LOGOS by The Artaud Beats
LOGOS is the first studio recording album by The Artaud Beats, consisting of LegEnd-ery three members of Henry Cow: Geoff Leigh, Chris Cutler and John Greaves and 'rising star' (according to Jean-Hervé Péron and David Jackson) of experimental and avant-rock, Yumi Hara. They came together in a chance encounter at Jean-Hervé Péron's Avantgarde Festival in Schiphorst, 2009. The CD is based on their powerful improvisations known from their festival appearances and tours in Japan previously captured in their notoriously elusive box set and CDRs, but this time, carefully recorded by Neil Martin, then embellished by meticulously detailed additional recordings and post-production work by Yumi Hara, most notably her signature multi-track choir work heard in her solo album 'Statement Heels' singing Chris Cutler's texts. This is absolutely must-have for anyone who loves experimental music with rock aesthetics, without any nostalgia involved...truly original.
The Artaud Beats came together in a chance encounter at Jean-Hervé Péron's Avantgarde Festival in Schiphorst, 2009. Geoff Leigh and Yumi Hara were there as a duo, Chris Cutler and John Greaves with Peter Blegvad and Dagmar Krause. It was Geoff who proposed the quartet and Jean-Hervé enthusiastically supported the idea - since Geoff, Chris, and John had all been in Henry Cow together when they toured with Faust; and Yumi seemed the perfect companion. The concert was fine, the public happy and a Norwegian promoter from Bodo, who happened to be in the audience, immediately invited us to his next festival. So our casual meeting metamorphosed into a band. We gave ourselves a name: The Artaud Beats, and made ourselves available. Two tours of Japan and a box-set later, we were invited to perform at RIO festival and first ever RIO JAPAN in 2014.
Tracklist
| 1. | Logos | 6:03 |
| 2. | Ipso Facto | 8:44 |
| 3. | Prefab Wreckage | 4:19 |
| 4. | Power | 3:36 |
| 5. | Once around the Earth | 4:32 |
| 6. | The Floating Word | 5:03 |
| 7. | Per Se | 6:51 |
| 8. | E=mc2 (Bob Drake Mix) | 6:35 |
Credits
Personnel:
Geoff Leigh: flute, sax, voice, electronics, synthesizer
Yumi Hara: inside and outside grand piano, clavichord, violin, synthesizer (track 1, 3, 6), digital piano (track 8 right), found objects (track 2, 7), voice
Chris Cutler: drums, percussion, flotsam
John Greaves: bass, voice, grand piano (track 6, track 8 left)
Produced by Yumi Hara with post hoc suggestions by Chris Cutler
Music by The Artaud Beats
Sung texts by Chris Cutler
Post facto melodies by Yumi Hara
Recorded by Neil Martin at UEL on 27 & 28 Jan 2014
Additional recordings by Yumi Hara (track 1, 3, 5, 6, 8) and Geoff Leigh (track 1, 8) during spring & summer 2014
Mixed by Yumi Hara (track 1-7) and Bob Drake (track 8)
Mastered by Bob Drake at Studio Midi-Pyrenees and final mastering by Yumi Hara
Photo by Lutz Diehl, Artwork by Yumi Hara
Special thanks to UEL and Peter Bavington
License
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Yumi Hara is London-based Japanese composer and performer (piano, voice, lever harp), and has become increasingly well known in the avant rock, Canterbury and RIO scene since releasing CD 'Dune' with Hugh Hopper in 2008. She has been the driving force of The Artaud Beats, you me & us, Jump for Joy!, THE WATTS and Lindsay Cooper Songbook / Half the Sky.