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SPACEHADS / MAX
EASTLEY :
a very long way from anywhere else
(Bleep 35)
Spaceheads and Max Eastley released “A
Very Long Way from Anywhere Else” on Bip Hop in April 2007.
It is a follow up to "the time of the ancient astronaut"
released on Bip Hop in 2001.
Spaceheads are a unique duo of trumpet (Andy Diagram) played through
electronics and looped with drums (Richard Harrison). Max Eastley
is a sound sculptor, artist, and musician. When with Spaceheads
he plays an instrument he invented and made himself called The Arc.
It is a monochord of wood and wire, which is scraped, bent and flexed
into an orbit of amplified effects. Since releasing "ancient
astronaut" in 2001, Spaceheads and Max Eastley have played
a variety of gigs including a live session for the BBC "Mixing
It" programme. Their live sets are totally improvised and form
the basis of this new CD.
It was recorded at two very different locations, one an island of
the south of France, and the other a remote village on the North
Yorkshire moors, both venues a very long way from anywhere else.
The shed is, as the name suggests not much more than a shed in the
very small village of Brawby.
The Mimi festival gig was held on one of the Friouli Islands south
of Marseille, the former site of a leper colony. It was on the way
to the island that the Spaceheads sailed pass the infamous 'Chateau
D'if ' the setting for incarceration of the future 'Count de Monte
Cristo '. A reading of the book was the inspiration for most of
the titles on the CD. |
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| 1)
The Chamber of Statues |
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| 2)
Every Thought is buried in Time |
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| 3) Love Lends Wings to our Desires |
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| 4) Isolation
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| 5) Assume the Place of
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| 6) The Dream that Murdered
Sleep |
| 7) A Very Long Way from Anywhere
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| 8) Escape
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“ Taste this, and the boundaries of possibility disappear;
the fields of infinite space open to you, you advance free in heart,
free in mind, into the boundless realms of unfettered reverie.”
Alexandre Dumas ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’
Since the late 1960s, Max Eastley has been fascinated by the relationship
of chance to music and art, and in environmental forces such as
wind and water. He is an important and innovative figure in the
field of sound art and often works in collaboration with other artists
from a range of disciplines including Brian Eno, Peter Greenaway,
Evan Parker and others. In 2006 he produced a sound sculpture installation
at the Natural History Museum in London, which incorporated found
sound recorded during Cape Farewell expeditions to the Arctic to
raise awareness about climate change.
Spaceheads have released 7 CDs to date most with Bip Hop in Europe
and Merge in the USA. They have toured regularly around both continents
enthralling audiences with their unique mix of brass drums and electronics.
“Andy Diagram's fluid and precise trumpet meshes with Richard
Harrison's deft rhythmic weavings. This is dub-heavy ambience for
the 21st century global village; arrangements of technology and
musicianship that acknowledge there are no barriers anymore.”
The Wire Magazine
More info at: www.spaceheads.co.uk |
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