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Aspiring To An Empty Gesture Volume 1
Album US 2008 on Errata In Excelsis label
Electronic and Rock (Avant-garde, Experimental)
The first document of irr.'s sparce live activity, released in 2008 by errata in excelsis. Includes excerpts from shows #5-#10 (leaving out #9) taking place primarily between 2005 and 2006, with a line-up that was variously augmented by R K Faulhaber, John & Greg Scharpen, Jim Haynes (of Coelacanth), Steven Stapleton (of Nurse With Wound), and William Davison & Sherri Lynn Higgins (of Six Heads/Songs of the New Erotics/the Toronto Recordist group). The collection also includes an excerpt from the Nurse With Wound performance in Portugal in 2007 -- the only occasion of M S Waldron providing vocals for 'Dead Side of the Moon'.
1, 10: Elbo Room, San Francisco 2005
2, 6, 11: New Works Studio, Toronto 2005
3, 14: Lobot Gallery, San Francisco 2005
4, 8, 12: The Funhouse, Seattle 2005
5, 9, 15: Regent Theater, Arlington 2006
7: Berkeley City Club, Berkeley 2007
13: Auditorio Serralves, Porto 2007
Musicians
 | irr. app. , *1969 US album by |
 | R. K. Faulhaber , voice, voice, toasts, synthesizer, arp |
 | Dustin Donaldson dr, perc, *1969 US voice, audience freak |
 | Jacob Horwood , drums |
 | W.A. Davison , CA guitar, sheep ventilator guitar, noises, noisemakers & bric-a-brac, harmonica, noises, birdsonata, assault |
 | Steven Stapleton , *1957 GB noises, sundry implements, percussion, backing tray percussion, noises, sundry implements, electric birdsong, noises, sundry implements, turntables, cd turntables, guitar, bowed guitar, written by |
 | Matthew Waldron voc, perc, g, overtone voice, percussion, toy drum, noises, auto horn, tuning fork, wire bowl, music box, sundry implements, field recordings, backing sources, noises, backing sources, ukulele, electric ukelele, voice, response, noises, field recordings, guitar, prepared guitar, voice, noises, backing sources, bugle, noises, field recordings, bass, noises, pump whistler, field recordings, turntables, turntable frotting & scrubbing, noises, birdsonata, assault, vocals, bass, prepared bass guitar, overtone voice, noises, oral frabulator, rotor, shoe buffer, field recordings, vocals, ukulele |
 | Gregory Scharpen , shaker, noises, spring muffler, guitar, prepared guitar, noises, grinder, bass, prepared bass guitar, noises, auto horn, noises, grinder, bowed wanger, noises, birdsonata, assault, voice, percussion, gut percussion |
 | S. Higgins , vocals, noises, noisemakers & bric-a-brac, harmonica, noises, bird squeaker, laughter |
 | Lori Anne Anne Lori Chambers , voice, recorded narration |
 | John Scharpen , noises, bowls & utensils, noises, straws, noises, grinder, straws, zurna, voice, percussion, gut percussion |
 | Jim Haynes , loops, pyrotechnic loops, voice, response, bells, sampler, samples, harp, copper harp, percussion, stone percussion, electronics, radio |
 | Nurse With Wound , *1979 GB performer on track |
 | Colin Potter syn, g, *1952 GB electronics, computer, mixed by, effects, live processing |
 | Andrew Liles voc, cwb, g, key, *1969 GB electronics, percussion, noises, recorded sources |
Producers
| R. K. Faulhaber mixed by |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freaks Introduction | irr. app. (ext.) | ||
| 2 | Two Golden Microphones | irr. app. (ext.) | Nurse With Wound | |
| 3 | The Dreadful Vagrant | irr. app. (ext.) | ||
| 4 | An Apparition Of The Cohoes Mastodon Still Lingers On Jefferson Avenue | irr. app. (ext.) | ||
| 5 | Some Scottish Toasts | irr. app. (ext.) | ||
| 6 | Elastic Axolotls Worried By A Clockwork Heron | irr. app. (ext.) | ||
| 7 | The Demi-Omadaun's Tale | irr. app. (ext.) | ||
| 8 | Chicken Processional | irr. app. (ext.) | ||
| 9 | Tardigrade Ariseth! | irr. app. (ext.) | ||
| 10 | Serenade For Narcoleptic Grave Robbers | irr. app. (ext.) | ||
| 11 | Invocation Of Loplop In The Cathedral Of Erotic Misery | irr. app. (ext.) | ||
| 12 | Wisecrack | irr. app. (ext.) | Diana Rogerson, Nurse With Wound | |
| 13 | Dead Side Of The Moon | Nurse With Wound | David Tibet, Steven Stapleton | |
| 14 | Megatherium Gargling In The Primordial Swamp | irr. app. (ext.) | ||
| 15 | Smelly Tongues | irr. app. (ext.) | The Residents |
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