Label: Corbett vs. Dempsey - BEAD 23

70年代半ばのロンドン地下フリー・ミュージック・シーンに登場、デレク・ベイリー、エヴァン・パーカー、バリー・ガイ等を含む多くの演奏家と共演した英国のヴァイオリン奏者Philipp Wachsmann。自身主宰のレーベルBead Recordsから発表した85年ソロ怪作[Writing In Water]が遂に初リイシュー。Nestor Figueras、David Toop、Paul Burwellの共作[Cholagogues]、Peter Cusackの[After Being In Holland For Two Years]など、フリー系に留まらない異質な音源を残したレーベルであり、本作では約26分と21分に渡り繰り広げられる多層的で美しいヴァイオリン & エレクトロニクス即興を展開。激ヤバな音像がバンバン飛び出します。Corbett vs. Dempseyの仕事は本当に素晴らしい。



Reissue, originally released in 1985. Gentle, incisive solo music for violin and electronics by one of the unsung giants of free improvisation. Philipp Wachsmann emerged in the fertile mid '70s underground free music scene in London, playing with everyone from Simon Mayo to Barry Guy to Derek Bailey to Evan Parker, starting a band called Chamberpot, making albums for the collective artist-run label he managed: Bead Records. These LPs, 26 of them in total, were made in tiny batches and are now rare as hen's teeth. Writing In Water, which was recorded in 1984, is the first of a series of Corbett vs. Dempsey reissues dedicated to the label, crucial chroniclers of British improvised music. Two side-long tracks are extremely patient, multi-layered, sometimes hushed, ultimately beautiful. Long out of print and never before on CD. Exact facsimile cover. Edition of 500.