Label: Dais Records

クリア・ヴァイナル仕様。William S. Burroughsが1981年にIndustrial Recordsに残したスポークンワードの傑作[Nothing Here Now But The Recordings]。この作品にインスピレーションを受けてベルギーの老舗Sub Rosaが86年に作り上げた[Break Through In Grey Room]。61年から76年までのバロウズの実験レコーディングを網羅、フィールドレコーディングやカットアップの創始者Brion Gysinとの共作といった強靭な音源を多く聴く事が出来る名作であり、本作はDais Recordsがバロウズ財団と協力し制作した2023年リマスター版。





Inspired by the original Industrial Records release of William S. Burroughs’s Nothing Here Now but the Recordings, Belgian record label Sub Rosa worked with Burroughs to release another album: Break Through In Grey Room. Originally compiled in 1986 by producer Bill Rich, the album features Burroughs's experimental recordings from 1961 to 1976, featuring field recordings by Burroughs of the Master Musicians of Jajouka, experimental collaborations with mathematician Ian Sommerville and painter/cut-up originator Brion Gysin.

Break Through In Grey Room documents William S. Burroughs during his time in Europe and England, working with Ian Sommerville on recording with the 'cut-up' technique. Sommerville's technical background enabled him to contribute to the early development of sound-and-light shows in London, leading to work with gear provided by Paul McCartney in an apartment owned by Ringo Starr. Experimental in nature, the record is as much an exhibition of studio and composition technique as it is a document of underground culture at that time.

For the 2023 reissue, Dais Records has collaborated with the Estate of William S. Burroughs on reissuing the album on vinyl and compact disc, fully remastered by mastering engineer Josh Bonati.