A Raise of Eyebrows

by Ron Geesin

A Raise of Eyebrows cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1967
  • Label: Transatlantic
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 35:36
  • Community rating: 3.19/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The debut solo album by the idiosyncratic Scottish composer is a dizzying pastiche of tape loops, unconventional instrumentation, and surreal comedic interludes. Predating his notable collaborative work with Pink Floyd on 'Atom Heart Mother', the project highlights his pioneering approach to DIY recording and musique concr猫te. The erratic, rapid-fire editing established a highly personal, experimental aesthetic that defied contemporary pop conventions.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, progressive, avant-garde, satirical, experimental, sampling, deconstructed, dark-humor

Tracklist

  1. A Raise Of Eyebrows (2:17)
  2. Freedom For Four Voices And Me (2:28)
  3. Psychedelia (1:10)
  4. Positives (2:17)
  5. It's All Very New, You Know (5:39)
  6. A Female! (0:25)
  7. Certainly Random (2:53)
  8. The Eye That Nearly Saw (4:31)
  9. Two Fiftyeen String Guitars For Nice People (2:32)
  10. From An Electric Train (3:26)
  11. A World Of Too Much Sound (2:09)
  12. Another Female! (0:09)
  13. We're All Going To Liverpool (3:59)
  14. Ha! Ha! But Reasonable (1:37)

Credits

  • Graham Abraham - artwork [drawing], illustration
  • Adrian Harman - voice
  • Nathan Joseph - producer

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