COMPANY Epiphany 2xLP/1982 Incus/Derek Bailey/Fred Frith/Motoharu Yoshizawa/etc.

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COMPANY 'Epiphany' Double LP (UK, Honest Jons Records, Catalogue #HJRLP211) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2019 Honest Jons Records label special Double LP edition/presentation of 1982 Company session featuring Derek Bailey, Ursula Oppens, Fred Frith, George Lewis, Akio Suzuki, Julie Tippetts, Motoharu Yoshizawa, Anne Le Baron, Keith Tippett and Phil Wachsmann.

(NOTE: LIMITED VINYL EDITION!)

Honest Jon's Records present a reissue of Company's Epiphany, originally released in 1982.

Epiphany \ i-?pi-f?-n? \ (1) a manifestation of the essential nature of something (usually sudden) (2) an intuitive grasp of reality through something (usually simple and striking) (3) an illuminating discovery or disclosure.

All three definitions apply perfectly to this span of music recorded at London's ICA in July 1982. It's a miracle of group interaction, wonderfully paced, moving steadily between moments of mounting intensity and tension. The passage about halfway through -- when Derek Bailey's harmonics ring out above a sheen of inside piano tremolos and shimmering electronics, topped off by Julie Tippetts's soaring vocalese -- is simply sublime. After which it's fun to try and tell the two pianists apart. Are those runs Ursula Oppens, with her formidable technique honed from years performing some of the twentieth century's most difficult notated new music, or are those Keith Tippett's crunchy jazz zigzags? Are those intriguing twangs from one of Akio Suzuki's invented instruments or could they be Fred Frith's or Phil Wachsmann's electronics? Bah, who cares? There's plenty of room for the more delicate instruments too, like Anne LeBaron's harp picking its way gingerly through a pin-cushion of pings and scratches from Bailey and bassist Motoharu Yoshizawa. Of course, some performers are instantly recognizable: Tippetts, as lyrical and flighty on flute as when she sings, Phil Wachsmann, sinuous and sensitive on violin, and trombonist George Lewis, who, as John Zorn once put it, "swings his motherfucking ass off." So many magical moments abound, from the opening dawn chorus of Tippetts' voice and Frith's guitar swooping through a rainforest of exquisite piano cascades, to the Zen calm of the closing moments. Epiphany, indeed. Housed in a gatefold sleeve.

- Honest Jon's Records present a reissue of Company's Epiphany, originally released in 1982.
- A miracle of group interaction, wonderfully paced, moving steadily between moments of mounting intensity and tension.
- Features Derek Bailey, Julie Tippetts, Ursula Oppens, Keith Tippett, Akio Suzuki, Fred Frith, Phil Wachsmann, Anne LeBaron, Motoharu Yoshizawa, and George Lewis.    

Tracks on this Double LP are as follows:

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