The Sound of Music
[CD: Some Bizarre, UK, 1992; #SBZ CD 008]
"Since 1983, Echo City has been building its sonic playgrounds, running music workshop projects, performing and recording. Based in Islington, London, it has worked throughout the UK, Belgium, Eire, Germany, North America and the Far East.
After building its first Sonic Playground in London's East End in 1983, its unique interactive musical journey took to the road for the first time at the Pendley Jazz Festival in 1985. Since then, Echo City's direct and accessible style of performance and their participatory music making has won over many audiences.
Their music is at once joyful, danceable, funny and hugely experimental."
After building its first Sonic Playground in London's East End in 1983, its unique interactive musical journey took to the road for the first time at the Pendley Jazz Festival in 1985. Since then, Echo City's direct and accessible style of performance and their participatory music making has won over many audiences.
Their music is at once joyful, danceable, funny and hugely experimental."
(from Echo City's homepage)
Clangerphone workout (photo by Giles Perring)
"ECHO CITY is a sort of art collective started in 1983. Core members include Giles Perring (of Life Of Riley), Susie Honeyman, Paul Shearsmith, Rob Mills, Julia Farrington and Guy. They use some ordinary and quite a few of their home-made - or rather on-site made - instruments. The former are mainly wind instruments and the latter are heavy on the percussive side, stuff made of industrial materials or whatever they might find. Check out their clangerphones, batphones, baliphones etc. The group build sonic playgrounds for disabled children, make multi-media performances etc. sometimes fairly structured, sometimes not. (...)
Guy: 'The basic format is simple: minimal notice to players of impending gig, no transport arrangements and definitely no discussion of what's to be played. This cunningly ensures a healthy level of panic, variety of line-up, selective choice of instruments (mine usually governed by what I can carry on my bike) and eliminates most argument.'"
Guy: 'The basic format is simple: minimal notice to players of impending gig, no transport arrangements and definitely no discussion of what's to be played. This cunningly ensures a healthy level of panic, variety of line-up, selective choice of instruments (mine usually governed by what I can carry on my bike) and eliminates most argument.'"
(from Guy Evans' profile site @ FuzzLogic.com)
Echo City l-r: Paul Shearsmith, Giles Perring, Rob Mills, Julia Farrington, Guy Evans
Echo City
Rob Mills: percussion, saxophones
Giles Perring: electric guitars, percussion, drums
Paul Shearsmith: trombone, trumpet, didgeridoo, baliphone, bells
Julia Farrington: vocals, percussion
Guy Evans: electric guitars, percussion, drums
Susie Honeyman: violin, baliphone
guest
Nick Cash: percussion (11)
All tracks composed by Echo City.
1+10 were played on instruments designed and built for the Skinningrove bonfire, East Cleveland.
4 was performed by Echo City and participents in the 'Making Music' performance project at Loftus town hall, East Cleveland; commissioned by 'Village Arts' and EUCREA.
11 was recorded during preparation for a performance project with 'The White House Band' Loppem; commissioned by the British Council, Brussels.
Recorded at Echo City, London, February 1991, except
3 recorded at Echo City, June 1991,
4 recorded October 1990, Loftus, East Cleveland,
6+9 recorded at Justice Room, Somerset, January 1989,
1+10 recorded November 1990, Skinningrove, East Cleveland,
11 recorded at La Manège, Loppen, Belgium, October 1991.
All tracks produced and engineered by Echo City, except
6+9 produced and engineered by Wally Brill.
Cover design and photography by Echo City.
Front cover: 'Nuns playing batphones' - Cannosian home for children with hearing impairment, Singapore.
Rob Mills: percussion, saxophones
Giles Perring: electric guitars, percussion, drums
Paul Shearsmith: trombone, trumpet, didgeridoo, baliphone, bells
Julia Farrington: vocals, percussion
Guy Evans: electric guitars, percussion, drums
Susie Honeyman: violin, baliphone
guest
Nick Cash: percussion (11)
- Skinningrove Pyre (5'19)
- Saving You Money from Start to Finish (1'36)
- The Hanging Judge (5'08)
- T'Tute (3'06)
- We are Confident (1'47)
- Jalan Jalan (4'29)
- Fasolati (6'34)
- Prelude to (4'39)
- Justice for Some (5'32)
- Both Barrels (3'02)
- The Bells of Loppem (7'12)
- Under the Ice (4'50)
- Non's Chorus (3'29)
All tracks composed by Echo City.
1+10 were played on instruments designed and built for the Skinningrove bonfire, East Cleveland.
4 was performed by Echo City and participents in the 'Making Music' performance project at Loftus town hall, East Cleveland; commissioned by 'Village Arts' and EUCREA.
11 was recorded during preparation for a performance project with 'The White House Band' Loppem; commissioned by the British Council, Brussels.
Recorded at Echo City, London, February 1991, except
3 recorded at Echo City, June 1991,
4 recorded October 1990, Loftus, East Cleveland,
6+9 recorded at Justice Room, Somerset, January 1989,
1+10 recorded November 1990, Skinningrove, East Cleveland,
11 recorded at La Manège, Loppen, Belgium, October 1991.
All tracks produced and engineered by Echo City, except
6+9 produced and engineered by Wally Brill.
Cover design and photography by Echo City.
Front cover: 'Nuns playing batphones' - Cannosian home for children with hearing impairment, Singapore.
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