Dave Knott
Natura Naturans
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*2023 stock* 'A CD of one man improvising on his self-designed and built instruments. Stringboards are essentially hunks of cast-off wood with tuning pegs and guitar strings attached. That description does not prepare one for what they sound like though. Distant bells, odd filings and ratchetings, electrical sounding buzzes, (these are acoustic instruments), giant out-of-tune dulcimers, prepared guitars, warped blues records...all these and more are conjured from these simple devices at the hands of Mr. Knott.
The improvisations range from short sound explorations to longer structurings and build-ups of sound-mass. There is often a rise and fall, or start and stop approach, using not playing as much as playing. The sounds of the space where the recordings took place, (the old anomalous records space in Seattle Washington), can also be heard occasionally. Oddly enough, traffic sounds seem to fit right in, and some banging from the shop next door works as well.
The titles of the pieces give clues to what may have been going through Dave's mind while he was making this recording, and index numbers will help you with what's what. (I believe this is the first time I've ever seen this feature on a CD). I listen to this disc often, and coming from me, that's high praise indeed.' - Jeph Ierman
Release notes
cat# NOT 1 on CD. NOT1 on spine. Recorded on July 19, 1997 Transferred and edited on January 7 & 8, 1999 Encouragement and inclusion: Elizabeth Grayson Eudy Mastered on March 24, 1999 Edition of 1100 copies. from the liner notes: "At a woodshop I was renting I had been messing with attaching strings to collected throwaway(found) pieces of plywood. I had a collection of used strings of many types: guitar, bass guitar, cello, violin, dulcimer, harp, piano, along with some types of raw wire…
| 1 | Waking Up Is A Good Start / The Future, Pressing In / Hear Something / Courteous Bow / Embracing Held / The Dawn Of Atoms / And The Comtemplative Return / With Crossing Bell And Whiff / Rumble | 6:58 | |
| 2 | Its Decay A Sigh | 0:37 | |
| 3 | Crinkles And Dropped Rock / Hard Plucked / Walking The Stick / Found The Rattles / A Constitution Begins / Prjngow Gow / Repetition Theme Emerges / Construction At The Untaut Ends - Periphery Sound / String Ends And Dry Cleaning Rack Duet | 8:55 | |
| 4 | Short Walk | 0:47 | |
| 5 | Very Ripe / The Rebellious Response To Meaningful Music / And Its Obstinate But Dedicated End / Immediate Reprise / Looking / Found / Synchronos With Evasive Auto / A Melodic Suite Of Booweep / A Dry Cleaner Runs Through It / In Helpless Response / The Gastro-Vocal Response / Outdoors They Honk / Okay Music Now / NO / A Soft Bird Outside, Harmonics Inside / Diligent Musician Returns / Listening Knows The Time | 8:14 | |
| 6 | The Beginning Of The Low Rumbles / Siren With Strings / Thumbnail Scratch Tone / Resolved To Silence, A Ding Inspires Return | 4:05 | |
| 7 | A Daxophone Prayer Play / String Pedal, Stick Melody / When A Walk Becomes A Vibration / Friction Is Beauty, Tone Follows | 4:30 | |
| 8 | The Return Of A Future Pressing / When A Sniff Enters The Music | 2:10 | |
| 9 | Stringboards Want To Sing / The Autos B(e(l))ow / The Idea Of Repitition Returns / Resonance Revealed And Plucking Is Inspired / Breathing Calms And Helps Me To Live / Phrased By Nature, Repetition Proceeds / Converting, It Can / Naive Acting | 6:06 | |
| 10 | Whiffle / Rang And Pop / Intangled Query / Listening To Harmonics From Action / Bridging And Return / Hyperactive Cleaners Did It / Run The String / The Waited Response To | 5:58 | |
| 11 | Stringboards In The Air | 0:54 | |
| 12 | First Stoll Rhythm With Multi Harmonic And Melodic Mood | 0:51 | |
| 13 | Return | 1:35 | |
| 14 | Return, First Glow | 1:48 | |
| 15 | Return | 0:31 | |
| 16 | Distal Ring Shimmer And Glow, Speak | 0:51 | |
| 17 | Rhythm Decay And Final Construct / Little Ring To Change / Breathing Into It / A Due Perfecto | 4:44 | |
| 18 | Dramatic Imp / Gracing Phonomono / Dropped Doorknob / Choruses, Repetition | 4:54 | |
| 19 | Goomeygow Address With Accompaniment | 1:36 | |
| 20 | Fall Dancingly | 4:58 | |
| 21 | Bathroom Oratorio | 1:53 |
- Will Dowd
- Engineer [Transfer And Editing]
- Dave Knott
- Liner Notes
- Jeph Jerman
- Liner Notes, Photography By [Of Dave Knott Playing Stringboards At Anomalous Records]
- Scott Colburn
- Mastered By
- Peter Bonnell
- Other [Technical Advisor]
- Russ Gordon
- Painting [Cover Painting]
- Eric Lanzillotta
- Recorded By, Layout, Design [Graphic Design]
- Doug Haire
- Technician [Reference Cdr]
