Derivatives is the name of a series of cover versions of (mostly) instrumentals dear to the heart of The Laconic. "The Belldog" is from After The Heat (1978) by Eno, Moebius, and Roedelius. In high school I spent a lot of Read more
Derivatives is the name of a series of cover versions of (mostly) instrumentals dear to the heart of The Laconic.
"The Belldog" is from After The Heat (1978) by Eno, Moebius, and Roedelius. In high school I spent a lot of time at the public library, and scoured its music collection for anything remotely proggy. This album has always stuck in my head since then, especially "Broken Head" and "Tzima N'Arki". And when I finally re-acquired the album after a few decades, "The Belldog" was what I obsessed about.
"Spanish Tune" is an excerpt from side 2 of Hergest Ridge (1974). The first time I listened to HR, in the small hours of the morning, the manic week that I wrote what would become "Refuge", this section hit me as something special. Recording was a challenge, involving more than one instrument that I had to learn to play well enough that the result would be listenable. But in the process, I was able to justify my purchase of a mandolin.
"The Belldog" is from After The Heat (1978) by Eno, Moebius, and Roedelius. In high school I spent a lot of time at the public library, and scoured its music collection for anything remotely proggy. This album has always stuck in my head since then, especially "Broken Head" and "Tzima N'Arki". And when I finally re-acquired the album after a few decades, "The Belldog" was what I obsessed about.
"Spanish Tune" is an excerpt from side 2 of Hergest Ridge (1974). The first time I listened to HR, in the small hours of the morning, the manic week that I wrote what would become "Refuge", this section hit me as something special. Recording was a challenge, involving more than one instrument that I had to learn to play well enough that the result would be listenable. But in the process, I was able to justify my purchase of a mandolin.