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 Rahsaan Roland Kirk Bright Moments Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 10th May 2016 £47.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Rahsaan Roland Kirk Bright Moments £47.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: PPAN SD 2-907 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 10th May 2016 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Sean Ono Lennon Asterisms Jazz | TZADIK | 1LP Released 1st March 2024 £35.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sean Ono Lennon Asterisms £35.00 Genre: Jazz Label: TZADIK SKU: LPTZA6012 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 1st March 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Gene Ammons Blue Gene Jazz | OJC | 1LP Released 10th December 2016 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gene Ammons Blue Gene £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: OJC SKU: OJC192 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th December 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jason Moran All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller Jazz | Universal/Blue Note | 180g, 1LP Released 6th November 2014 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jason Moran All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Universal/Blue Note SKU: 3782461 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 6th November 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Fred Hersch Silent, Listening Jazz | ECM | 1LP Released 19th April 2024 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Fred Hersch Silent, Listening £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 5890964 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 19th April 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Madeleine Peyroux Anthem (Coloured Vinyl) Jazz | Universal Music | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 31st August 2018 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Madeleine Peyroux Anthem (Coloured Vinyl) £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Universal Music SKU: 6765064 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 31st August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Buddy Rich Just In Time – The Final Recording Jazz | Gearbox | 2LP, 3LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 26th March 2021 £22.00 - £32.00 Select options Buddy Rich Just In Time – The Final Recording £22.00 - £32.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Gearbox Formats: 2LP, 3LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 26th March 2021 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers Indestructible Jazz | Blue Note | 1LP Released 13th September 2019 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers Indestructible £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 7764739 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 13th September 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Coltrane Coltrane Plays The Blues (Atlantic 75 Series) Jazz | Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series) | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 31st May 2024 £75.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders John Coltrane Coltrane Plays The Blues (Atlantic 75 Series) £75.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series) SKU: AAPA 041-45 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 31st May 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Johnny Coles Little Johnny C (Classic Vinyl Series) Jazz | Blue Note | 180g, 1LP Released 21st April 2023 £24.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Johnny Coles Little Johnny C (Classic Vinyl Series) £24.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 5504144 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 21st April 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket See more in Jazz Start again
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