David Toop + Peter Cusack +Steve Beresford + David Day – Alterations

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: SUBLOGOS02
Barcode: 5411867110026
Release Date: 24 Feb 2023
Genre: Jazz

Never released before recordings from Logos Foundation live sessions at Logos Foundation, Gent, Belgium on January 3, 1981. The music is free-improvisation - that is we make our music co-operatively while playing: by listening, reacting, throwing in new ideas, not by following preplanned schemes. At its simplest the group's intention can be said to be to play together as well as possible and to enjoy ourselves while doing so. We are very interested in the result and intend that the audience is as well. As well as the musicians reacting to each other the music itself is pretty reactive to context. In other words room acoustics, background noise, audience response have a strong effect on what happens. This is particularly true of the audience. We have done performances where conversation has broken out with some audience members. There is much to see as well as hear - this is partly to do with the instruments. Together Terry, Steve and David have hundreds, all sizes, all sorts, most colours. They completely cover the floor. Many of these are non-western. The wide range of instruments means that an extremely broad sound spectrum is covered, from sudden bangs to very quiet low notes, from squeaks to normal guitar sounds. This is what fixes the overall group sound. David Toop: Flute, home-made reeds, percussion. Peter Cusack: Guitar. Steve Beresford: Piano, Small Instruments. Terry Day: Percussion, home-made reeds.

TRACKLISTING LP side A 01 Untitled 18'13 side B 01 Untitled 18'00

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