Endgame: Just Curious (Auricle AMCDR 154/5) 2CDR

Just Curious, cover by Jim TetlowTBA!

disc 1...
1. Imploding Curiously [CLIII 02] 6'00"
2. The Periphary Of Rational Insanity 1 [CLIV 01A] 4'26"
3. Mechanical Contraptions: Fragment 1 [CLIII 01A] 1'01"
4. Incendiary [CLV 02] 5'23"
5. Asteroids! [CLVI 04] 3'07"
6. Disfunctional Gyroscope [CLIII 03] 4'12"
7. Djinn & Sonic: Diabolus [CLIII 05A] 2'37"
8. Delusion [CLIV 01B] 2'00"
9. Concerto For Broken Piano And Devices [CLIV 02] 15'07"
10. Mind Meld [CLVI 02] 12'16"

disc 2...
1. Eaten Alive [CLIII 04] 3'50"
2. The Periphary Of Rational Insanity 3 [CLIV 01C] 5'13"
3. Escalator To Oblivion [CLV 04] 10'08"
4. Mechanical Contraptions: Fragment 2 [CLIII 01B] 0'39"
5. Djinn & Sonic: Mechanica [CLIII 05B] 2'26"
6. Realisation [CLIV 01D] 8'35"
7. The Mincer [CLV 05] 4'30"
8. Coriolis Effect [CLVI 05] 3'31"
9. Djinn & Sonic: Esoterica [CLIII 05C] 5'32"
10. Cannon [CLV 03] 4'31"
11. Troll, Walk With Me [CLIII 07] 5'17"
12. Gulp! [CLV 06] 6'56"
13. Tune Out, Turn In, Drop Off [CLIII 08] 7'47"

Recorded live to 4 track at Tachyon Studio, Knighton Fields, Leicester.
CLIII recorded 28/04/04, mixed 9-10/05/05 [39'26"]
CLIV recorded 12/05/04, mixed 16/05/05 [35'21"]
CLV recorded 02/06/04, mixed 17/05/05 [31'29"]
CLVI recorded 16/06/04, mixed 22/05/05 [18'56"]
Original 4 track to stereo mixes by Jim Tetlow.
Remixed, edited and compiled by Alan Freman 01/06/09.

Alan, Steve & Jim: analogue and digital electronic instruments, guitars, prepared sounds and loops, voice, percussion, cymbals, bells, other objects & toys.

Spring and early Summer 2004 was a time of pure experimentation, some of it worked, some of it didn't, much of it was down-right-weird! So, what to do? Well, here are the results, a mixed-up selection of fragments, sketches and larger works of great diversity, from purely electronic to almost classical avant-garde, other places in between and beyond. Unclassifiable, mind-boggling, and - just curious!

The title was taken from the final words of "Chameleon" written by James Crocker (Twilight Zone episode, directed by Wes Craven).