Luc Houtkamp & Guests - The Thunderclaps, Live at the Den Haag Korzo Theatre
X-OR - 1996

Thunderclaps: Field Recordings 3

'The Thunderclaps CD, Live at the Den Haag Korzo Theatre'. Improvised music recorded 1995 - 1996 by a variety of performers. These include Derek Bailey (guitar, voice) & Eugene Chadbourne (voice, banjo, rake): 'Introduction, Instant Discoveries nr. 1'; Peter Cusack (bouzouki, tapes, live electronics): 'Safari, from Where is the green Parrot?'; John Snijders (piano): 'Charles Ives, Study no.20, Even durations - unevenly divided, 198'; Sludge 2000 (Stephan Wittwer, guitar, Marino Pilakas, bass, Lucas Niggli, drums): 'Instant Discoveries nr. 2'; Joanna Stepalska (Andre Dienske, double bass): 'Valse Macabre' for tape and double bass; Huib Emmer (live electronics): 'The Twist'; Sainkho Namtchylak: 'Slow Morning'; Luc Houtkamp (tenor saxophone), Misha Mengelberg (piano), Gert Jan Prins (Percussion): 'Instant Discoveries nr. 3'; Only a Mother (Frank Pahl, banjo, vocals; Marco Novachcoff, 'cello; Bobbi Benson, bass; Doug Gourlay, percussion): 'A Little Blackout'.


Track Info -
Derek Bailey, guitar, voice; Eugene Chadbourne, voice, banjo, rake:
Instant discoveries nr. 1 (02.52). Recorded on 13 January 1995.
This track later released on Rectangle L.

Peter Cusack, bouzouki, tapes, live electronics:
Safari, from 'Where is the green parrot?' (04.55). Recorded 26 April 1996.

Charles Ives
Study no. 20, Even durations - unevenly divided [1908] (07.33)
played by John Snijders, piano. Recorded 17 February 1995.

Sludge 2000 [Stephan Wittwer, guitar; Marino Pliakas, bass; Lucas Niggli, drums]:
Instant discoveries nr. 2 (11.53).
Recorded on 29 March 1996.

Joanna Stepalska Valse
macabre [1995] for tape and double bass (03.00); played by André Dienske, double bass.
Recorded 17 Febrary 1995.

Huib Emmer, live electronics:
The twist [1994]. Recorded 13 January 1995.

Sainkho Namtchylak, voice:
Slow morning (03.01). Recorded on 17 February 1995.

Luc Houtkamp, tenor saxophone, Misha Mengelberg, piano; Gert-Jan Prins, percussion:
Instant discoveries nr. 3 (16.58).
Recorded on 26 April 1996.

Only a mother [Frank Pahl, banjo, vocals; Marco Novachcoff, cello; Bobbi Benson, bass, Doug Gourlay, percussion]:
A little blackout (05.30). Recorded 26 April 1996.

by Henry van Kleeff.

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