Label: Sub Rosa

完全初出の未発表音源!!David Toop、Steve Beresford、Terry Day、Peter Cusackという精鋭達により結成されたフリーインプロヴィゼーション・スーパーグループAlterations。活動期間中に残したアルバムは3枚と寡作なグループとして知られており、本作は1981年1月3日にMoniek DargeやGodfried-Willem Raesが運営したベルギーの伝説的ベニューLogos Foundationにて記録されたライブセッション。ハンドメイドのリード、パーカッション、ピアノ、ギターにて非常に幅広いサウンドを生み出していく、毎度の如く見事過ぎる演奏形態。



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 colors. 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." Personnel: David Toop - flute, home-made reeds, percussion; Peter Cusack - guitar; Steve Beresford - piano, small instruments; Terry Day - percussion, home-made reeds.

Logos Foundation: Belgium Flanders' unique professional organization for the promotion of new music and audio-related arts by means of new music production, concerts, performances, composition, technological research and other activities related to contemporary music. This organization has been founded in 1968 by Godfried-Willem Raes.