Lake

by Simon Wickham-Smith & Richard Youngs

Lake cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Forced Exposure
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:13:56
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released on the notoriously noisy Forced Exposure imprint, 'Lake' relies on hypnotic, droning repetitions to achieve its avant-garde trance state. The duo manipulates sparse acoustic and electronic elements into an extended, post-minimalist free improvisation that rewards profound patience.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, experimental, lo-fi, diverse, satirical, improvisation, avant-garde, ambient, improvisational

Tracklist

  1. Lake (3:09)
  2. Anti-Social Behaviour (0:59)
  3. Anti-Social Behaviour In Iceland (0:59)
  4. Penal Animals (1:22)
  5. String Trio With Live Electronics (1985) (2:38)
  6. Loss (1:23)
  7. Art And Literature (1:24)
  8. Hymn (2:14)
  9. Let Them Eat Records (7:17)
  10. Dance: Help The Aged (Give Them A Heart Attack) (9:24)
  11. Wasp (3:44)
  12. Chord (19:17)
  13. Bells (3:57)
  14. Redenhall (4:05)
  15. Goat (12:04)

Credits

  • Simon Wickham-Smith & Richard Youngs - primary artist
  • Yvonne - guitar [classical], vocals
  • Gareth - vocals
  • S!!! - vocals, whistle [penny], other [laughter], guitar [classical], violin, performer [door-stop], glockenspiel, organ [reed]

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