KITCHEN CYNICS Beads Upon An Abacus
80年代後半からカセットでもリリースを続けるスコットランド、アバディーンのDIYなエクスペリメンタル・フォークギタリストALAN DAVIDSONのKITCHEN CYNICSをTHE TRILOGY TAPESがアナログ・リリース。BEN UFOやBEATRICE DILLON、WILL BANKHEADとも交流深いサンフランシスコのエクスペリメンタル・テクノアーチストJACK MURPHYがコンパイル。オーバーダブされた即興のエレクトロニック、ギター、ピアノ、声。イマジナリーなサウンドストーリー。 (サイトウ)
A1. | Theme For Gwen | sample |
A2. | Dr Guild | sample |
A3. | Mistress Forsyth's Jump | sample |
A4. | Holburning | sample |
A5. | Persian Carpet In Reverse | sample |
B1. | Dr MacQueen Feeds The Media Frenzy | sample |
B2. | Phosphorus Tenement | sample |
B3. | Bluetit Babies | sample |
B4. | Beads Upon An Abacus | sample |
B5. | The Entrepreneurs | sample |
Most of the songs were recorded in my flat on cassette or digital four track recorders, although a couple were done in my much-lamented studio above a morgue in The Anatomy Rooms.
Compiled By Jack Murphy.
01. Theme For Gwen
I think I had Gwen John in my head when I did this wee tune… but it might have been my great-auntie Gwen in London who my granny considered rather racy (she drank and swore), but I liked a lot.
02. Dr Guild
Just along the road from my flat there is an old horse drinking-fountain dedicated to this 19th century physician and benefactor.
03. Mistress Forsyth’s Jump
Based loosely on my granny’s tales of her teenage years, and the cold winters living as a farm servant.
04. Holburning
A piano improvisation done with Susan Matthew (high notes) as we looked out onto Hoburn Street one snowy morning.
05. Persian Carpet In Reverse
I liked the idea that Persian carpets always have a deliberate flaw, because nothing should be perfect. I reckoned life was the opposite… mostly flawed, but with occasional perfect bits.
07. Dr MacQueen Feeds The Media Frenzy
In 1964 my city was hit by a typhoid outbreak. Dr Ian MacQueen gave daily updates to the press on deaths and infections. I was happy because the schools were shut.
08. Phosphorous Tenement
A potpourri of words which appeal to me, no more.
09. Bluetit Babies
An instrumental I recorded one afternoon, after seeing baby bluetits sitting in a row on a branch, whilst on my morning walk.
10. Beads Upon An Abacus
About Ada Lovelace, the daughter of Lord Byron. The guitar pattern is played by Jess Yong.
11. The Entrepreneurs
I was getting thoroughly pissed off with Conservative values, and people using and abusing others.