Label: Pogus Productions

個人名義で発表した1989年1st LPの拡張リイシュー版!!初期作はアヴァン指南書Broken Musicにも掲載されている、巨大なスチール板をゴリゴリと弓弾く自作楽器"スチール・チェロ"、またそれらを演奏に使うU.S. Steel Cello Ensembleを率いる重鎮Robert Rutman。"Rutman"名義にて同Pogus Productionsから89年に出版、バズチャイム、スチールチェロ、ボウチャイム、タブラ、チベットホルン、そして自身のヴォーカルチャントを収録した名作[1939]のボーナストラック入りCD再発版。なんと言っても1曲目[Tabla And Buzz Chime]は他では聞けない、奇怪なリズムと「ブン...ブン...」と唸るスチールチェロが激しく反復する超名演。未体験の方は是非。







his release reissues Robert Rutman's Pogus lp (P201-1) and includes an additional track. Rutman (b. 1930) has been building and performing on his homemade metallic instruments for many years. This recording features his buzz chime, steel cello, and bow chime, along with tabla, Tibetan horn, and Rutman's vocal chants. Rutman caresses the metal, drawing out eerie drones and overtones that buzz and trumpet. The music in turn can be as fragile as glass or reach the depths of resonance, as if one has just come upon singing whales at sea. Beautiful music

All tracks composed by Robert Rutman

Tracks 1-4 were recorded live at the home and studio of Robert V Guarente, which was the former New Hope Baptist Church* in Winchester, Massachusetts in March 1989 and issued on the Pogus LP "1939".

Track 5 is a previously unreleased bonus track recorded live in Berlin.

* The former New Hope Baptist Church, which between 1981 and 2016 became known a "musicians' musicians" venue for musical artists worldwide is now, due to Robert V Guarente's efforts, a protected historical building, and this history is documented by the Winchester Historical Society.