The Union Chapel Concert_音乐专辑
The Union Chapel Concert
表演者: Peter Hammil/Guy Evans
发行时间: 1997
条形码: 5023522911529
专辑简介
A one-time event stemming from an offer to percussionist Evans to do anything he wanted at the Union Chapel in London. An idea to collaborate with Peter Hammill on a variety of semi- improvisational material partly built on samples of Hammill's music soon expanded to incorporate more traditional performance ideas as well as connections to Evans' own colleagues in the Echo City troupe. By the time the planning stage was over, Hammill and Evans had decided to bring in members of Echo City, regular Hammill collaborator Stuart Gordon, drummer Manny Elias, and, to cap things off, long-time Van Der Graaf members Hugh Banton (who had retired to a life of organ-building) and David Jackson, who not only turned up with sax and flute in hand, but with his Soundbeam rig as well.
The resulting live album, spread over two discs, is an impressive document. It is certainly Evans' show all the way, with some of the best drumming Evans has ever captured on record, though Hammill gives a good account of himself - as Evans says in his sleeve notes, Hammill instantly took up the gauntlet that Evans threw down. As a result, the album includes some of Hammill's best live playing, including a ferocious reading of "Accidents." For some, though, the highlight will most likely be the rousing fifteen minute performance of "Lemmings," which amounts to a Van Der Graaf Generator reunion. There is, however, far more to recommend this 2CD set. By far one of the most powerful Hammill showings to date.
曲目
1 Introduction
2 Fireworks
3 A Forest of Pronouns
4 Anatol's Proposal
5 After the Show
6 Roger and Out
7 Accidents
8 Four Kinds of Rice/Hello/Resolution
9 Women of Ireland
10 Ship of Fools
11 Hamburg Station
12 Seven Wonders
13 Adagio for Strings
14 Red Shift
15 Lemmings
16 Outroduction
17 Traintime
