Fringes 12 Invisible ear

John Butcher

John Butcher, close-miked soprano saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 8, 9), amplified/feedback tenor saxophone (tracks 4, 5, 6, 10), amplified/feedback soprano saxophone (track 11), multitracked saxophones (tracks 3, 7, 12), korg synthesizer (track 7).

  1. Swan style (03.32)
  2. Cup anatomical (02.26)
  3. What remains (04.31)
  4. Streamers (08.33)
  5. A controversial fix for.... (02.41)
  6. ....shrilling reed freakout (01.32)
  7. The importance of gossip (02.59)
  8. Dark field (02.14)
  9. Bright field (03.23)
  10. Magnetic bottle (03.28)
  11. Sprinkler (04.31)
  12. Atelier (04.45)
All tracks recorded in London, 2002 with the exception of track 12, recorded in Münster, Germany in 1999.

Front cover (reproduced above) detail from a silkscreen print by Avril Levi.

This is a limited edition of 600 CDs.

Re-issued on Weight of Wax in 2010.

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