning a wide range of artists to scour their houses for sounds and organise them into compositions. Some pieces work because you can recognise the sources, others because you can't. Many participants assemble small orchestras of objects, a few stick to just one thing (water or, an egg-slicer) and always the objects are meticulously listed. Some contributors here are well known (The Residents, Steve Beresford, Mark Hewins etc.) others are not, making this also a sampler of new voices. It's informative, left-field and a bone fide curiosity and comes in a beautifully designed and illustrated package, with a 32pp booklet elucidating each track, a series of great art collages and a forward by Nick Mason. credits released August 1, 2025 – CREDITS – Original Concept – Pink Floyd Photographic Inspiration – Hipgnosis Produced by William Hayter and Barry Lamb Compiled and Sequenced by William Hayter at Stable Sound Studios, Ware UK Mastered by Bob Drake at Studio MIDI-Pyrénées, France Artwork – Michael Leigh Design and Layout – Tim Schwartz | OnionProductions.com Layout Assistant – William Hayter Photography – Sean Kelly Photographers Assistant – William Hayter Office, Admin and Spreadsheets – Barry Lamb