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Never Mind your Palaver, your Air Guitar & the Bright Blue Wainscoting-these are the Cotswold Gnomes
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| AndrTs Segovia |
Milan Pavana #1 (5 Centuries of the Spanish Guitar, Vol 5 1998) 
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| Andy Partridge/Harold Budd |
Bruegel (Through the Hill, 2005) |
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| Fripp, Buck, Chalenor, Chamberlain, Reflin & Zazou |
The Slow Music Project (pt. 2, excerpt) (The Slow Music Project, d/l 2005) |
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| Lena |
Alchemy of Fingers and Dark (Extended Gestures for Cello, 2008) |
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The Cotswold Gnomes (Robert Fripp & Brian Eno) |
Deep Indian Long (The Cotswold Gnomes, 2006) |
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| Dwight Ashley |
Behold The Trampled Wheat (Sounds of a Unirverse Overheard, 2007) |
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| Robert Fripp |
1984 (Let the Power Fall, 1981) |
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| Brian Eno |
Innocenti (The Shutov Assembly, 1992) |
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| Eno |
Slip Dip (The Drop, 1997) |
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| Bill Nelson |
Her Presence in Flowers (Practically Wired, 1995) |
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| The Cotswold Gnomes |
Glass Structure (The Cotswold Gnomes) |
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| The Cotswold Gnomes |
Gasp (The Cotswold Gnomes) |
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| Eno |
Lantern Marsh (Ambient 4 On Land, 1982) |
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| Jeff Greinke |
Deep Inside (Winter Light, 2007) |
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| The Cotswold Gnomes |
Hopeful Timean (The Cotswold Gnomes) |
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| Deaf Center |
Thread (Pale Ravine, 2005) |
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| The Cotswold Gnomes |
Timean Sparkles (The Cotswold Gnomes) |
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| O Yuki Conjugate |
In Dreams, Perhaps (The Euphoria of Disobedience, 2006) |
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| Susumu Yokota |
Red Swan (The Boy And The Tree, 2002) |
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Comment:
76:21 Disc 1, of 2About 3-4 months ago I read about, and Googled some information on, a "new" album released in 2006, by Robert Fripp & Brian Eno, Beyond Even (1992-2006). I write "new" because it's a collection of outtakes, alternate/working versions and previously unreleased "sketches" from various recording sessions over the past 14 years. I was nonplussed and, at first, ignored the news.
After a few weeks, a few more clicks and a visit to Fripp's web-site, Discipline Global Mobile, I discovered that the exact same work had been released (unceremoniously) as "The Cotswold Gnomes", had 3 additional tracks and was available as a digital download for $9.95. I sampled the mp3 previews and, eventually, placed my order on DGM. The zip packet contained 13 songs, which were already segued together and needed some work, via software, to make them workable as regards making a mix. I decided to divide them into 2 categories (slow/quiet & fast/loud)...and began the process of arranging them in the order you now see, above (disc 2 to follow later in the week).
As regards previous works listeners will find shades of Eno's
The Drop, The Shutov Assembly as well as Robert Fripp's
Love Cannot Bear and the infamous duo's 2004 The Equatorial Stars (see here also). All but 2 of the album's 13 tracks, along with some new acquisitions + some ripped vinyl nuggets, are represented on the 2 CD-R's. My ultimate goal was to both place the "Cotswold" material into musical perspective as well as make a standalone, enjoyable set of mixes. Some of the sketches are quite nice, others are simply on par with the Fripp and Eno sound. For myself, however, (a Fripp junkie), it was and is a satisfying & puzzling project (figuring the track layout), as well as a fine listen.
I also decided to momentarily toss aside my single-word mix titles...and go for broke (the title being a loose derivative of a word I first came across in a James Joyce short story & the infamous Sex Pistols' solitary [but vastly influential] offering). Props to anyone who can tell me which Joyce story.
Here's hoping you find it somewhat enjoyable...
Feedback:
i'm sure "enjoyable" will only begin to describe this
If you haven't already, you should visit the Cotswalds, Gene. They're as beautiful as this mixes cover art. And no doubt the mix itself. Love tracks 2 & 19..
Whoa, dude....
This looks Frippertronic.
I'd be grateful if you'd tell us the name of the story. And please don't wait until Bloomsday.
I'd be grateful if you'd tell us the name of the story. And please don't wait until Bloomsday.
`Grateful' indeed, Ed - : D (you kill me) - maybe I'll spill the beans when I post Part 2, which is noisy enough to wake the...uhm...quiet invisible.
i've got a coworker who will really dig this. i will check it out and pass it on. joyce gives me a headache.
Thanks, mahdishain.
I understand that Fripp (like Joyce) can be an acquired taste. Though many like his
King Crimson excursions, fewer like the "atmoshpheres" and drones of his solo work or team-ups
with Eno. For me, once I diverged from Rock and Roll and went the Fripp - Belew - Bowie - Eno route
and pursued experimental/ambient sounds...he's right up my alley. I hope your co-worker enjoys the mix. Part 2 will rev things up a little.
I understand that Fripp (like Joyce) can be an acquired taste. Though many like his
King Crimson excursions, fewer like the "atmoshpheres" and drones of his solo work or team-ups
with Eno. For me, once I diverged from Rock and Roll and went the Fripp - Belew - Bowie - Eno route
and pursued experimental/ambient sounds...he's right up my alley. I hope your co-worker enjoys the mix. Part 2 will rev things up a little.
I'm not sure... but is the title taken from Joyces "Dubliners"? Anyway, I love some good drone so I'm looking forward to giving this a listen.
This looks most intriguing.... I'm pretty sure Joyce used "air guitar" in some of those pages he burned from Stephen Hero, but with all the palaver in these comments, I could be Dead wrong.
Did enjoy this ... in a full body zone out kinda way. Thanks.
Hi Gene! I wanted to let you know that I greatly enjoyed your mix! I really like all the songs & artists you chose, (& I feel honored to be included among such amazing musicians)! Very cool, & thanks for thinking of me :)
Yes, Fripp is an acquired taste that, save for early King Crimson, comes across like having to eat my beets. Nevertheless, I've given this a spin a found it somewhat appetizing. No, make that appealing. CDs are not culinary treats either.