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SCORPIO available as... duration:
69'49" 1.
Xenophile 1 2'09"
Recorded
at MN Studio (January-April 1983). Steve Freeman: turntable, loops, tapes, sounds, electronics,
effects, voice, synth. notes... After playing some of these early experiments to my
brother Alan, we decided to pursue things further with the project Holy
Atheist (formed around July 1977 in Loughborough). The tapes we released
around this time gained very mixed reviews and therefore, after moving to
Leicester, we decided on a more "musical" approach and a new name
in Vrije (later renamed Alto Stratus). Around this time, Alan decided that he
would also like to do some work on his own. So, of course, I thought
compelled to do some solo work alongside our collaborations. This led to the
release of one cassette under the name SF.1 and five cassettes under the name
Scorpio. My most successful release "Cataclysm" has been reissued
in its own right (AMCDR 005). The collection you are holding comprises
material from the other releases. The tracks from "Xenophile" were mainly created
using tape loops and records played slow or backwards. Thus, they have a very
mechanical feel and texture. The "Mechanical Bent" work was based
around texts recorded from The Archers (if I remember right) radio series
over an electronic pulse created on the ITT cassette recorder. I found the
original 10 minute version of this to be far too long and therefore did a 2
minute remix. "Vox Populi!" was a 60 minute onslaught depicting a
nuclear war, a pre-cursor in a way to the later "Cataclysm". Quite
a heavy going work, I decided to just include two short pieces from "Vox
Populi!" here. "Festering Stranger In Transit" is a cyclic
synthesizer pulse based piece that I decided to remix, adding more layers
using delays from the original track. The result is more dense and what I
originally intended, but didn't have the equipment in 1983 to do so. Further
extracts from "Conduct Unbecoming" can be found as a bonus on the
CDR release of "Cataclysm". "Search In Confusion" is a
remixed segment from side 2 of the cassette "Tredje" (the Swedish
word for "Third"). This is the most industrial section of this
release - so, you've been warned! Well, I hope that you enjoy this release. I certainly
enjoyed making it! Steve Freeman Versions... |
SCORPIO
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