Engineered by drummer Joe Talia and featuring inspired arrangements and performances by his live band (plus various guests from Melbourne's fecund experimental music family-tree)
vocal-heavy sextet compositions led by american bassist
Flirting with the cinematic through its depth of emotiveness and scale
John Edwards (double bass)
At first this doomed atmosphere seems all encompassing
Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton – Irma [LP] Post-Punk / Alt. Rock Engineered by drummer Joe Talia"In 1977, for Brian Enos Obscure Records, I made a version of Irma. These notes arise from that experience and explore how the piece can be performed. Irma is an unusual scoreprinted on a single 50cm x 50cm sheet. Its notation consists of verbal fragments from Tom Phillips' A Humument, referencing libretto, decor and mise en scne, or sounds. These categories are arranged separately, with stave notation at the bottom. At first glance, it appears