Solo with Instruments, by Michael Atherton

Solo with Instruments

by Michael Atherton

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1.	Circle dance 03:09	info	buy track
2.	Blue saltarello 10:46	info	buy track
3.	Twirly-birly 01:53	info	buy track
4.	Wooden trumpet 04:33	info	buy track
5.	Duet played by one 01:44	info	buy track
6.	Gew-gaw 03:19	info	buy track
7.	Plainchant 08:27	info	buy track
8.	Fresco 03:10	info	buy track
9.	Hurdy-gurdy 03:51	info	buy track
10.	The piper's laugh 04:32	info	buy track

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The first solo album by multi-instrumentalist, Michael Atherton in 1986. It was originally released as a vinyl LP. Solo with Instruments was recorded inside a 14-storey fire escape of the Library Tower building at the University of New South Wales. Near and distant recordings were made of improvisations influenced by medieval European and middle eastern music. The project aimed to restore fidelity to sound recording by avoiding the equalisation of the original signal. The equipment in the recording included 2 Schoeps Collette series omni capsules in a 'dummy head' arrangement linked to a Sony PCM F1 recorder. No edits were made to remove minor blemishes in the performances, something that has become the norm in music production. The improvisations were aimed at sounding the space. For example, in 'The piper's laugh', I began playong on the fourteenth floor. I descended slowly to walk past the microphones on the eighth floor and continued down to the first floor. The recording captured the music as it was shaped by the entire reverberant space.

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released September 30, 2020

Engineer: Michael Gissing, Digital City Studios
Cover photo by Pastor Leith Jackson, at Kingston, Norfolk Island, 1986.

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Michael Atherton Sydney, Australia

Michael Atherton - multi-instrumentalist whose creative output includes composition, screen music, performance and artistic direction in many genres and styles, including Asia-Pacific musical instruments, Australian instrument makers and intercultural music. His performances and recordings include creative realisations of ancient Egyptian, Greek, medieval and renaissance music. ... more