Early, mostly unreleased, truly pioneering electronic work.
‘Through Pauline Oliveros and Deep Listening I now know what harmony is. It’s about the pleasure of making music’ (John Cage).
Six originals alternately for nylon-string classical guitar and grand piano, with JB’s own subtle vibraphone and B3 organ overdubs. Genevieve Beaulieu sings on And I Have Come Upon This Place By Lost Ways.
Curator James Blackshaw brings together Espers’ Swedish cellist Helena Espvall, koto virtuoso Chieko Mori, Dutch lute player Josef Van Wissem — along with a track from Blackshaw himself.
Deliciously ethereal and dark folk from the duo of Oxford’s Sharron Kraus and Philly’s Tara Burke (aka Fursaxa).