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"Katharine Norman's Bells And
Gargoyles is one for the dark as she evokes the urgent, eerie turmoil
of a windy, lonely night full of unspecified threats. Even the church
bells sound malevolent." Declan O'Driscoll RUBBERNECK
"A Game Of Poker With Morton
Feldman is the collection's highlight . . . . . Its understated,
pensive mood becomes quite addictive with repeated hearings." Chris
Blackford THE WIRE
"Fell's fine work from 1996,
Mutual and Reciprocal Ceremonies, is an excellent example of his work
in the electro-acoustic field" AVANT
"Mutual and Reciprocal Ceremonies is
a lively and alarming tapework somewhat akin to a nightmare version
of Frank Zappa's early Lumpy Gravy period - it's always exhilarating
hearing wind instruments doing things they can't possibly do. Paying
affectionate tribute to the vinyl medium (and lamenting its possible
demise), Fell incorporates an old scratchy classical music orchestral
record from a car boot sale; even the crackles are sampled and played
like music. 'They wouldn't let me near an orchestra, so I did this
instead', is his wry comment on the ingenuity of this assemblage,
which contains perspicacious observations on the state of modern
music composition today. A little gem of compaction." Ed
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