CONFRONT RECORDINGS UK ******************* oWNER : Mark Wastell Distr. : UK - US - Forced Exposure/ Style : CORE 001 RHODRI DAVIES/DAVID SYLVIAN/MARK WESTELL : THERE IS NO CD 07.2018 LOVE 1 There Is No Love Additional contribution from Toshimaru Nakamura (no-input mixer) recorded by Steve Bates and David Sylvian, Montreal. Tubular bell and concert bass drum recorded by Matthew Sansom, Surrey University, 2006. Original text by Bernard Marie Koltes. Compositional structure by Mark Wastell. Mixed and mastered by Rupert Clervaux. Personnel: Rhodri Davies -- lap harp, table harp, vibraphone, radio David Sylvian -- voice, vocal treatments, electronics Mark Wastell -- tam tam, cracked ride cymbal, chimes, Indian temple bells, singing bowls, metal chain, tubular bell, concert bass drum. Voice recorded by David Sylvian, Los Angeles, USA. Instrumental parts recorded by Rupert Clervaux at Studio 3, London. https://www.forcedexposure.com/Product.aspx?CatalogNo=CORE.001CD --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORE 002 KEITH ROWE AND MARK WASTELL : LIVE AT I-AND-E LP .2020 Long anticipated vinyl reissue of a concert that took place at the I-and-E Festival t Trinity College, Dublin in 2006 by Keith Rowe (legendary AMM guitarist and one of the founding fathers of European improvised music) and Mark Wastell (pivotal London based experimentalist). https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/CORE.002LP.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORE 003 SIDSEL ENDRESEN & JAN BANG : HUM CD 07.2018 01. Nothing Stands Still, Ever 02. Hum 03. Rubbed Down 04. The Velvet-Lined Pouch Of Repetition 05. Rooted Run 06. Bounce Electronics whizz, studio producer and Punkt co-director Jan Bang teams-up with vocalist Sidsel Endresen on Hum, an album released as part of Confront Recordings' Core Series. Recorded live in Oslo in 2016, Hum focuses on atomized gestures quarried from mutant combinations of voice and corrupted circuitry. Personnel: Sidsel Endresen - voice Jan Bang - sampler, Dictaphone Composed by Sidsel Endresen and Jan Bang. Copyright control (TONO). Recorded by Asle Karstad at Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene, Oslo. Mixed and produced by Jan Bang at Punkt Studio, Kristiansand. https://www.forcedexposure.com/Product.aspx?CatalogNo=CORE.003CD --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORE 004 DEREK BAILEY & COMPANY : KLINKER 2CD 07.2018 01. Intro; DB / SF / MW 1 02. DB / SF / MW 2 03. An Announcement; DB / WG 1 04. DB / WG 2 05. You Should See Me When I'm Making Money; DB / WG 3 06. SF / MW 07. DB / SF / WG / MW 1 01. WG / MW 02. DB / SF 1 03. DB / SF 2 04. DB / SF / WG / MW 2; Outro --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORE 005 ARILD ANDERSEN/CLIVE BELL/MARK WASTELL:TALES OF HACKNEY CD 03.2019 1. I 2. II 3. III 4. IV 5. V 6. VI 7. VII 8. VIII 9. IX ECM artist Arild Anderson wraps his double bass to Clive Bell’s intoxicating Asian woodwind, punctuated by Mark Wastell’s sparing percussion in their ‘Tales Of Hackney’ improvisation for Confront’s Core Series. The resulting 50 minute work, in 9 parts, was extracted from a 10 hour recording session in the titular East London district, late summer 2017. https://boomkat.com/products/tales-of-hackney --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORE 006 MANDHIRA DE SARAM/BENOIT DELBECQ : SPINNERET CD 04.2019 01. Mandhira De Saram/Benoit Delbecq : False Widow 02. Mandhira De Saram/Benoit Delbecq : Lace Weaver 03. Mandhira De Saram/Benoit Delbecq . Snowberry Clearwing Mandhira de Saram and Benoit Delbecq met in 2016 in Paris and soon discovered that they loved playing together. They recorded Spinneret a year later, over a day of quiet and meditative composing, at curious distance from the animated playing they are both usually drawn to in their own projects. With a natural flair for exploring the possibilities of their instruments, they weave together a delicate tapestry of sound and texture, which hangs as though stretched and suspended in the air. Spinneret evokes something of a folk-tale, as these two internationally acclaimed players tell of a unique sonic landscape: vast, subtle, and timeless. Mandhira de Saram - violin; Benoit Delbecq - piano. https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/CORE.006CD.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORE 007 V / A : JOHN COLTRANE 50TH MEMORIAL CONCERT AT CAFE OTO 2CD 05.2019 CD 1 01. May There Be Peace And Love And Perfection Throughout All Creation O God 02. Amen 03. Dearly Beloved 04. Sun Ship CD 2 01. Attaining 02. Ascent 03. Ascension --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORE 008 MAX EASTLEY/FERGUS KELLY/MARK WASTELL : THE MAP IS NOT CD 03.2020 THE TERRITORY 01. Max Eastley/Fergus Kelly/Mark Wastell - Tactile Constellations 02. Max Eastley/Fergus Kelly/Mark Wastell - Dredging The Tarry Crux 03. Max Eastley/Fergus Kelly/Mark Wastell - Sway And Tilt 04. Max Eastley/Fergus Kelly/Mark Wastell - Fossil Embossed Obelisk 05. Max Eastley/Fergus Kelly/Mark Wastell - Inverted Gravity 06. Max Eastley/Fergus Kelly/Mark Wastell - Seizure Of Light 07. Max Eastley/Fergus Kelly/Mark Wastell - Moonblanched 08. Max Eastley/Fergus Kelly/Mark Wastell - Untethered Personnel: Max Eastley - arc (electro-acoustic monochord) Fergus Kelly - invented instruments, found metals, electronics Mark Wastell - tam tam, metal percussion, piano frame. Recorded in London, March 2017. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORE 009 CHRIS BURN & PHILIP THOMAS : AS IF AS CD 11.2019 01. Chris Burn & Philip Thomas - as if as 02. Chris Burn & Philip Thomas - only the snow 03. Chris Burn & Philip Thomas - 03 Track 3 04. Chris Burn & Philip Thomas - 04 Track 4 05. Chris Burn & Philip Thomas - 05 Track 5 06. Chris Burn & Philip Thomas - 06 Track 6 07. Chris Burn & Philip Thomas - 07 Track 7 08. Chris Burn & Philip Thomas - 08 Track 8 09. Chris Burn & Philip Thomas - 09 Track 9 10. Chris Burn & Philip Thomas - 10 Track 10 11. Chris Burn & Philip Thomas - 11 Track 11 12. Chris Burn & Philip Thomas - 12 Track 12 13. Chris Burn & Philip Thomas - the sky a silver dissonance --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORE 010 MIKE COOPER/MARK WASTELL : SOUND MIRRORS CD 12.2019 1. Abbott's Cliff 06:00 2. Fan Bay 09:05 3. Warden Point 10:30 4. Joss Gap 13:18 5. Maghtab 04:28 6. Boulby 03:31 The UK’s network of crumbling sound mirrors - an early form of radar - supply cues for blues experimenter Mike Cooper and pivotal improvisor Mark Wastell (Company) in an inquisitive collaboration on Wastell’s Confront Recordings. https://boomkat.com/products/sound-mirrors-7d482f3e-d5ef-4078-8eff-1c7cfa39b330 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORE 011 RHODRI DAVIES TRANSVENSAL TIME CD 03.2020 Line up: Rhodri Davies : pedal harp, electric harp Ryoko Akama : electronics Sarah Hughes : zither Sofia Jernberg : vocals Pia Palme : contrabass recorder Adam Parkinson : programming Lucy Railton : cello Pat Thomas : piano, electronics Dafne Vicente-Sandoval : bassoon Rhodri Davies is a free improvisational harp player. He composed Transversal Time in 2017. It was recorded live in Cardiff in April 2018. Its starting point sees each of the musicians playing zither, electronics, contrabass recorder, vocals, in different times - Standard, Decimal and Hex and improvising from there. https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=180419 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORE 012 VIRTUAL COMPANY VIRTUAL COMPANY CD 08.2020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORE 013 TONY OXLEY BEAMING CD 08.2020 01. Tony Oxley Frame I 02. Tony Oxley Frame II 03. Tony Oxley Frame III 04. Tony Oxley Frame IV 05. Tony Oxley Frame V 06. Tony Oxley Frame VI Recorded in Viersen, Germany on November 25th, 2019; Recorded, mixed, and edited by Karsten Lehl. Personnel: Tony Oxley - electronics and concept Stefan Hölker - acoustic percussion. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORE 014 THE SEEN : FOR SAKE OF JOY OF STUDY OF ONESELF TOGETHER CD 03.2021 Personnel: Jennifer Allum - violin Douglas Benford - objects Harry Broadbent - Rhodes piano Bertrand Denzler - tenor saxophone Phil Durrant - modular synth Phil Julian - electronics Dominic Lash - double bass Stewart Lee - narration Graham McKeachan - double bass Mark Wastell - tam tam, harmonium --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORE 015 SPENCER GRADY/FERMATA ARK/MARK WASTELL : THUS-EXCERPTS CD 11.2020 FROM A SMALLER WORK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORE 016 TAKU SUGIMOTO & TAKASHI MASUBUCHI : LIVE AT OTOOTO CD 03.2021 & PERMIAN On Live At OTOOTO & Permian, two guitarists from Japan, Taku Sugimoto and Takashi Masubuchi, ask a series of unresolved questions -- about time, about interplay, about tonality. Those who know Sugimoto's music will recognize here a certain tension, and a feeling for the apposite; these two traits have been core to his playing and composing since he first introduced himself to the broader listening public, in the '90s, with albums like Opposite. Masubuchi, who has also recently collaborated with Shizuo Uchida and Straytone, intersects with Sugimoto in a number of ways -- they share interests in Morton Feldman and in folk blues, both of which are evident here in the abstract. Personnel: Taku Sugimoto - electric guitar; Takashi Masubuchi - acoustic guitar. https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/CORE.016CD.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORE 017 THE SEALED KNOT TWENTY CD 03.2021 Recorded at Cafe OTO, London on March 2, 2020 by Shaun Crook. Personnel: Burkhard Beins - amplified percussion; Rhodri Davies - amplified lap harp; Mark Wastell - dual 32" past tam tams, gongs, Nepalese singing bowls. https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/CORE.017CD.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORE 018 FREQUENCY DISASTERS FREQUENCY DISASTERS CD 11.2020 1. Low Gulp 09:34 2. Studded Shirt 02:36 3. Tuttodipunta 07:11 4. Pink Quote 03:27 5. A Clumsy Title 01:15 6. Energetic Binge 08:01 7. Cosmic Blunders 04:53 8. Boyish Animation 02:57 9. Frequency Disasters 02:50 10. A Mellow Booming 04:47 11. The Delusion Metabolist 04:48 ======================================================================================= CONFRONT 14 AKIO SUZUKI AND DAVID TOOP : BREATH-TAKING CD 10.2014 1. Breath - Taking 37:32 =======================================================================================