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Sorry For Laughing

Rain Flowers (2CD)

LabelKlanggalerie

Format2CD

GenreExperimental

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Sorry For Laughing is a project by Gordon H. Whitlow who is also a member of legendary US avantgarde collective Biota, formerly Mnemonists or Mnemonist Orchestra. Their music is a mixture of modern classical, experimental sounds, noise, industrial, avangarde, songwriting and free jazz. In 1986 Gordon H. Whitlow released a cassette under the name Sorry For Laughing: "The compositions stem from my beginning days with the avant-garde recording ensemble Biota, shortly after completion of the Bellowing Room LP." The album was re-issued on CD by Klanggalerie in 2018 and is still available. Recently, Gordon reactivated the project and changed it from a solo effort into a new supergroup.He says about 'Rain Flowers': So, we arrive again… this time, ensnared in nature’s web, betrothed to tradition. In its next group installment — Rain Flowers — Sorry For Laughing looks out through an organic lens at a world (and a country) nearing disrepair.

A love letter characterized by unexpected ironies and chance encounters. The two-disc gallery is adorned with impressionistic new pieces and more than a passing nod to history and lore, with original interpretations, some at odd angles. Add to this, a familiar voice from those halcyon days of post-punk pleasures, and the flower garden is full of psyched-out colours! Sorry For Laughing: Martyn Bates (vocals, piano, melodica, whistles), Edward Ka-Spel (vocals), Janet Feder (guitars), Gordon H. Whitlow (organs, accordion, production), Patrick Q Wright (violin, viola, strings). With Larry Wilson (drums), Tom Katsimpalis (paintings), and Bill Sharp (photography), and featuring Dave-id Busaras (vocals). 

Details
Cat. number: GG496
Year: 2025
Tracklist
1-1Johnny's Gone To Hilo6:18
1-2Processional2:51
1-3The Hunter6:17
1-4I Go Bound16:28
1-5Man Of Thessaly4:16
1-6When I See6:08
1-7Oats And Beans....And Barley Grow6:10
1-8Christ Child Lullaby9:20
2-1Will Be15:59
2-2Rain Flowers6:23
Credits
Sorry For Laughing
Composed By
Tim Schwartz
Design
Larry Wilson
Drums, Percussion
Joe Shepard
Engineer (4, 8)
Janet Feder
Guitar, Baritone Guitar, Effects
Randy Miotke
Mastered By
William Sharp
Photography
Gordon H. Whitlow
Producer, Arranged By, Mixed By, Organ, Accordion, Keyboards
Patrick Q-Wright
Violin, Viola, Guitar
Martyn Bates
Vocals, Melodica, Upright Piano, Lyrics By
Dave-id Busaras
Vocals, Words By
Edward Ka-Spel
Vocals, Words By
Tom Katsimpalis
Voice Actor, Artwork