Morphogenesis
Morphogenesis started recording in January 1985 and our first public performance was at the West Square Festival in London in July '85. The group was formed by a group of people interested in exploring the possibilities of live electronic music and collective improvisation. Our preferred choice is to work in a live situation where the clash of different performance spaces, available equipment and general atmosphere creates a more diverse music. The members of the group come from a wide range of musical backgrounds and have worked in a variety of musical activities outside of the group.
Members
Prochronisms (LP)
First LP of live electronic improvisation by British super-group featuring Adam Bohman, Clive Hall, Fred Sansom, Michael Prime, Roger Sutherland and Ron Briefel, released by Pogus Productions in 1989 and never re-issued on either LP or CD.
Stromatolites (CD)
1998 CD re-issue of the 1991 cassette with live electronic improvisations by British super-group featuring Adam Bohman, Clive Graham, Michael Prime, Roger Sutherland and Ron Briefel.
No Borders (LP)
Rare and great post-industrial experimental compilation edited by the Haters' GX Jupitter-Larsen presenting very obscure Canadian projects available only here - Si Monkey, .08, Xyster and L.C.D. Grey - plus the outstanding Italian master M.B, privately released in a numbered edition in 1982. With booklet.
Keine direkten Erlaeuterungen zu geschlossenen Organismen in der Fluxus-Musik
**100 copies** Two concerts: one by Morphogenesis at Cafe OTO one by Clive Graham / Morphogenesis member and KHj+F at Avantgarde FFestival Schiphorst. This is the second vinyl release by Morphogenesis ever.
Prochronisms
Morphogenesis, made up of: Clive Graham, Roger Sutherland, Ron Briefel, Micha, Fred Sansom, and Andy Courdry, was formed in 1985. They were interested in exploring the possibilities of live electronics and collective improvisation. The members have diverse musical backgrounds, including teaching electonic music at Morley College and playing in other groups ranging from Cornelius Cardew's Scratch Orchestra, Nurse with Wound and Organum. Only one copy available.
Stromatolites
Stromatolites 1 & 2 are lamination pieces which were mixed in the studio by superimposing tracks of sepaately recorded instrumental material. Some of the constituent tracks were recorded in several different locations. There is no sinchronisation to the layers. Each work exists in several different versions, in which individual tracks are prominent to greater or lesser degrees. In Stromatolites 1 Sutherland is heard on two tracks (gongs and springs respectively), Bohman on one track (prepared vi…
In Streams (Volume 2)
Morphogenesis started recording in January 1985 and this is our sixth CD release, coming 3 months after the release of Volume 1. Like Volume 1, this CD also contains excerpts from 3 concerts (all in London this time) and a studio piece. Morphogenesis play a few concerts a year, almost always in London. In fact we have only ever played outside the UK twice. Concerts have always yielded our most varied material, but until now our CD's have mainly documented our studio work. Both volumes of 'In Str…
In Streams (Volume 1)
This is the fifth CD release by Morphogenesis, and the first since 1998. Although Morphogenesis do not play live very often, it is certainly their preferred working situation, where the interaction between the space, the people present and the available equipment create a variety of different situations. Substantial extracts from nearly all of their recent concerts appear on this, and a second volume. There is also the inclusion of one studio recording per CD. Perhaps one reason for their infreq…
Charivari music
This third full-length by London improv collective Morphogenesis was released in 1996. Formed in 1985, Morphogenesis consisted of seven people at the time of recording, but for all the sessions, except the live track, the line-ups are amalgams of various members and instrumentation. All tracks are free improvisations that were recorded direct to two channels and later edited with no other post production. Recorded between 1993-1996. "Shorepoints" was recorded live at the LMC Festival 1994. Featu…
