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Nigel Eaton, Pandemonium Music of the hurdy-gurdy
(2002) Beautiful Jo records BEJOCD-39
A beautiful but treacherous work, full of "hurdy pop" experiments that caused as such amazement as perplexity. Many people love it, others do not. The rest is a CD of great list for the skill of the musicians and the beauty of the arrangements. We like to point out "Like the Snow" for the intensity of the voice of Julie Murphy. Fair processing of the cover art, original photos inside the booklet (whose author remains unknown).
Un bellissimo lavoro disseminato di mine, vale a dire di esperimenti "hurdy pop" che suscitano tanto stupore quanto perplessità: a molti piaceranno, ad altri neppure un po'. Il resto è un cd di notevole fattura per la bravura dei musicisti e la bellezza degli arrangiamenti, tra i quali ci piace segnalare "Like the Snow" per l'intensità della voce di Julie Murphy. Discreta l'elaborazione della grafica di copertina, originali le foto del booklet interno (il cui autore però rimane sconosciuto).
Tracks:
1 St Suliac/Sur la Rance (Eaton/Jon Swayne
Eaton)
2 Hurdy-Gurdy Concerto II (Michel Corrette
arr Price Eaton)
3 Sound of the Bell (Mark Stephen Davies
Eaton)
4 On the River (Eaton arr Price Eaton)
5 Like the Snow/The Chimney (Sydney Carter
arr Murphy Eaton/Eaton)
6 The Metric Jig/The Imperial Jig (Eaton
arr Price Eaton)
7 Three Sharks (Eaton arr Cutting James
Eaton)
8 Great Escape (Mark Stephen Davies Eaton)
9 Upton Jail (Eaton)
10 Curlew (Eaton)
11 Break of the Day/Doctor Fegg (English
Traditional arr Murphy Price Eaton/Eaton arr Price Eaton)
12 Ancient Order (Mark Stephen Davies Eaton)
13 La Gloire de mon Père (Eaton arr Cutting
Eaton)
14 Hum 'n' Bass (Eaton)
Musicians: Nigel Eaton hurdy-gurdy, bass and keys - Andy Cutting diatonic button accordion - Mark Davies keys, percussion, bass, voice and programming - Paul James saxophone - Julie Murphy voice - Becky Price piano, harpsichord and piano accordion |