BRUCE'S FINGERS forthcoming releases

Simon Fell & Derek Bailey at Sound 323
© unknown photographer

BRUCE'S FINGERS... forthcoming releases

Here's what's in the pipeline at BF headquarters at the moment. If you have a particular interest in anything listed below, then feel free to e-mail for the latest info. Or even to place an advance order!

List A: material which is in the process of being mastered/manufactured etc, and which is due to be released soon(ish).

[mmm.... this is the first time this box has ever been empty...]

List B: material which is recorded, mastered and ready to go, and which we hope to release (or hope another label will release) some time in the future. But it might be a long wait!
[If you're reading this list on behalf of an adventurous record label, please e-mail if you might be interested in putting something out....]

KARL TOROK/SIMON H. FELL - Ineluctable Modality
an audio-visual work on DVD; visuals by Karl Torok (Ineluctable Modality), with music by Simon Fell (Composition No. 63: Ulysses)

SIMON H. FELL - The Exploding Flask Of Muesli
A compilation of electroacoustic and electronic pieces from the period 1994-2002

SFE - Positions & Descriptions The 'composer's mix' of Simon Fell's 2007 BBC commission for the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. The large ensemble of improvisers, jazz musicians and classical players includes Jim Denley, Andrew Sparling, Alex Ward, Tim Berne, Chris Batchelor, Rhodri Davies, Philip Thomas, Joe Morris, Steve Beresford, Mark Sanders & Clark Rundell

IST - Berlin
Ist's performance from the 2001 Total Music Meeting - another crucial document of this key group....

BADLAND - Six High Windows
Badland's 2005 Liverpool gig - an exceptional performance in an idiosyncratic church acoustic

List C: material which is in preparation/mixing/mastering as we speak, and may become available in the longer term. Well, we hope so...

Hession/Wilkinson/Fell are working on a new live album drawn from their March 2010 tour, for release on Bo'Weavil later this year. Watch this space.

The Offshoot a free improvising quintet with Tim Berne, Gail Brand, Joe Morris, Simon Fell & Steve Noble. There's a 2007 tape from London's Vortex which Simon's been (sporadically) working on for two years now

Simon Fell's new bass solo album (his first since 1991!) is currently in preparation for Bo'Weavil, and hopefully will be released some time in 2010.

amere3 have reformed and recorded a 2nd album at the end of 2009. Hopefully the tapes will be ready for release soon... but by whom?

The whole of Derek Bailey & Simon Fell's 2001 concert at Sound 323 is currently being mastered for release on Confront. Sections from the concert originally appeared on a 3in CD in 2002, but this will be the first release for the full gig. Coming soon, we hope