TREVOR WISHART : Journey Into Space

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Format: CD [PD18]
Shipping Weight: 0.09lbs
Label: Paradigm

2,780円

'York University’s music department houses one of the UK’s first ever electronic music studios, and during the early seventies it was a hotbed of creative activity. Much of the released output from the studio at this time revolved around the work of the dynamic composer Trevor Wishart. Journey Into Space was his first release, composed between 1970 and 72, and was privately pressed (shortly before the formation of YES records), as two separate LP’s in 1973. (The CD cover amalgamates the 2 original designs). Along with other early private releases of experimental music in the UK (ie the LP of sound poems by Cobbing/Jandl, or the LP of musique concrète by Desmond Leslie), this record is also a total anomaly in the canon of British experimental music and has little to do with the current, or even subsequent work by Wishart. The vast length of this piece has many different styles. There are acoustic sections, mostly of junk and toys (bike bells, squeeze horns, bottles, metal tubes, combs etc.) as well as flute and brass sections that are used as raw material. There are also sections of everyday field recordings, scraps of NASA Apollo transmissions, as well as plenty of multitracking, editing, vocal acrobatics and musique concrète. Among the 48 participants credited on the original sleeve are a whole roster of York University alumni including nearly all the artists who were showcased on the then unreleased 3LP box set ’Electronic Music From York’, along with other noteworthy students as diverse as Steve Beresford, Jonty Harrison, Roger Marsh, Dominic Muldowney, Bernard Rands and Jan Steele. The co-operative spirit of York’s music and drama departments, plus the raw enthusiasm and open attitude of the participants involved in the project gave this music an immediacy, similar to the later LAFMS scene.'

Tracklist
1 Birth Dream 13:03
2 Journey 47:29
3 Arrival 18:18

Credits
Design [Repackage Designed By], Mastered By [Additional Mastering By] – Clive Graham Featuring – Andrew Bentley, Andrew Jackson, Andy McGhie, Anne Boyd, Baudouin Jourdant, Bernard Rands, Cliff Atkinson, Danny Evans, Dick Langham Smith, Dominic Muldowney, Ed Nelson, George Nicholson, Howard Cheeseman, Ian Milroy, Jackie Wishart, Jan Steele, Jim Webster, John Cardale, John Low, Jonty Harrison, Judy Lieber, Kathy Foster, Kathy Nicholson, Liz Piggott, Martin Wesley Smith, Matthew Jacobson, Mike Jacobson, Neil Lamb, Nicola Hadley, Peter Coleman, Peter Meanwell, Phil Virden, Randall Giles, Richard Bolley, Richard Orton, Richard Pickett, Roger Marsh, Rosalind Davies, Rosemary Hughes, Ruth Andrews, Shirley Salmon, Stanley Haynes, Steve Beresford, Steve Pogson, Tom Endrich, Vic Hoyland
Photography By [Photo By], Liner Notes – Trevor Wishart
Transferred By [24 Bit A To D Transfer] – Ambrose Field

Notes
"Journey-into-Space" was made in the University of York Electronic Music Studio, between January 1970 and December 1972.
"THANKS are due to [those featured], who were involved in performing or improvising source-materials on found-objects, instruments or voices, for driving cars and motor-bikes, or for technical assistance in mixing and recording operations." - sleeve notes
Journey Into Space was originally released in 1973 as two LP's in similar, but separate sleeves.
There were no label details or catalogue numbers given. The quantity pressed is also unknown.
It was produced at Trevor Wishart's expense.
Thanks to [...] at York University for the 24 bit A to D transfer.
Liner Notes are dated 2001.
Made in the UK
Packaged in a 4-panel Digipak with clear tray.
Digipak® Manufactured by Van de Steeg, Holland, under license from AGI, USA