Album US 1994 on Woof Records label
Jazz, Rock and Classical (Avant-garde, Contemporary)
Tracks 1 & 5 are settings of texts by Chris Cutler. Track 2 is one of four pieces for strings written in Grenoble in Spring 1993, the others of which are as yet unperformed. Track 3 derives from a larger, abandoned, project "Three Dreams Of Descartes", an oratorio in which the philosopher pits his rational self against various personal demons that come wrapped in different kinds of Time. Track 4 was written for the Henry Cow group, performed at concerts in 1976-77, but never recorded until now. Track 6 was written for real orchestra and later tapped into a computer & revised for midi instrumentation. Tracks 1, 3, 4 & 5 recorded and mixed Autumn 1993 at Wolf Studios, London. Piano on track 5 recorded at Premises Studio. Track 2 recorded live at Bottolph Clayden. Track 6 recorded direct to DAT from MIDI instruments. Another version exists manufactured by WMG Indianapolis instead of Cinram. Other notable differences compared to the WMG pressing can be found on the back of the booklet : - The manufacturer credit is not shown here, and a difference in color can be seen where it has been wiped off. - Credit to Baltimore Typography & Design appears here, whereas it is not present on the WMG pressing.
![]() | Tim Hodgkinson as, cl, org, *1949 GB artwork, booklet by, music by, liner notes, album by, piano, viola, bass guitar, sequenced by, sequencing, sampler, sampling, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, sequenced by, sequencing, sampler, sampling, keyboards, alto saxophone, clarinet, words by, piano, percussion, recorded by, sequenced by, sequencing |
![]() | Dagmar Krause voc, *1950 DE voice |
![]() | Chris Cutler dr, *1947 GB words by, drums |
![]() | Robert Woollard str, vc, cello |
![]() | Helen Kamminga str, vl, viola |
![]() | Charles Mutter vn, vl, GB violin |
![]() | Chris Brierley str, vn, GB violin |
![]() | Guy Segers b, eb, *1953 BE bass guitar |
![]() | Lindsay Cooper bsn, ob, 1951-2013 GB bassoon |
![]() | Richard Bolton , cello |
![]() | Clarissa Melville , flute |
![]() | Nancy Ruffer fl, US flute |
![]() | Bill Gilonis g, *1958 GB guitar |
![]() | Jonathan Impett tr, cor, trumpet |
![]() | Dominic Weeks b, syn, xylophone |
![]() | Raul Diaz alp, french horn |
![]() | Rick Wilson dr, voc, GB percussion |
Baltimore Typography & Design design, layout |
Dominique Brethes engineer |
Tim Hodgkinson recorded by |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | A Hollow Miracle | Tim Hodgkinson | 4:18 | |
2 | String Quartet 1 | Tim Hodgkinson | 11:09 | |
3 | From Descartes' Dreams | Tim Hodgkinson | 6:32 | |
4 | Hold To The Zero Burn, Imagine | Tim Hodgkinson | 16:43 | |
5 | Palimpsest | Tim Hodgkinson | 4:13 | |
6 | Numinous Pools For Mental Orchestra | Tim Hodgkinson | 9:55 |