Philipp Wachsmann, Richard Beswick, Tony Wren
Sparks ot the Desire Magneto
Bead Records (UK) 1977
BEAD 7 (LP) coated sleeve.
sleeve : EX(SRW)
media : EX-/EX-(some slightly surface noise caused by slightly hairlines. comes some light click noise.)
An album released in 1977 by the trio of Philipp Wachsmann—the violinist known for his collaborations with Evan Parker and Keith Tippett—Richard Beswick, guitarist/oboist and former Artistic Director at UK Decca, and Tony Wren, bassist active with groups such as the London Bass Trio and Mama Lapato. The record compiles live performances captured in a variety of settings, from clubs to concert halls, giving it the feel of an anthology. Their free improvisations unfold like collages of fragmented, mechanical sounds—an approach that, as the liner notes point out, mirrors the world of Marcel Duchamp’s unfinished and abandoned painting “The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even”. A bold and fascinating document of avant-garde improvisation—highly recommended.
A1: Sparks ot the Desire Magneto
B1: Corpuscular Progress
B3: From the Container, Upwards