PS : EX +
RECORD : NM
David Cunningham
Grey Scale
(Piano 001; 1977)
Legendary, long out-of-print experimental release by Flying Lizards leader.
TRACKS : Error System (BAGFGAB) [2:23] / Error System (C pulse solo recording) [4:09] / Error System (C pulse group recording) [3:26] / Error System (E based group recording) [3:37] / Error System (EFGA) [4:58 ] / Ecuador [2:58] / Water Systemised [4:06] / Venezuela l [3:02] / Guitar Systemised [3:11] / Venezuela 2 [2:46] / Bolivia [2:54]
Sleeve notes :
Instrumentation and musicians:
1. David Cunningham, piano, glockenspiel, synthesizer, percussion.
2. D. C., violin piano, bass guitar, glockenspiel.
3. Stephen Reynolds, glockenspiel; Alan Hudson, bass guitar; Derek Roberts, piano; D. C., violin.
4. Alan Hudson and Michael Doherty, percussion; Derek Roberts, glockenspiel; Stephen Reynolds, piano.
5. D. C., guitar, synthesizer, glockenspiel.
6. D. C., percussion, glockenspiel, synthesizer, recorder.
7. D. C., tape recorders and water.
8. D. C., piano, violin, guitar, percussion.
9. D. C., tape recorders, guitar.
10. Derek Roberts, glockenspiel,; Stephen Reynolds, synthesizer; D. C., percussion.
11. D. C., piano, percussion, synthesizer, strings, etc.
Sleeve notes :
Error System: The players play a repeated phrase. As soon as one player makes a mistake that mistake is made the basis of his repetition unless it is modified by a further mistake. Thus each player proceeds at his own rate to change the sound in an uncontrollable manner. On no account should "mistakes" be made deliberately to introduce a change into a performance. In short...sustain your errors. The water piece and the guitar piece are analogous to this process. However the process is automatic here, an inherent quality to the machinery used. The numerical sequence used in Ecuador and Bolivia is: 11221111223332112222331112332233331122232 repeated three times. The last time, an extra 11 is tagged onto the end. Each number refers to a bar, repetitions of a specific number are uniform. Notated according to the Ecuador system, Venezuela is 11223344556677 etc. for each player except the musician supplying the constant pulse .
VERY RARE !
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