To Hear and Back Again

by AMM

To Hear and Back Again cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Matchless Recordings
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 47:10
  • Community rating: 3.51/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Eddie Pr茅vost, Lou Gare

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded by the core duo of Eddie Pr茅vost and Keith Rowe, this session captures the pioneering British ensemble stripped down to percussion and prepared guitar. 'To Hear and Back Again' relies on intense, non-idiomatic free improvisation, prioritizing texture, silence, and extended techniques over traditional musical forms.

Genres

Descriptors: experimental, avant-garde, improvisation, long-form, minimal

Tracklist

  1. To Hear (3:57)
  2. Back Again (Including Burnished Gold)

Credits

  • AMM - primary artist
  • Martin Davidson - artwork [maze], sleeve notes, task artwork, copyright, liner notes
  • Eddie Pr茅vost - drums, cymbal [cymbals], music by, copyright
  • Lou Gare - tenor saxophone, music by, copyright
  • Mal Dean - task artwork, copyright
  • Impetus - graphic design

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