DAVE POWELL

DAVE POWELL

featured releases...
1. Fried Rosin (AMCDR 042) 78'00"
2. Industrial Folk Music (AMC 051) 74'59"
3. Electronic Odysseys (AMCDR 093) 55'51"

Dave Powell history, see also: Triax, Extremities

Fried Rosin (Auricle AMCDR 042) CDR

Dave Powell - Fried Rosin, artwork by Alan Freeman £7.00 + p&p

1. SCINTILLATION 7'27"
2. BRAIN MIRRORS 8'51"
3. A CREASE IN THE SKY 9'39"
4. MURGIJAZ 2'16"
5. INVISIBLE ASTRONOMY 11'24"
6. SOUND MIND 3'05"
7. GESCHWINDIGKEITSBESCHRÄNKUNG 4'08"
8. THE EGG WALKS ON LEGS 4'38"
9. BLACKENED TONGUE 4'43"
10. SUNGRAZING 3'46"
11. THE WILDERNESS OF HERMES THE THRICE GREATEST 5'25"
12. NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS 5'36"
13. FEARS OF THE SUB-MARINER 6'50"

Composed by Dave Powell.
Recorded by Dave at home on a Tascam Portastudio (28 June to 14 July 2003).
Digital transfer (21 July 2003), and mastering at Tachyon Studio (August 2003) by Alan Freeman.

Dave Powell: Guitar shaped Hurdy-Gurdy by William Molan (after Pierre Louvet), violin bow, Zoom GFX-8 guitar effects, DigiTech RP100 guitar processor, assorted sounds, talking Christmas card.

Industrial Folk Music (Auricle AMCDR 051) CDR

Dave Powell - Industrial Folk Music, artwork by Alan Freeman £7.00 + p&p

1. INKLING 2'08"
2. VISTA 5'20"
3. ELECTRONIC MACHINATION 1'55"
4. APHRODITE'S TERRA 15'40"
5. EVERYONE DRINKS, EVERYONE DIE 6'16"
6. LOW HAZARD 11'23"
7. DOUBLING HEAD DISASTER 2'02"
8. GODLESS 11'11"
9. 90 ATMOSPHERES 18'40"

Recorded at Dave's home Nov. 2002, Feb-June 2004.
Mixdown by Dave with Alan Freeman handling the digital transfer and mastering at Tachyon Studio, July-Aug 2004.

Dave Powell: Hurdy-Gurdy, glockenspiel, xylophone, African drum, kalimba, wine glasses, leg bells, recorder, radio, voice, Zoom GFX-8 guitar effects.

Electronic Odysseys (Auricle AMCDR 093) CDR

Dave Powell - Electronic Odysseys, artwork by Alan Freeman Dave Powell - Fried Rosin, artwork by Alan Freeman £7.00 + p&p

1. PRELUDE 2'08"
2. AN INVISIBLE JOURNEY 22'50"
3. INTERLUDE 1'03"
4. KEEP WATCHING THE SKIES 22'33"
5. BREATHTRIP 6'47"

Dave Powell: flute, cello, radio, kazoo, voice, GFX-8 guitar processor
with Jackie Powell: voice

Recorded 4th and 11th November 2006 at home.
Digital transfer at Tachyon studio 3rd December 2006.
Post production by Alan Freeman, 3rd-4th December 2006.

Meditations for flute and other instruments.

revised gatefold inside spread

A unique explorer in the use of the hurdy gurdy, aka "vielle-à-roue" a 16th Century folk instrument related to the violin, but played using a rotating wheel and keys. Dave has used the extraordinary sonic capabilities of this instrument and propelled the possibilities even further with the use of guitar effects and 4-track multi-layering of the sonic textures. It is interesting to hear Dave's work on its own (outside the context of Extremities or Triax that is), but don't expect an easy listening experience! On "Industrial Folk Music" Dave's range of instruments is much wider, amounting to an acoustic instrumental album, that often sounds anything but acoustic! With "Electronic Odysseys" Dave favours his new-found passion for the electronic processed flute, with some sizeable works that venture way beyond the pioneering soundscapes of Bob Downes, sometimes sounding like a fried flute Urban Sax!