CoTD_070307St. Stephens Church, 07/03/07Children of the Droneaudioopensource_audio[If you're unfamiliar with <a href="http://www.childrenofthedrone.net" rel="nofollow">Children of the Drone</a>, the series of <a href="http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%22children%20of%20the%20drone%22%20compilation%20AND%20mediatype%3Aaudio%20AND%20collection%3Aopensource_audio" rel="nofollow"> compilations</a> will provide a better overview than these individual sessions, which can be quite 'unrepresentative'.]
Improvised music, recorded at <a href="http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/st_stephens.jpg" rel="nofollow">St. Stephens church</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exeter" rel="nofollow">Exeter</a> on 07/03/07.2007-03-072007ambient;atmospheric;beyond classification;Devon;drone;droning;Exeter;free psych-folk;free psychfolk;free psych folk;freeform;improv;improvisation;improvisational;improvisatory;improvised;improvising;jam;jamming;lo-fi;lofi;modal;other;psychedelia;psychedelic;psychfolk;psych-folk;psych folk;space;spacey;spontaneous;saz;balalaika;baglama;electro-acoustic;electroacoustic;Lou Gare;AMMhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/2007-03-10 15:01:272007-03-10 15:00:56mwatkins@maths.ex.ac.ukMatthew Watkins2007-03-10 15:08:24MRWMiniDisc68:10<center><table width="550" border="0"><tr><td>
Quite an unusual one, this. <a target="_blank" href="http://matchlessrecordings.com/gare-no-strings">Lou Gare</a> (once part of legendary free jazz ensemble <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMM_%28group%29">AMM</a>) turned up (having intended to for a few months). His dissonant sax playing pushed things in interesting new directions. Unfortunately, he (as well as Simon and Ben) had to leave during the half-time break.
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/jamess.jpg">James S</a> - vocals
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/james.jpg">James T</a> - <a target="_blank" href="http://members.aol.com/smithsssj/oplus5.html#Forgeries">poetry</a>, piano, pecussion, partially-submerged gong
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/keith.jpg">Keith</a> - electric guitar, <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_mandolin">electric mandolin</a>, percussion(?)
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/simon.jpg">Simon</a> - laptop (first half)
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.htleather.co.uk/maker/maker.html">Henry</a> - percussion
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.childrenofthedrone.net/images/matthew-lundy.jpg">Matthew W</a> - saz, <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balalaika">balalaika</a>, percussion
Lou Gare - saxophone (first half)
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.visionfunk.com/default_new.asp?d=13&user=2">Ben</a> (a.k.a. George Lazenbleep) - homemade analogue synth, piano (first half)
Robin - percussion
Herewood - percussion, xylophone, pennywhistle
Chris - acoustic guitar, harmonica
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File names encode recording information, as follows: "010605-d2t1x2-2130to2412.mp3" would be e<b>x</b>cerpt 2 from <b>t</b>rack 1 of mini<b>d</b>isc 2 (running from 21:30 to 24:12 of that track) recorded during the session on 1<sup>st</sup> June 2005. Sessions are usually in two parts - we fill one disc, stop for tea, and then fill another disc.
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</td></tr></table></center>2007-03-10 15:16:06Matthew Watkins