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Bill Bruford's Earthworks
Footloose and Fancy Free cd
BBSF005CD (2CD set)Tracks: 145 Stars: Downbeat. ‘Live’ is where jazz happens, where the risks are taken, the mistakes made, and the energy unleashed. Recorded live in London’s Soho, this double CD has a snappy version of ‘Original Sin’ on it; a piece that I originally wrote for B.L.U.E. with Tony Levin. Here’s some excellent Steve Hamilton piano-playing from ‘A Part and Yet Apart’.
Pianocircus-Bruford-Riley
Skin and Wire cd
BBSF 023CDTracks: 10My last CD of fresh material, released in 2009, will always have a special place in my heart, as does my first CD with Yes recorded some 40 years earlier. It’s a long way between the two, in all respects. A composer (Colin Riley) supervises a jazz drummer who used to be a rock drummer (me) playing with a group of classical pianists best known for performing systems music (Pianocircus). Skin and Wire blends electronica, jazz and the avant-garde.
Moraz-Bruford
In Tokyo cd
BBWF 011CDTracks: 10Music for electronic piano and drums, live. The only official live album of this duo. Keyboard manufacturer Kurzweil was the market leader in the new keyboard sampling technology of the day. For the first time, the player could improvise something, loop it, and improvise more on top in real time. Live sampling on stage was fraught with hazards - if you played too many notes with too many sounds the whole thing would crash. But Moraz uses the full orchestral range of the instrument to great effect here on the front of ‘Hazy’.
Winterfold Artists
The Winterfold Collection (1978-1986) cd
BBWF 010CDTracks: 13Thirteen of the best tracks from across the Winterfold label. In the late 1970s my partner Dave Stewart had to ship a Hammond organ around until Sequential Circuits finally invented a much smaller (and lighter) Prophet 5 polyphonic synthesiser. We both heaved a sigh of relief. Dave took to it like a duck to water, and became a highly original synthesiser player. His beautiful opening chords on this audio sample are like taking a warm bath.
Bill Bruford's Earthworks
The Sound of Surprise cd
BBSF 004CDTracks: 9My personal favourite of all my solo efforts. The‘difficult’ cover artwork was issued erroneously in two forms, causing unhelpful confusion.‘Revel Without a Pause’, ‘Come to Dust’, ‘The Wooden Man Sings…’ represent three of my more successful compositions. Here’s some drum action from ‘Revel…’
Bruford-Towner-Gomez
If Summer Had Its Ghosts cd
BBSF 002CDTracks: 11All the drummers were turning in muscular jazz-rock, and I was after something more dreamy, autumnal and lyrical. The instruments would be all acoustic and intimately recorded in close-up, whispering in your ear. Nothing wrong with the plan, but the music could have used some rehearsal. It was recorded straight from the page. Check out Ralph’s delicious 12-string acoustic guitar playing on the title track. Good enough to eat.
News & Views
Bruford rummages in Yes archive...
Date: 2010-09-07
New book 'The Art of British Rock' coming soon...
Earthworks Competition Winner Announced
Date: 2010-09-02
What do All Heaven Broke Loose and the Underground Earthworks Orchestra have in common? Read on to find out!
Record Labels
Drummer Bill Bruford's records, DVDs, and related projects are released on either Summerfold or Winterfold Records ...and are available at the shop
SUMMERFOLD RECORDS has been created to re-issue re-mastered and expanded versions of his work since 1987, together with current and future recordings and related projects.
WINTERFOLD RECORDS exists to re-issue re-mastered and expanded versions of Bill's CDs and DVDs up to the 1987 watershed.
