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St Stephens, 07/12/05

by: Children of the Drone

MRW

Publication date: 2005-12-07 00:00:00

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[If you're unfamiliar with Children of the Drone, the series of compilations will provide a better overview than these individual sessions, which can be quite 'unrepresentative'.]

Improvised music, recorded at St. Stephens church, Exeter on 07/12/05.

Notes

Keith - mandola, acoustic bass guitar
James T - piano, percussion, poetry
Pete - banjo, balalaika, mandola, piano, percussion, acoustic bass guitar
Melski - flute, percussion, voice
Matthew W - saz, balalaika, percussion

Pete has come to some previous sessions as part of Vaughan's improvised voice group. This time he arrived with a 5-string banjo, and tried his hand at various other instruments. Melski arrived late (having been giving a talk to about music therapy at another church, in Heavitree) and isn't actually audible on any of these excerpts. James delivered another of his library catalogue-based "found poems" - this time titles starting with the pronoun "It..." Because of the amount of rain, the sounds of passing buses were more pronounced (more of a "woooooosh" effect). Keith apparently found himself playing the bassline for the folk song "A Sailor's Life" at one point.

St. Stephens, having survived The Blitz

St. Stephens (left), amidst devastation, having survived The Blitz.
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