Label: Matchless Recordings

1972年にIncusから出た7インチ音源の完全版録音!!イギリスのテナーサックス奏者にしてAMMの創設メンバーであったLou Gareと、同じく最初期メンバーにして現在も精力的に活動するEddie Prevost、この二者によるAMMとしての名作[At The Roundhouse]。同国Incusより一度72年に抜粋音源を収録した7インチ盤にて発表された作品の、コンサート全編を収録した2004年完全版CDがコレ。国際実験音響カーニバル"ICES '72"にて披露された、非常にエネルギッシュな圧巻の47分パフォーマンス。



The International Carnival of Experimental Sound, or ICES '72 for short, was an ambitious festival sprung from the mind of Harvey 'Job' Matusow (1926-2002). Jumping off from his associations with the influential Source magazine, Harvey brought together over 300 artists from more than 21 countries to perform in London, England over the course of two weeks in August of 1972. Based on the theme of Myth, Magic Madness and Mysticism, he assembled an amazing diversity of performers working in diverse range of audio-visual arts.

Encompassing happenings, films, dance, a train ride, and the phantom soft pool table, the focus was on sound -- specifically that of artists who were both composers and performers. Most of the concerts were held at The Roundhouse, a cavernous structure that was formerly a railroad engine house. Now, for the first time in 30 years, these recordings can be heard.

This first CD in a series documenting the festival features the complete concert given by legendary free improvising group AMM. Represented here by Eddie Prevost and Lou Gare, they offer up powerful explosions of saxophone and drums punctuated with their famous AMM silences. This is the first time this material is available, aside from two short excerpts were published as the only 7" release on Evan Parker and Derek Bailey's Incus Records (and a very rare and desirable record that has become)