Peter Beasley - keyboards, synthesizers, sequencers, drums, percussion
Gary Attwood - guitar on Qwerty Uiop
Dave Titchen - piano solo on York Aspiring
Qwerty Uiop, Hunger Hill and
York Aspiring are excerpts from my album
'Coruscation', originally released in 1987; re-released 2007.
Click here to buy 'Coruscation' from CD Baby
Click here to download 'Coruscation' from MusicZeit
Havantville is a rough rhythmic framework; a work in progress for a new album (see below).
Initially a rock drummer on the
London, UK pub circuit (1977-1983), I became increasingly interested in composing, recording and performing instrumental keyboard/synthesizer music. In 1985 I co-formed
AMP Records with Mark Jenkins and Ash Prema and contributed three tracks ('Ollie's Camera Looks', 'Cherub' and 'Parchal Papaguio') to
'The AMP Records Compilation Album'.
I performed much of
'Coruscation' live in the mid-80s, including a 1986 UK Tour. It was released to coincide with a performance at the
UK Electronica Festival at the Gatehouse Theatre, Stafford in November 1987.
It was re-released
5th November 2007 on
Metalbottle Records (CD-R), re-mixed, re-mastered with bonus tracks, to mark the 20th Anniversary.
Track listing:-
Hunger Hill (6.00)
The Swaggering (4.58)
Nullified (4.25)
Qwerty Uiop (6.56)
York Aspiring (21.21). Bonus tracks:-
Hunger Hill (Under Construction) (5.45)
Qwerty Uiop (Demo) (5.41)
York Aspiring (Demo) (22.13).
After a 21 year hiatus, I'm working on a follow up album -
'The Tree That Wished To Dance'.
Review of original 'Coruscation' release by Alan Freeman, Audion Magazine:-
For anyone into strong, muscular synth music, this album has much to offer:
HUNGER HILL moves along at breakneck speed;
THE SWAGGERING features strong percussives and is jazzy in a kind of Roger Powell way;
NULLIFIED is more unusual, with reverberating drums beating strongly against a Tangerine Dream like tune, the effect being somewhat like Peter Frohmader's 'Ritual' album, but Beasley's approach is more spritely and light;
QWERTY UIOP is a kind of like a disco-ified Ashra sequencer piece, the guitar solo is nice, but it's a pity it wasn't a bit more forward in the mix.
The major triumph here though is the side long
YORK ASPIRING, which opens swirling from the void into a typically Tangerine Dream 'White Eagle' period, relaxed melodic rhythmic piece. The composition is quite clever, different ideas take over in steps, so that the fabric of the music is constantly changing. Moving from the gently melodic to the thunderously heavy to the cacophonous to the tranquil with ease. The final section again has an Ashra type sequence, complex percussives and some Tangerine Dream style solos - finishing the album most vibrantly.
I must say
CORUSCATION surprised me a great deal and no doubt it will surprise many other people too. Recommended to all fans of melodic, rhythmic synth music.
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