The Din, by Phil Davison

The Din

by Phil Davison

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1.	Mutilation 02:36	buy track
2.	Cha-Cha 03:06	buy track
3.	The Din 15:56	buy track
4.	Samba 08:32	buy track
5.	Fill Your Mind (Why Listen To Just Music?) 05:05	buy track
6.	Who Is The Lord? 05:32	buy track
7.	Humming In The Throat 11:30	buy track
8.	Fox Trot 07:59	buy track

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"The pieces are arranged in order with shorter, more "interesting" pieces at the start of each side, progressing to longer, more meditative work. All pieces made in Sydney from June to December 1983, except "Humming" recorded live at Last and First Cafe, Auckland, New Zealand."

The full Phil Davison story is here phildavison.wordpress.com/bio/

"Jump forward to the early 80s. I’m living in Sydney. I’m doing performances with Rik Rue. We’re treating the saxophones as noise making machines. We do concerts that involve a combination of solo and duet improvisations. I’m also recording albums that get released as cassettes on Rik’s Pedestrian label.
I get a job as the assistant to Robert Klippel, the sculptor famed for his assemblage and collage work. This might not seem related to music, but Klippel is a master of figuring out how to combine different elements. He’s a master of knowing how stuff can be fitted together to make a new whole that’s greater than the sum of its parts. He’s also a master of knowing how much polishing to use on something rough – how far you can work on a found object before you destroy the qualities that made it wonderful in the first place. I learn a lot from him.
By 1992 I’ve just returned to New Zealand after a stint teaching English and studying martial arts in Asia."

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released January 1, 1983

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Pedestrian Tapes Sydney, Australia

Since the early 1980’s, Rik Rue has been composing with environmental and found sounds. He transforms these recordings into soundscapes that have evolved into radiophonic works, sound installations and live performances.
Rik released numerous cassettes on his Pedestrian Tapes label throughout the 1980s and 1990s, now mostly unavailable. This Bandcamp page will bring that archive back to life ... more

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