Unrest＜限定盤＞

Canterburyシーンを超え全世界を股にかけて活動し、"Recomended”というジャンルを生み出した奇才バンド、英Virginから発表された'74年作の伊ReRから発表された'10年限定180g重量盤アナログが復刻再発!新たにbasson/oboe奏者のLindsay Cooperを迎え、前半は従来のスコア楽曲/後半はインプロを再編集/再構築と、異なる要素を導入。バンドの代表曲である12分の大曲'Ruins'をはじめ、楽曲/演奏力共にが前作から格段に向上し、ユーモアと優雅ささえ湛えた圧倒的な演奏/楽曲が光る名作です!マスターは現行CDと同じ'99年リマスター音源を使用、シングル・ジャケット仕様に変更の上、ジャケット内側デザインを掲載したインナー・スリーヴを添付。

By this point Henry Cow consisted of guitarist Fred Frith, drummer Chris Cutler, bassist John Greaves, keyboardist Tim Hodgkinson, and, of particular importance to the band's sound at this point, bassoonist Lindsay Cooper. As is so often the case with avant-garde rock & roll, it's the composed pieces that work best, and the fact that Frith is responsible for the majority of them is significant. "Bittern Storm Over Ulm" is an absolutely brilliant demolition of the Yardbirds' "Got to Hurry," while the brief but lovely "Solemn Music" unfolds in a stately manner with atonal but pretty counterpoint between Frith and Cooper. The improvised material succeeds in a more spotty way. "Upon Entering the Hotel Adlon" demonstrates how fine the line can be between bracing free atonality and mindless cacophony. The unsettling but eventually gorgeous "Deluge," on the other hand, shows how well Henry Cow could walk that line when they tried; in this piece, random guitar skitterings, scattershot drum clatter, and pointillistic reed grunts are eventually snuck up on and overtaken by softly massed chords and Cooper's gently hooting bassoon. The effect is startlingly moving. Overall, this is one of Henry Cow's better efforts. ~ Rick Anderson