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December 29, 2017
Born in Canterbury...? Where the Third Ear Band actually was from...
One of the more die-hard fakes about the TEB circulating on the Web and on some magazines/books is that the Our Band was born in Canterbury.
Actually the TEB was from Ladbroke Grove, North-West London.
There, Glen Sweeney moved his first steps, and there the band got the very first regular gigs in places as the Ladbroke Hotel or at the Safari Tent Caribbean store (207, Westbourne Park Road) where they played "cosmic ragas".
Their photo session for the "Alchemy" cover (read here, here and here) was at the nearby Kensall Green cemetery and at Portobello Glen knew Carolyn where they had a daily job.
An interesting piece about the cultural turmoil of that area is Nigel Cross' essay published by "Ptolemaic Terrascope" in 2006 (read here).
You can watch below other old pictures of Ladbroke Grove area taken in 1965-1970, more or less the period when Glen Sweeney lived and played there...
December 21, 2017
Celebrating the Winter Solstice: Chief Druid Philip Carr-Gomm remembers for Ghettoraga his encounter with the TEB at Glastonbury Tor!
A Chief Druid of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, author of best-selling books about druids, Philip Carr-Gomm was so kind to remember for Ghettoraga Archive his encounter with the Third Ear Band at Glastonbury Tor on May, 3rd 1970 when he was initiated to the Order. He already wrote about the band on his book "Druid Mysteries: Ancient Wisdom For the 21th Century" published in 2002, and he's an exclusive, first-hand witness of one of the few documented appearances of TEB at druidic ceremonies.
This precious piece is published also in his personal Web site at http://www.philipcarr-gomm.com/), rich of very interesting and intriguing stuff about druids, meditation, esoterism.
Philip Carr-Gomm initiated into the Order of Bards Ovates & Druids May 3rd, 1970 with Richard Coff in the background. Photo by Brian Peacock. |
"THE THIRD EAR BAND
AT GLASTONBURY TOR
On May 3rd 1970 I was initiated into a magical Druid group on top of Glastonbury Tor. After several years of apprenticeship, and shortly after my eighteenth birthday, I was formally inducted into The Order of Bards, Ovates & Druids in a ceremony that included music from The Third Ear Band.
My Druid teacher and the head of the Order, Ross Nichols, had managed to get the band to play at the ceremony, and the event was announced on John Peel’s radio show on the BBC, which meant a record attendance: 250 people came to watch.
I recently looked up my old teacher’s notes on what happened, and he writes that in addition to the Mayor of Glastonbury being in our circle, there were band members Paul Minns on oboe, Ursula Smith on cello, Richard Coff on violin, Glen Sweeney on drum, and their manager Andrew King.
I’ve even found a record of what he said by way of introduction. We processed up from Well House Lane to the field at the foot of the Tor. There we all stopped and the old Chief addressed us:
Friends and Companions – Before we start our preliminary ceremony here, I wish to express the thanks of us all to the Mayor of Glastonbury for his kindness in coming to visit us here at the beginning of our ceremonial.
What we are about to do is to declare our purpose, which is to contact the old wisdom of spiritual knowledge which has been communicated to mankind here, in Glastonbury, in a special way. It is between two pillars, one of lifted stone signifying air and intelligence, the other of water meaning cleansing and sensitivity. Later on we show the other two elements, earth and fire, in the cave and the dragon, thus completing the four elements and then adding a fifth, the sword Excalibur of Spirit, thus completing the divine pentagram…
Suitably enlightened, confused or intrigued, we then proceeded up to the summit of the Tor. To give you a feel for how this looked, here is archive footage of Ross Nichols leading fellow Druids up to the Tor, taken at a different Beltane between 1965 and 1969:
Ross Nichols. |
I recently looked up my old teacher’s notes on what happened, and he writes that in addition to the Mayor of Glastonbury being in our circle, there were band members Paul Minns on oboe, Ursula Smith on cello, Richard Coff on violin, Glen Sweeney on drum, and their manager Andrew King.
I’ve even found a record of what he said by way of introduction. We processed up from Well House Lane to the field at the foot of the Tor. There we all stopped and the old Chief addressed us:
Friends and Companions – Before we start our preliminary ceremony here, I wish to express the thanks of us all to the Mayor of Glastonbury for his kindness in coming to visit us here at the beginning of our ceremonial.
What we are about to do is to declare our purpose, which is to contact the old wisdom of spiritual knowledge which has been communicated to mankind here, in Glastonbury, in a special way. It is between two pillars, one of lifted stone signifying air and intelligence, the other of water meaning cleansing and sensitivity. Later on we show the other two elements, earth and fire, in the cave and the dragon, thus completing the four elements and then adding a fifth, the sword Excalibur of Spirit, thus completing the divine pentagram…
Suitably enlightened, confused or intrigued, we then proceeded up to the summit of the Tor. To give you a feel for how this looked, here is archive footage of Ross Nichols leading fellow Druids up to the Tor, taken at a different Beltane between 1965 and 1969:
After I was initiated, the Chief spoke to everyone again:
Companions and friends: This is the fifth time that at this season we have tried to bring here the message of May. Sometimes it is the eve of May called Beltane, sometimes being a few days into May it is the May festival. Blossom should be fully out in all its legendary and magical power, and operated through our May Queen of the blossom and her family of the sky and earth.
But we have lacked something – music. We had poetry – dancing is difficult up here, and a maypole seems impossible – and poetry is good and uplifting – but music gives us the lilt of life.
I don’t need to tell you about the very well-known Third Ear Group, with their gentle and very different music, belonging I think to our purposes of linking with the natural rhythms that are basic. There are times of day and moments in the year that really mean something and seem to give power, and there are chords and notes that mean more than words and can reverberate with almost infinite power. Links of this kind we all need whether we know it or not. You have just seen and heard us admit a New Bard who we feel tunes in with us and will go on tuning in, and that is why he is admitted. He was ‘tuned’ upon some of the older wisdom sayings just now: but these restated are new not old for they are permanent. Music is like that – eternally new and old.
Those who want to know about us and link with us, should come afterwards to the Tor Guest House in Ashwell Lane, where we have all literature, etc., and will be glad to contact – we will be rather busy immediately after the ceremony.
The Third Ear musicians are now going to give us – The Tor Raga. [He later wrote: ‘This lasted some 10 minutes, with four instruments’].
Companions and friends: This is the fifth time that at this season we have tried to bring here the message of May. Sometimes it is the eve of May called Beltane, sometimes being a few days into May it is the May festival. Blossom should be fully out in all its legendary and magical power, and operated through our May Queen of the blossom and her family of the sky and earth.
But we have lacked something – music. We had poetry – dancing is difficult up here, and a maypole seems impossible – and poetry is good and uplifting – but music gives us the lilt of life.
I don’t need to tell you about the very well-known Third Ear Group, with their gentle and very different music, belonging I think to our purposes of linking with the natural rhythms that are basic. There are times of day and moments in the year that really mean something and seem to give power, and there are chords and notes that mean more than words and can reverberate with almost infinite power. Links of this kind we all need whether we know it or not. You have just seen and heard us admit a New Bard who we feel tunes in with us and will go on tuning in, and that is why he is admitted. He was ‘tuned’ upon some of the older wisdom sayings just now: but these restated are new not old for they are permanent. Music is like that – eternally new and old.
Those who want to know about us and link with us, should come afterwards to the Tor Guest House in Ashwell Lane, where we have all literature, etc., and will be glad to contact – we will be rather busy immediately after the ceremony.
The Third Ear musicians are now going to give us – The Tor Raga. [He later wrote: ‘This lasted some 10 minutes, with four instruments’].
Three things strike me about this event: firstly, how very ‘switched on’ Ross was to the Zeitgeist. Even though he was of another generation, he was passionately interested in what was happening culturally and amongst young people. He wrote for the hippie "International Times" and was an enthusiast of John Michell’s work. And he recognized in the Third Ear Band music that was progressive, original, and yet – unlike much other contemporary music – completely in tune with Druidic and spiritual ideals.
Secondly, how canny he was to actually get hold of a band which was a rising star at the time. John Peel was championing them, and had been part of the band for a while. Their first album Alchemy, released in 1969, had Peel playing jaw harp and harmonica on it, and included tracks with names like Druid One, Stone Circle, and Dragon Lines. They had played at the famous Rolling Stones concert in Hyde Park the year before, in July 1969, and in the following year, when they played on the Tor, they went on to make a second album: Third Ear Band – Elements: Earth, Air, Fire, Water, as well as composing a soundtrack for the film Abelard & Eloise. The year after that they collaborated with Roman Polanski on the soundtrack for his film Macbeth. They produced one other album, in1972, but this was only released many years later under the title Prophecies, then later still, Magus. The band disbanded, and their percussionist, Glen ‘Zen’ Sweeney, went on to become a Druid in the Ancient Druid Order, whose chief, David Loxley, had designed the cover for their first album. You can read an interview with Loxley here, where he states that ‘the cover represents the real mysteries of Sex or creativity.’
The third thing that strikes me about what happened that day on the Tor is this: they chose to play Tor Raga, which illustrates perfectly one of the most fascinating features of Druidry: its potential connections with the Dharmic traditions of India. The Third Ear Band were playing World Music long before it became a phenomenon. As Loxley says in his interview, their music was a fusion between freeform jazz, indian music, meditation and folk music played on classical instruments. It was designed for altering consciousness, for engendering mystical states. The fact that connections can be traced between the spiritual traditions at either end of the Indo-European arc is a subject for another discussion, but if you want to explore this further see the Order’s section on this on their website.
To my 18 year old self, the fact that my initiation ceremony included the Third Ear Band didn’t seem particularly significant. Now, almost fifty years later, I find this fact moving and inspiring. Foreshadowing the music of the Afro Celt Sound System and Celtic Vedic, which both have Druidic connections, the Third Ear Band allowed two streams of spiritual tradition to meet in one of Britain’s most sacred places – where the waters of the red and white springs flow together beside the Tor."
TEB and DRUIDS on Ghettoraga Archive:
- A Third Ear druidic band?" - here
- Interview with Chied Druid David Loxley - here
- About cultural sources on A. Cresti's book - here
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December 18, 2017
And old picture with Ursula Smith published on the Web.
This old b/w picture with Ursula Smith emerged from Blackhill Enterprises/Harvest Records artist Michael Chapman's official Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/michael.chapman.9085).
Taken in 1970, the photo shows Michael Chapman with some folk musicians as Bridget St. John (on his right) and 'our' Ursula (seated just beyond her)... On her right Lyn (Blackhill's secretary) and on left Sumi Jenner, Peter Jenner's wife and Linda Kattan (Blackhill Enterprises' secretary), friend of Glen Sweeney and Carolyn Looker who gave me some memories for the forthcoming book on the TEB.
Ursula Smith is the 2nd seated from left.
Ursula Smith is the 2nd seated from left.
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December 13, 2017
The "unfolk" music of Alessandro Monti, Italian composer & musician.
Alessandro Monti is a quite intriguing musician. I listened to his music years ago when he published his first album titled "Unfolk" for his own little label Diplodisc and I really liked it. I usually give away lots of the Italian records I receive at home (for reasons you can easily understand...), but that Monti's album is still one of the few I hold in my discography with some great old Italian experimental music (Area, first Battiato's albums, Aktuala, Alan Sorrenti' first two records, Zeit, Dissoi Logoi, Tangamanu...).
At 57, Alessandro has been composing and recording music for almost two decades, a peculiar research deeply rooted in folk and world music, but that shows to know well electronic and popular music too. As in his last studio work titled "Intuitive Maps", full of ideas and suggestions that you could record three different albums!
Because he admits, among other bands, to be inspired by the Third Ear Band, and because I feel that something of TEB is displayed in his music, here I am with a long, articulated interview about music, compositions, record market, technologies... And even if he states popular music is living a big crisis now, he's the clear example we can have some hopes for the future...
LCF: "Your first solo album, this wonderful "spiritDzoe" published in 2014, is a syncretic fusion of lot of folkloric and WM elements... and it seems to me to detect in it bits of Terry Riley, Richard Youngs, Cuffern (that wonderful album "Wyrdstone"), Michael Cashmore, 'our' Third Ear Band... all in a very personal, unique style that it's just yours, of course - this "Unfolk"music you're playing for at least one decade... How is born your "unfolk" and this marvellous solo record?"
At 57, Alessandro has been composing and recording music for almost two decades, a peculiar research deeply rooted in folk and world music, but that shows to know well electronic and popular music too. As in his last studio work titled "Intuitive Maps", full of ideas and suggestions that you could record three different albums!
Because he admits, among other bands, to be inspired by the Third Ear Band, and because I feel that something of TEB is displayed in his music, here I am with a long, articulated interview about music, compositions, record market, technologies... And even if he states popular music is living a big crisis now, he's the clear example we can have some hopes for the future...
LCF: "Your first solo album, this wonderful "spiritDzoe" published in 2014, is a syncretic fusion of lot of folkloric and WM elements... and it seems to me to detect in it bits of Terry Riley, Richard Youngs, Cuffern (that wonderful album "Wyrdstone"), Michael Cashmore, 'our' Third Ear Band... all in a very personal, unique style that it's just yours, of course - this "Unfolk"music you're playing for at least one decade... How is born your "unfolk" and this marvellous solo record?"
"Unfolk", first edition (2006). |
Frankly I never heard some names you quote, but of course I've grown up listening to Terry Riley and John Cale (who indeed followed the most unique and extraordinary path in music), the Incredible String Band, Art Bears, Stockhausen and "our" Third Ear Band: listening to "Macbeth" as a teenager was a life-changing experience.
"Unfolk" celebrative edition (2016). |
Listening to the recording after all these years, on that final section I was influenced by the style of The Art Ensemble Of Chicago and the master Japanese percussionist Stomu Yamash'ta.
LCF: "And what about "spiritDzoe", your first solo effort?
AM: ""spiritDzoe" starts with a mandolin feedback (parte 1), I think the only one recorded so far... but I could be wrong [laughs]. After I used all the possibilities of that instrument (both acoustic & electric) on the previous cds ("Unfolk" & "The Venetian Book Of The Dead"), I felt the need to go beyond the strings, because nothing's sacred in my opinion; plus I love feedback and I tried to obtain the right notes while moving the neck in front of a small Orange amp at maximum volume...
"The Venetian Book of the Dead" |
"spiritDzoe" (2014) |
I'm so happy you love "spiritDzoe" because it comes directly from my heart, it's sincere and true and definitely the difficult and esoteric side of my work. I'm not a full-time professional musician, I'm also a healthcare worker and parts of "spiritDzoe" were inspired by my job with disabled people; I realized I wasn't paying much attention to rhythm, but I was amazed at how important it can be... I mean spiritually, physically and psychologically.""
LCF: "So you are inspired by a lot of references and different music genres... what do you think about the present condition of Western popular music?"
AM: "What can we say? Something radically changed after the 90's and during the last few years it seems that all quality pop songs disappeared from airplay, leaving only the same old melodies, the same chord changes and the same electronic tricks with no ideas, but I think that it reflects society's decadence... I'm not sure if we're living through an era of transition but you can experience this in politics, arts, media and culture in general.
"After the 70's many people of my generation hated the 80's, but I remember I was listening to a lot of great songs back then, post-punk bands, new wave and synth-pop... recently I transcribed many 80's classics on my guitar for a live unplugged project and I decided to choose mostly electronic dance pieces because they were a sort of challenge: all results were great, I had fun with the chords and structures... really good stuff. Now it's over, I hear only bad copies of old styles.
"Intuitive Maps" (2017) |
"So I could answer that the condition of Western popular culture is the result of a dramatic change in Western society. From time to time we still hear some great music... at 57 I'm still producing new records with the same enthusiasm though: you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one (thanks, John!)."
LCF: "Yes, I agree with you, we're living in very strange times: it's so easy to produce music now, but at the same time we have a huge amount of rubbish around... What kind of music you're listening to in these very difficult momentum for popular music?"
"Firstly I don't rely on the web too much... I only try to get infos about some rare material or specialist distributions, but I still support the local shops a lot: they're the most important source for culture and they must live! Inside the booklet of the new "Intuitive Maps" cd I wrote very "alternative" notes: I thanked all friends working in record shops, they helped Unfolk so much through the years. Plus I think that walking inside a shop and hearing something new is still a fascinating experience to me. I must admit I never listen to music on YouTube or Bandcamp, I don't really like the sound on tiny computer speakers and I enjoy cds very much: I think they're the best solution for sound today; I don't believe in vinyl reissues, except for original copies or old analogue pressings. All new editions on vinyl transferred from digital masters are pointless to me, the sound is flat and the dynamics almost non-existent... we have the best support, why don't we choose it? Having said that, the strangest thing is: I never saw so many new releases as in these difficult times... I mean reissues, remasters, unreleased stuff and live broadcasts: they're financially impossible to follow. So, sometimes I prefer buying something old than new, I only bought one or two new releases this year, but I got lots of amazing stuff from the past... perhaps I'm getting old [laughs].
I like Contemporary Classical, electronic and concrete music, many rare and deleted recordings are available now, so it's the right time to get them. I also love unusual Library music and jazz reissues (classic Sun Ra and Don Cherry recordings always seems to be inspiring), and I always love to hear the occasional african vibe. About rock music: it seems to me that the best of the last few years came from Eastern Europe, bands like Plastic People Of The Universe, Pulnoc, Reportaz, ZGA, Roz Vitalis... all very original and inventive. My favourite labels are ReR Megacorp and LTM (their 20th Century Avant-garde series is priceless), and I think Burning Shed has the best prog distribution... so I always discover stunning works I missed with unusual material and beautiful artworks. But I always ask my local shop first!"
LCF: "You're from Venice, or at least I think so, one of the most famous historical town in the World. Is this fate inspiring in some way your own creativity?"
AM: "Good question. I was born in Venice but I live in Mestre (only 10' by bus)... when I was a kid I spent every weekend in Venice because my grandmother lived there; I loved the City and the unique atmosphere, it was quiet and much different back then, less tourists and caos. Perhaps some traces can be found on my use of mandolin, it was a popular instrument in Venice during the past centuries (Vivaldi concerts are wonderful examples); funnily enough the instrument I used on the early Unfolk cds isn't Italian but Irish!
Another hidden influence could be my interest in world music because Venice was an important crossing of different cultures in the past. So I surely love that City but Mestre had a deeper and darker influence on my work: "The Venetian Book Of The Dead" is an album inspired by the industrial disasters in Marghera where many workers died by cancer in the PVC/vinyl factories (I wrote long notes about this album on my blog: unfolkam.wordpress.com): environmental issues are still alarming here for many reasons."
"Firstly I don't rely on the web too much... I only try to get infos about some rare material or specialist distributions, but I still support the local shops a lot: they're the most important source for culture and they must live! Inside the booklet of the new "Intuitive Maps" cd I wrote very "alternative" notes: I thanked all friends working in record shops, they helped Unfolk so much through the years. Plus I think that walking inside a shop and hearing something new is still a fascinating experience to me. I must admit I never listen to music on YouTube or Bandcamp, I don't really like the sound on tiny computer speakers and I enjoy cds very much: I think they're the best solution for sound today; I don't believe in vinyl reissues, except for original copies or old analogue pressings. All new editions on vinyl transferred from digital masters are pointless to me, the sound is flat and the dynamics almost non-existent... we have the best support, why don't we choose it? Having said that, the strangest thing is: I never saw so many new releases as in these difficult times... I mean reissues, remasters, unreleased stuff and live broadcasts: they're financially impossible to follow. So, sometimes I prefer buying something old than new, I only bought one or two new releases this year, but I got lots of amazing stuff from the past... perhaps I'm getting old [laughs].
I like Contemporary Classical, electronic and concrete music, many rare and deleted recordings are available now, so it's the right time to get them. I also love unusual Library music and jazz reissues (classic Sun Ra and Don Cherry recordings always seems to be inspiring), and I always love to hear the occasional african vibe. About rock music: it seems to me that the best of the last few years came from Eastern Europe, bands like Plastic People Of The Universe, Pulnoc, Reportaz, ZGA, Roz Vitalis... all very original and inventive. My favourite labels are ReR Megacorp and LTM (their 20th Century Avant-garde series is priceless), and I think Burning Shed has the best prog distribution... so I always discover stunning works I missed with unusual material and beautiful artworks. But I always ask my local shop first!"
LCF: "You're from Venice, or at least I think so, one of the most famous historical town in the World. Is this fate inspiring in some way your own creativity?"
AM: "Good question. I was born in Venice but I live in Mestre (only 10' by bus)... when I was a kid I spent every weekend in Venice because my grandmother lived there; I loved the City and the unique atmosphere, it was quiet and much different back then, less tourists and caos. Perhaps some traces can be found on my use of mandolin, it was a popular instrument in Venice during the past centuries (Vivaldi concerts are wonderful examples); funnily enough the instrument I used on the early Unfolk cds isn't Italian but Irish!
Paul Delvaux (detail of "Thevenetian Book of the Dead" cover ). |
LCF: "Do you think TEB's music can be still influential for a contemporary musician in terms of improvisational music?"
Paul Delvaux (detail of "Thevenetian Book of the Dead" cover ). |
LCF: "Which specific elements of Third Ear Band's music you feel are in your "unfolk" approach to sounds?"
AM: "I think that perhaps all specific TEB elements found in my music surface on a sort of unconscious level, but I'm sure that the use of hand percussion, strings and eastern drones come directly from those records. I dedicated one requiem to Florian Fricke (of Popol Vuh) on the first Unfolk record, but I should do the same for Glen Sweeney as well! There's a spiritual and primitive side in TEB's music that I love, I really think that TEB captured the essence of a timeless sound. I played a version of "Eternity In D" linked to "Bitches Brew" like a medley; the bass riffs are quite similar but the notes evolve in different directions (Paul Buckmaster explains the musical aspect in detail in your interview); I love electric Miles and knowing that there's a link with TEB seems logical and beautiful. The incredible thing about the 60's, 70's & 80's was that everyday search for new solutions and cross-pollinations, in other words there was MUSIC, no boundaries or style limitations... "file under freedom".
I'm very proud that some of my cds have been linked to TEB by critics and listeners. I was a teenager when I first heard "Macbeth" in a Venice record shop... I can still remember the feeling I had in my headphones, standing petrified and listening to a whole side without interruption, it was an epiphany of new sounds: those dissonant string arrangements by Paul Buckmaster & Simon House, the non-classical use of oboe by Paul Minns, Denim Bridges' distorted guitar totally out of a rock context and Glen's basic 4/4 rhythm patterns were a total revelation to me. The music was so simple and rich at the same time, leaving a lot for imagination. I actually watched the film many years later but I already made my own personal images with the music. Sometimes I think that soundtracks shouldn't be made for a film! If music works you can close your eyes and live through a parallel dimension creating your own story... imagination is the key: that's why I prefer records to films, and radio to TV.
I'm working on a new project of songs right now with a deep subject: the musician's oblivion... I think that music exists before and after its actual creation, so the composer's ego is totally useless, he's only a decoder of cosmic waves, nothing more. Fame, success and stardom are the other (wrong) side of the coin. When I listen to TEB records I always forget who's playing and concentrate only on sound: the notes are living their own life both individually and collectively... that is a rare achievement in my opinion and all the best music should have this quality."
Promo poster for the last CD. |
A Third Ear Band sketchbook
(8 random notes for Ghettoraga Archive by Alessandro Monti)
1. The pizzicato violins on “Stone Circle” and “Earth” are among my favourite sections of TEB's records;
2. the non-classical use of oboe on TEB's recordings reminds me of the sound of an ancient and rediscovered instrument, like something unearthed from the dust of time. The experiments by Yusef Lateef, Paul McCandless and Karl Jenkins were very much interesting but more structured and modern;
3. the hand drums on “Air” have an almost electronic quality, something rarely heard in folk/world music at the time... the rhythm is so good even today that it could be confused for a sampled track!
4. the trance-like “Fire” is a monolith performance that seems to me without a beginning and without an end. The result is very close to La Monte Young's experiments of the 60's with John Cale (on viola) and Tony Conrad (on violin). The collective playing on “Fire” is so intense that it could only be interrupted!
3. the hand drums on “Air” have an almost electronic quality, something rarely heard in folk/world music at the time... the rhythm is so good even today that it could be confused for a sampled track!
4. the trance-like “Fire” is a monolith performance that seems to me without a beginning and without an end. The result is very close to La Monte Young's experiments of the 60's with John Cale (on viola) and Tony Conrad (on violin). The collective playing on “Fire” is so intense that it could only be interrupted!
5. the only song recorded by TEB in the classic trilogy is “Fleance”, a functional piece in the film, but also an effective folk ballad: in my opinion it's a deliberate reminder of the essential purity and utter simplicity of their almost childish approach;
6. many artists tried to convey in music “The Egyptian Book Of The Dead”: Pierre Henry recorded the darkest composition on the opposite side: concrete & electronic music. Here's a subject that will resurface in different ages and styles, until people will rediscover the early acoustic pioneers!
7. the balance between traditional instruments and electronics on “Macbeth” is unparalleled: still in a no-man's land;
8. few artworks can be so "iconic" than the trilogy...
ALESSANDRO MONTI's DISCOGRAPHY
"The Venetian Book of the Dead"
(CD - Diplodisc dpl 002, ITA 2009)
"spiritDzoe" (CD - Diplodisc dpl 008, ITA 2014)
"Unfolk"/Live Book
(CD - Diplodisc dpl 005/6, ITA 2016)
"Intuitive Maps"
(CD - Musiche Particolari & Records MPRCD072, ITA 2017)
OTHER PROJECTS/SAMPLERS/COMPILATIONS
Caveman Shoestore
"Master Cylinder" (Tim/Kerr Records, 1992) production
Various Artists
"Italia No! Contaminazioni No Wave Italiane (1980 - 1985)"
(LP/CD - Spittle Records, 2013)
Massimo Berizzi
"Spirali"(CD - Diplodisc dpl 007, 2013)
Various Artists
"Diplocomp. A Diplodisc Sampler"
(CD - Diplodisc dpl 010, ITA 2014)
Various Artists
Burning Shed Free EP (Burning Shed) limited download only
Quanah Parker
Massimo Berizzi
"Spirali"(CD - Diplodisc dpl 007, 2013)
Various Artists
"Diplocomp. A Diplodisc Sampler"
(CD - Diplodisc dpl 010, ITA 2014)
Various Artists
Burning Shed Free EP (Burning Shed) limited download only
Quanah Parker
"Suite degli Animali Fantastici" (MP& Records, 2015)
Quadelectronic
"QE98" (Quadelectronic Documents, 2017) 12 × File – FLAC Digital album
Various Artists
"The Wire Tapper 44"
(CD - The Wire magazine, UK 2017)
Soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/unfolk
"QE98" (Quadelectronic Documents, 2017) 12 × File – FLAC Digital album
"The Wire Tapper 44"
(CD - The Wire magazine, UK 2017)
CONTACTS
http://unfolkam.wordpress.com
Web site:
Soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/unfolk
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