Michel Portal, John Surman, Barre Phillips, Stu Martin, Jean-Pierre Drouet
Alors!!!
Futura Records (France) 1970
G.U. - GER 12 (LP)
sleeve : EX-(slightly dirts.)
media : EX/EX(some slightly surface noises.)
The quintet consists of Michel Portal, whose 1987 work "Turbulence" was featured in the first edition of the guidebook "obscure sound," John Surman, Barre Phillips, Stu Martin, who also worked with the Trio, and Jean-Pierre Drouet, who is also active in the field of contemporary music. The quintet recorded this album in 1970. The free improvisations that are raging with an outpouring of energy are intense and terrific, but it is the way they create sounds that sound like current noise music that is so outstanding. The edginess of the music is very strong, but the emotion and deep spirituality that can be found in the midst of the edginess is a feat only possible with this group of musicians. Highly recommended.
B3: Undercurrent