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giles perring & the exchange
She Arrived Unnamed [Perring]
Giles Perring: Acoustic guitar, piano, bass guitar, percussion, aerosol
Marius Munthe-Kaas: Marimba, xylophone
Esther Swift: Concert harp
Catriona Price: Violin
Ewan Macpherson: Jaw harp, 12 string guitar
Simon Edwards: Bass guitar
Thor [1716] [Perring]
Giles Perring: Drums, percussion, e-bow guitar
The Last Leaf On The Road [Perring]
Giles Perring: Piano, soprano ukelele
Catriona Price: Violins
Esther Swift: Concert harp
Marius Munthe-Kaas: Drum kit, glockenspiel
Kite Hill [Perring/Cayley]
Giles Perring: Sampler, field recordings, electric guitar
John Cayley: Field recordings, text, speech
I Spied Him [Perring/Pappenheim]
Giles Perring: Acoustic guitar, glissando electric guitar
Melanie Pappenheim: Voice
17 Cylinder Petrolhead [Perring]
Giles Perring: Electric guitars, bass guitar, percussion
Marius Munthe-Kaas: Drum kit, percussion
Freewheeling [Perring]
Giles Perring: Harmonium
Simon Edwards: Bass guitar, octave mandola
Marius Munthe-Kaas: Drum kit
Ewan Macpherson: Banjo, 12 string guitar
Didrik Ingvaldsen: Trumpet
Dominique Brackeva: Trombone
Lumpy Man [Perring]
Giles Perring: Drums, electric guitars, bass guitar, synths, programming
Guy Evans: Drum kit
By a Bridge in Banbury [Perring]
Giles Perring: Glissando electric guitars, lead guitar
O Virtus Sapientiae [Hildegard von Bingen. arr: Pappenheim/Perring]
Giles Perring: World Organ
Melanie Pappenheim: Voice
Nanabozhung [Main Theme]
Giles Perring: Glissando electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, wah wah bells, shakers, lead guitar, orchestral bass drum, programming
Recorded and produced by Giles Perring at Sound of Jura Studio, Sandnes Kultur Skole, Ålgård Gamle Kirke.
Additional recording by Simon Edwards for Freewheeling and Melanie Pappenheim for O Virtus Sapientiae
Scottish and UK coordination: Christian Ulf Hansen, Plan C Management
Norwegian coordination: Marius Munthe-Kaas
Giles Perring plays 1962 Fender Jaguar, 1959 Hofner Club 40, Milner Archtop guitar c1930, Squier Bullet Bass c1984. Fender Japan Stratocaster c1994. Steck Pianola, Mason & Hamlin Harmonium, shakers many and various, Hayman drums, darabouka, Premier School Orchestral Bass Drum, cymbals by Zildjian/Zyn/Paiste/Ray Man, Premier Olympic Bass drum, B&M Soprano Ukelele c1985, Akai S3000 sampler, Yamaha CS-5 synthesiser, Casio CZ101 synthesiser. Amplification includes 1960 Watkins Westminter, 1963 Selmer Twin-Selectortone, SWR Goliath, Award Sessionette. Giles also uses the following Echo City instruments: Blue Drums, Oxybells, WahWah Bells,
The World Organ is a sound sculpture situated on the Isle of Jura. Please visit www.worldorgan.com for more information.
This album’s sounds were captured on cassette tape, minidisc, Motu Traveler Mk 1, Allen & Heath ZEDR16, Zoom H2N and H4N, with a variegated range of microphones.
Photos and cover layout feature images of a piano found at Knockrome, Isle of Jura, taken by Giles Perring.