Main specs
Title: 1984
Performer: Hugh Hopper
Genre: Rock & Pop
Release Date: 27/04/1998
Original Release Year: 1973
Label / Distributor: Cuneiform / Shellshock/Pinnacle
Engineer: Gary Martin; Mike Dunne
Producer: Hugh Hopper
Pieces in Set: 1
Studio / Live: Studio
Stereo: Stereo
Format: Performer
EAN: 45775010427
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Additional notes
Album Notes: Personnel includes: Hugh Hopper (vocals, soprano saxophone, piano, Mellophone, bass, percussion, bells, loops); Pye Hastings (guitar); Gary Windo (tenor saxophone); Malcolm Griffiths (trombone); John Marshall (drums).1984, inspired by the atmosphere of George Orwell's novel and originally released in 1973, was bassist Hopper's first solo title. Hopper's work with Soft Machine had already revealed him as a strong and inventive writer. With his solo projects, Hopper was finally able to bring together his various musical interests--to stunning effect.1984 includes pieces constructed with tape loops. Hopper was exposed to this form of composition in the mid-'60s, via (Soft Machine alumnus) Daevid Allen's interest in Terry Riley. 1984 also features rhythmic riffs that recall James Brown, with saxophones and basslines actually getting close to funky. Players on hand include the cream of the British avant-rock world at the time: drummer John Marshall (who replaced Robert Wyatt in Soft Machine), saxophonists Gary Windo and Lol Coxhill, guitarist Pye Hastings (Caravan), and trombonists Nick Evans and Malcolm Griffiths.
Titles on disc 1
1.: Miniluv
2.: Minipax I
3.: Minipax II
4.: Minitrue
5.: Miniplenty
6.: Minitrue (reprise)
7.: Miniluv (reprise)
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