Description
DESCRIPTION
Limited vinyl LP pressing including CD edition. 2017 release. Following his celebrated moog memory project, Matthew Bourne returns to the piano for Isotach. Once again, spontaneity is the keyword where Bourne is concerned, catching on tape that pregnant moment when a piece begins to form. Skeletal piano motifs, an aching use of space and sparing cello arrangements are deployed to devastating effect. Recorded in his rural North Yorkshire home, his piano placed to overlook the moors while he works, the album title is a nod to the weather, which played a part in it's creation. The recordings took place during what Bourne describes as "extreme weather." If you listen carefully you can hear the wind and rain picked up on the microphones, the sparse instrumentation providing the calm in the eye of the storm.
LP-A1 Isotach
LP-A2 Isothere
LP-A3 Isopleth
LP-A4 Valentine
LP-A5 Duncan
LP-B1 Wedding Mala (For Dave & Nicola)
LP-B2 Extinction
LP-B3 Candela (For Sascha Heeney)
LP-B4 Isotherm
LP-B5 Isogone (for Howie Reeve)
CD-1 Isotach
CD-2 Isothere
CD-3 Isopleth
CD-4 Valentine
CD-5 Duncan
CD-6 Wedding Mala (For Dave & Nicola)
CD-7 Extinction
CD-8 Candela (For Sascha Heeney)
CD-9 Isotherm
CD-10 Isogone (for Howie Reeve)
