Peter Gordon, David Cunningham - The Yellow Box
Label:
Catalog#:
Piano 504
Format:
CD
Country:
UK
Released:
1996
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Future Jazz,
Experimental,
Minimal
Tracklist
| 1 | Unlooped | 1:15 | ||
| 2 | God | 4:14 | ||
| 3 | Russians | 2:47 | ||
| 4 | Provenance | 4:22 | ||
| 5 | Eighth | 1:10 | ||
| 6 | Out In The Yard | 2:21 | ||
| 7 | From The The Yard | 2:06 | ||
| 8 | Are You A Fish? | 1:50 | ||
| 9 | Citizen | 2:46 | ||
| 10 | Sixth | 1:36 | ||
| 11 | The Unpopular Statement | 4:00 | ||
| 12 | The Little One | 0:55 | ||
| 13 | Potomac | 3:35 | ||
| 14 | Dark River | 5:33 | ||
| 15 | The Non-Loop | 4:57 | ||
| 16 | Seventh | 0:38 | ||
| 17 | Austria | 3:01 | ||
| Percussion [Percussion Triggers] - David Van Tieghem | ||||
Credits
Artwork By [Cover Image], Photography -
Kit Fitzgerald
Artwork By [Design] - Jon Wozencroft
Bass - John Greaves (tracks: 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17)
Composed By - Anton Fier (tracks: 3, 5, 10, 16) , David Cunningham (tracks: 1 to 8, 10 to 17) , John Greaves (tracks: 3, 5, 8, 10, 16, 17) , Peter Gordon
Drums - Anton Fier (tracks: 3, 5, 10, 12, 13, 16)
Engineer [Alvic, London] - John Madden
Engineer [Aquarius, Geneva] - David Cunningham , Peter Gordon
Engineer [Mobile, London] - Tom Newman (2)
Engineer [The Cold Room, London] - David Cunningham
Guitar, Keyboards, Effects [Loops, Treatments], Percussion, Piano [Prepared Piano] - David Cunningham
Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Saxophone - Peter Gordon
Producer - David Cunningham , Peter Gordon
Artwork By [Design] - Jon Wozencroft
Bass - John Greaves (tracks: 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17)
Composed By - Anton Fier (tracks: 3, 5, 10, 16) , David Cunningham (tracks: 1 to 8, 10 to 17) , John Greaves (tracks: 3, 5, 8, 10, 16, 17) , Peter Gordon
Drums - Anton Fier (tracks: 3, 5, 10, 12, 13, 16)
Engineer [Alvic, London] - John Madden
Engineer [Aquarius, Geneva] - David Cunningham , Peter Gordon
Engineer [Mobile, London] - Tom Newman (2)
Engineer [The Cold Room, London] - David Cunningham
Guitar, Keyboards, Effects [Loops, Treatments], Percussion, Piano [Prepared Piano] - David Cunningham
Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Saxophone - Peter Gordon
Producer - David Cunningham , Peter Gordon
Notes
Recorded in London and Geneva 1981/3
"Voices in order of appearance:
unidentified German
unidentified Russians
Peter Gordon
two unidentified Austrailians
unidentified unpopular American
unidentified American eyewitness
unidentified American woman
David Cunningham."
"Voices in order of appearance:
unidentified German
unidentified Russians
Peter Gordon
two unidentified Austrailians
unidentified unpopular American
unidentified American eyewitness
unidentified American woman
David Cunningham."
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Reviews & Discussion
This is a true masterpiece. All the basic material had been recorded between 1981 and 1983 then left to mature for over ten years until the time seemed right to release it. But as said before, the work is a masterpiece, using the idea of 'found sound' long, long before samplers and drum machines, laying down an ambient soundscape which has influenced numerous modern day projects. A similar sound can be heard in albums from Tortoise, Pan American and many more since - but none before.