Michel Mulders
Gotspe
Private pressing.(Holland) 1984
MLP 272957 (LP) w/insert.
sleeve : EX-(SRW, light wrinkle, light color-faded)
media : EX/EX(some slightly noise)
Featured in both editions of the guidebook Obscure Sound. A 1984 privately released album by Amsterdam-based contemporary composer Michel Mulders. Originally composed for contemporary dance, the record is built primarily around electronic textures created with synthesizers and drum computers, while also featuring instruments such as violin and guitar. Side A is structured as a six-part suite. The sound at times recalls David Torn’s ECM album Cloud About Mercury, featuring King Crimson members Bill Bruford and Tony Levin, with its similarly adventurous blend of electronics, rock instrumentation, and experimental composition. Every track is impressive, but the entire B-side is especially outstanding: an expansive piece of new age electronics driven by a beautiful, almost Vangelis-like sense of vision and scale. A truly remarkable work.
A6: Gotspe part.VI
B1: She Said