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INSTRUMENTAL HAMMILL, August 19, 2003
PETER HAMMILL IS THE KIND OF ARTIST YOU EITHER LOVE OR HATE, THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND, I LOVE HIS WORK BOTH SOLO AND WITH VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR. BOTH MY WIFE AND MY SONGWRITING PARTNER ARE IN THE OTHER CAMPBUT THEY HAVE OFTEN MADE THE COMMENT THAT THEY MIGHT LIKE AN INSTRUMENTAL CD. WELL HERE IT IS. PARTNERED WITH GUY EVANS THE DRUMMER OF VAN DER GRAAF AND A FREQUENT COLLABORATOR ON HAMMILL'S SOLO ALBUMS, SPUR OF THE MOMENT IS COMPRISED OF SPONTANEOUS IMPROVISATIONS. THESE SOUNDSCAPES ARE REMINICENT OF THE BEST OF BRIAN ENO OR ROBERT FRIPP. THEY ARE SLOWLY EVOLVING, AT TIMES ENCHANTING, AND ALLWAYS LISTENABLE. THE CATCH: THEY LACK THE DRAMA AND EMOTION THAT ARE TYPICAL OF HAMMILL'S BEST VOCAL WORK. THIS MAKES THIS CD AN INTERESTING CURIOSITY BUT NOT AN ESSENTIAL CD FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HIS WORK. PURCHASE THE UNION CHAPEL CONCERT, A MORE VARIED RELEASE BY THESE TWO, FIRST.
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