David Coulter "INterVENTION" Young God Records YG10 1999 (53:13)
Kinsnow
Orchestra (3:38)
How Can I Love Thee? (1:29)
Broken
Mass (3:53)
Picnic On... (2:19)
Harmonik (5:56)
Shinju
(Pot Etude #3) (3:29)
Widow's Lament (5:31)
Wailing/Seesaw (4:25)
Darkness Aside Trail (3:11)
Slide Krar Story (5:51)
Looking
at Trees (4:22)/Vocus Solus 2 (1:23)
Stagefright (1:55)
Polaroids (interventions in 10 parts) (5:51)
David Coulter is a multi instrumentalist who was a contributing member of the Pogues and Test Dept., has played with Peter Hammill, The Kronos Quartet, Marc Ribot, Talvin Singh and Roger Eno among others and currently lectures at Stratford-upon-Avon College. "INterVENTION" is his solo debut via Michael Gira's (SWANS, The Angels of Light) Young God Records. Of the 13 tracks found here, the majority were recorded between 1996-99 in various European locations with several different guests, including: Marc Ribot, Steve Nieve (Elvis Costello) and Terry Edwards. To give you an idea of the extensive amount of instrumentation used, here is a list of *just* the stuff Coulter plays: jews harp, krar, soprano and baritone sax, one-string fiddle, violin, accordion, terracotta potts and paper, violectra, double bass, soprano saw, shaker, viola, various didjeridus, bowed bass, hand claps, guitar, and berimbau. Wow! The music is rather difficult to explain (which is good) ... textured drones, percussive bits, unidentifiable/found sounds and a few spoken word passages and wailing vocal parts. The end result is full but uncluttered, experimentally minded meditations with an almost alien, organic/acoustic flavor throughout. The singing saw and guttural chants found in a few pieces took some getting used to but most of the album is soothing rather than abrasive. And all of it is remarkably different and interesting. Leave it to Gira to find and release something this cool, hopefully a sign of things to come from Young God. Upcoming from the label: SWANS "Filth/Body to Body, Job to Job (1982-1985)" 2cd re-issue on March 13th, Ulan Bator "Ego:Echo" in March/April and, on down the road, a new The Angels of Light album and an as yet unnamed project involving Michael Gira, Dan Matz (from Windsor for the Derby) and James Plotkin ...
Where did I get this cd? - Love Garden Sounds in Lawrence, KS.