Toward the Margins

by Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble

Type: Album
Released: 1997
Label: ECM
Country: United Kingdom
Length: 1:00:20
Community rating: 3.87/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Barry Guy, Paul Lytton, Steve Lake, Philipp Wachsmann

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Evan Parker expands his free jazz roots by integrating live electronic processing with acoustic improvisation. This ensemble recording is a groundbreaking exploration of Electro-Acoustic Improvisation (EAI), pushing the boundaries of spontaneous composition toward highly abstract margins.

Genres

Descriptors: experimental, digital, minimal, long-form, diverse, improvisation, improvised, electronic, avant-garde

Tracklist

Toward the Margins (4:31)
Turbulent Mirror (5:51)
Field and Figure (7:06)
The Regenerative Landscape (For AMM) (3:34)
Chain of Chance (4:19)
Trahütten (6:17)
Shadow Without an Object (6:00)
Epanados (4:27)
Born Cross-Eyed (Remembering Fuller) (2:49)
Philipp's Pavilion (7:32)
The Hundred Books (For Idries Shah) (4:09)
Contra-Dance (3:38)

Credits

Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble - primary artist, soprano saxophone, gong, music by
Mayo Bucher - cover, artwork
Barry Guy - double bass, music by
Marco Vecchi - electronics [live electronics], effects [sound processing], music by, effects, electronics instrument
Walter Prati - electronics [live electronics], effects [sound processing], music by, effects, electronics instrument
Paul Lytton - percussion, electronics [live electronics], music by, electronics instrument
Philipp Wachsmann - violin, viola, electronics [live electronics], effects [sound processing], music by, effects, electronics instrument