VariousFeaturing: Evan Parker, John Russell, John Edwards, Pat Thomas, Alison Blunt, Benedict Taylor, David Leahy, Kay Grant, Alex Ward
Mopomoso Tour 2013 - Making Rooms (4CD)
LabelWeekertoftGenreJazz & Improvisation
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4-disc boxset with 20-page booklet documenting Mopomoso's triumphant UK tour in 2013.
disc 1 – Evan Parker / John Russell / John Edwards – Chasing The Peripanjandra
disc 2 – Pat Thomas – Naqsh
disc 3 – Alison Blunt / Benedict Taylor / David Leahy – Knottings
disc 4 – Kay Grant / Alex Ward – Seven Cities
"On this evidence, 'Making Rooms' already seems certain to feature prominently in many an end-of-year list of best releases. Yes, a future classic." — All About Jazz
"'Making Rooms' has a connection, not only between the musicians but with the listener. It is real, emotive and altogether beautiful." — Something Else!
"An audacious opening salvo from what is sure to be an essential new label for creative music... a powerful statement" — Burning Ambulance
"sets a high standard for future releases... it’s one that anyone with any interest in freely improvised music will find inexhaustible." — Dalston Sound
"While this set may provide in Parker the most immediately recognizable figure, the other performances consistently testify to the inherent value of free improvisation, a musical methodology as rich in substantive content as it is in means of sound production." — The New York City Jazz Record
"Magnificent" — Jazzwise
"A genuine box of treasures" — The Wire
Album of the Year 2016 — Towards The Margins
"Ett album som borde bli en klassiker. Enkel biljett till Örontofta, tack!" — Orkester Journalen
"Sammen er denne boksen blitt en strålende presentasjon av noe av det mest interessante som foreligger innenfor den fritt improviserte musikken i dag." — salt peanuts
Release notes
recorded 23-30 April, 2013 Sound Kitchen, Hare and Hounds, Birmingham Safehouse, Friends Meeting House, Brighton Oxford Improvisers, The Newman Rooms, Oxford Colston Hall, Bristol Notes & Sounds, Bar Abbey, Sheffield A Better Noise, Summerhill Pavillion, Newcastle Tubers Music, St. Margaret’s Church, Manchester
| Chasing The Peripanjandra | |||
| 1-1 | What! No Soap? | 22:31 | |
| 1-2 | Gunpowder | 24:49 | |
| 1-3 | The Auction Of Pictures | 23:01 | |
| Naqsh | |||
| 2-1 | Naqsh | 12:36 | |
| 2-2 | For Al Battani | 5:27 | |
| 2-3 | Ziyrab | 11:50 | |
| 2-4 | The Letter | 2:40 | |
| 2-5 | Ibn Arabi | 6:40 | |
| 2-6 | Al Ghazali | 3:11 | |
| 2-7 | For Martin Lings | 06:08 | |
| 2-8 | For Yusuf Lateef | 2:35 | |
| 2-9 | Mulla Nasrudin | 5:29 | |
| Knottings | |||
| 3-1 | Sheet Bend | 13:15 | |
| 3-2 | Overhand Knot | 2:34 | |
| 3-3 | Square Knot | 06:11 | |
| 3-4 | Slip Knot | 17:08 | |
| 3-5 | Figure 8 Knot | 2:16 | |
| 3-6 | Half Knot | 8:51 | |
| 3-7 | Half Hitch | 06:46 | |
| 3-8 | Noose | 11:26 | |
| Seven Cities | |||
| 4-1 | Bristol | 7:36 | |
| 4-2 | Oxford | 07:07 | |
| 4-3 | Sheffield | 4:33 | |
| 4-4 | Newcastle | 9:48 | |
| 4-.5 | Birmingham | 8:09 | |
| 4-6 | Brighton | 8:22 | |
| 4-7 | Manchester | 6:56 | |
- John Edwards
- Bass (1-1 to 1-3)
- Alex Ward
- Clarinet (4-1 to 4-7)
- Paul G. Smyth
- Design
- David Leahy
- Double Bass (3-1 to 3-8)
- John Russell
- Guitar (1-1 to 1-3), Liner Notes
- Alice Eldridge
- Liner Notes
- Peter Fay
- Photography By
- Pat Thomas
- Piano [Solo] (2-1 to 2-9)
- Matt Saunders
- Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By
- Evan Parker
- Saxophone [Saxophones] (1-1 to 1-3)
- Benedict Taylor
- Viola (3-1 to 3-8)
- Alison Blunt
- Violin (3-1 to 3-8)
- Kay Grant
- Voice (4-1 to 4-7)
