ALTERATIONS 'UP YOUR SLEEVE' RARE DAVID TOOP AVANT GARDE LP UK QUARTZ 1980 M-
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ALTERATIONS
'Up Your Sleeve'
1980 Quartz Records LP 006. Stereo pressing
COVER: M- (general age-wear), VINYL (Goldmine Grading): Shiny M-
Ultra Rare & beautiful original UK 1st pressing of this cult Avant Garde LP!
Alterations existed as a group 1977-1986. They published 3 LP's (Alterations, bead 9,1978; Up Your Sleeve, !Quartz 006, 1980; My favourite Animals, nato 280, 1984) - the first two with live recordings.
The great discovery of Alterations was that musical styles and idioms are there to be played with, not taken dead serious - whether while cultivating them or while striving to avoid them. Notice, for instance, the coming and going of something similar to a classical idiom and of a certain well-known tune in the beginning of the Copenhagen track. Or the reggae appearing like a Fata Morgana or like soap bubbles in the Frankfurt track. Such an approach opens up new semantic perspectives: musical travelling takes place not just within one universe of sound, but between several ones. Speaking of historical context, Alterations was formed at a time when the London improvised music scene was widening out, mixing musicians of all ages and stylistic backgrounds.
Dealing with music as a pluralistic and inclusive process involves tolerance and the acceptance of conflict. Steve Beresford's statement seems to hit the point: "The improvised music performances which don't work for me are those which are exactly trying to project an image of pure music which doesn't have the same problems that most music has and that most life has".
CARL BERGSTRØM-NIELSEN.
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