Peter Giger et cie. made a handful of records of which this third from 1980 is the most accessible, in my view. Note the presence of progressive luminary Wolfgang Dauner (perhaps that word is insufficient, let's refer to him as German artistic genius with the golden Midas touch, every album he was involved in such as the Et Cetera band turned to musical gold). But let's not ignore Peter Giger, of Dzyan and subsequently Giger Lenz Maron fame, and Sax player Alan Skidmore (Soft Machine connection there), plus the great Trilok Gurtu. (The last and least known members Doug Hammond and Tom Nicholas were percussionists as well.) I guess these all-percussion albums were another odd trend of this progressive period in time, I doubt many such are being made today anymore.
Check the prestidigitation of all sixty fingers from 6 humans in this track:
Amazing? Unfortunately their other records are not quite as good, with a surfeit of the percussion to which their name is all too deeply indebted. The first in particular, wherein the band name appears as album title, was all improvised, and mostly drumming.
But thanks to my friend for introducing this little jewel which I would otherwise have eschewed.
But thanks to my friend for introducing this little jewel which I would otherwise have eschewed.
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Regarding that first album (Peter Giger - Family of Percussion, originally released 1976) - do you have a copy you can post? I've found most tracks on youtube over the years but one track is still eluding me. I tried contacting Mr Giger multiple times over several years to ask about making this album available to buy digitally and never got any response. There's never been a modern reissue (I think the vinyl got a rerelease in '79). So - fair game for sharing?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure I have it somewhere I'll see if I can find it for you
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