Collective Calls (Urban) (Two Microphones)

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Collective Calls (Urban) (Two Microphones) has as its subtitle an improvised urban psychodrama in eight parts. The saxophonist Evan Parker and the drummer Paul Lytton recorded it in April 1972 at the Standard Essence Co, a small loft space in London. Incus Records released the album later that year, and in 2002 it appeared on CD on Psi Records.

The saxophonist plays soprano and tenor saxophone and home-made instruments and uses a cassette recorder. Lytton adds percussion, electronics and sounds. One reviewer called the record full of astonishing sounds that remain enigmatic to this day. The duo seeks out the very quiet and the very loud, and the tracks form sharp contrasts. Each side of the original LP ends with a short piece with a sustained sound. According to the Penguin Guide to Jazz, they are absorbing, concentrated performances with a striking coherence.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Peradam5:12Apple Music ↗
2. 2Cat's Flux5:49Apple Music ↗
3. 3Shaker13:02Apple Music ↗
4. 4Left of the Neo - Left1:18Apple Music ↗
5. 5Lytton Perdu13:27Apple Music ↗
6. 6Voice Fragment0:28Apple Music ↗
7. 7Some Mother Blues8:07Apple Music ↗
8. 8What's Left of the Neo - Left1:58Apple Music ↗

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