"This Way", originally released in 1984 on Mute (STUMM 18), was Bruce Gilbert’s first solo album being realised in that brief period between Dome winding down operations and Wire reforming for first time. A stunning study of controlled ambience and subtle minimalism. The bulk of the album is taken up by the mighty 'Do You Me? I Did' / 'Swamp' pieces which were commissioned for a piece of the same name by choreographer Michael Clark. A grey tonal poem of amazing bleak beauty building up to the ecstatic crescendo of the third movement. This 25th Anniversary reissue is remastered by Russell Haswell and contains a rework of Angela Conway's artwork by Dave Coppenhall. Digipak.
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RUSSELL HASWELL - 'Wild Tracks' CD (Editions Mego)
Russell Haswell returns with a complete departure from his real-time computer generated improvisations. "Wild Tracks" is a collection of ‘deliberate recordings’ made with other multimedia / film projects in mind. These recordings do not contain any overdubs or compression, and document a wide variety of audio experiences: a blowhole in Jamaica, an ant colony, a wasp nest, a helicopter ride and waterfalls, as well as the sound of freshly fallen snow, flies being electrocuted, various military tactical airlift planes, air defence fighters and attack helicopters. The recordings on "Wild Tracks" were realised using a variety of techniques including using hydrophones to record falling snow, recording gamekeepers many fields away with a parabolic dish, as well as binaural, ‘near-field’ & ‘direct’. Reputedly the first commercially released CD to be packaged in a KIDZBOX containing a full colour A2 poster with photographs and detailed recording notes.
