Everyday Madness Basil Kirchin SKU: JBH085LP Barcode: 666017339511 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Trunk Released Date: 3rd April 2020 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Holy shit! If it isn’t three unheard 1960s and 1970s reels from the unreal and unreleased Basil Kirchin Tape Archive. Sublime pastoral jazz, autistic children screaming, spooky vocals, experimental tape manipulation and more from the master of such thing. HISTORY: The three parts of this new Basil Kirchin album come from three very different tapes from his archive. All parts were unreleased until now. “Pat’s Pigs” actually sounds to me like a Basil bird recording, slowed and treated, mixed with simple improvisation. But it could well be pigs. Pat’s pigs. This whole tape recording may have been an early experiment towards what was to become Worlds Within Worlds Parts I and II. A lot of Basil’s work was headed in that direction. “Electronic” – first of all this is not that electronic. There are elements of the classic Kirchin drone sound here, mixed with multiple and treated recordings of the autistic children of Schurmatt, along with Esther, his wife, singing. I remember speaking to Basil many years ago about his Schurmatt recordings. Esther worked as a nurse with the children, Basil got to know many of them, and became fascinated by the extreme musical noises they would make with their voices. This recording is not necessarily for the faint hearted, but makes for extraordinary listening, based on the fact this would have been made and mixed, simply as a classic and progressive Kirchin experiment, back in the late 1960s/ early 1970s. This also has untreated elements that would eventually contribute towards Quantum, his preferred version of the WWW concept. “The Suspended Fourth” comes across like a soundtrack, so it could well be part of what Basil called his “imaginary film music period”. It has a very distinctive and pastoral Kirchin style leitmotif that repeats along its glorious and slightly disturbed 21 minutes. It’s very well produced, possibly built up and improvised over a few days, could well have been an experiment, a pitch or just something that had to come out in the groovy studio. The tape itself states that this is The Suspended Forth with a subtitle: “The Musical Study Of A Mind, Part 1 Schizophrenia”. It therefore could even be something to do with a soundtrack he was asked to make for a mental heath conference for psychiatrists at Earls Court in the late 1960s (see States Of Mind, JBH005LP – the British jazz musical line seems like it could well be the very same). But who knows for sure? I shall continue looking in the archive for other possible parts. Before I go, the original title for this album and the artwork come from an empty tape box in the archive, which I think sums up all sorts of things about Basil, his awesome music and the tape archive all at the same time. More reel discoveries will follow. Thanks for listening as always. Artist Basil Kirchin Genre Jazz Label Trunk Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Pat’s Pigs Electronic The Suspended Fifth Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Jazz View Product Quick View Nancy Wilson But Beautiful Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 24th November 2009 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Nancy Wilson But Beautiful £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: PPANST798 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 24th November 2009 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Nina Simone Let It All Out Jazz | Back To Black | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 11th July 2016 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nina Simone Let It All Out £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Back To Black SKU: 5360572 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 11th July 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Vince Guaraldi Trio A Charlie Brown Christmas – Limited Edition Gold Foil Packaging Jazz | Concord | 180g, 1LP Released 16th September 2022 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Vince Guaraldi Trio A Charlie Brown Christmas – Limited Edition Gold Foil Packaging £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Concord SKU: 7241028 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 16th September 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lou Donaldson Alligator Bogaloo Jazz | Blue Note | 1LP Released 6th September 2019 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lou Donaldson Alligator Bogaloo £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 7759668 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 6th September 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Harold Vick Steppin’ Out Jazz | Blue Note | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 29th February 2024 £25.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Harold Vick Steppin’ Out £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: nn281943 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 29th February 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Charles Tolliver Music Inc Impact Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 9th September 2022 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Charles Tolliver Music Inc Impact £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: SES-19757 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 9th September 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Out Jazz | Analogue Productions | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 27th July 2012 £65.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Out £65.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: AAPJ819245 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 27th July 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Cookers, The Look Out! 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