Compositional concept circa 1978; here performed by the composer on 'The Obelisk' (comprising 3 gongs, 5 singing bowls, 4 camel bells, 6 cowbells, 2 Chinese cymbals, 2 splash cymbals, 7 mixing bowls & Turkish dumbek) for the first time in 29 years...
Uploaded Part Two this afternoon - usually takes a few hours to work its way through onto the Youtube search engines.
sabrinaeden 4 years ago
Nowt wrong wi' the above clip, it's very fine indeed. But it ain't One Tree. The piece or the concept may well have mellowed and morphed in your mind over the years, but for us mere devoted listeners there is only one One Tree - if you see what I mean. It's like G Formby announcing Mr Wu and doing Fanlight Fanny. Yet to find part two..
DannyDesperate 4 years ago
No voice for screaming these days; otherwise for a marked improvement on the above, try 'One Tree - Part Two'
sabrinaeden 4 years ago
Trust me, this is NOT One Tree. Sedayne is either teasing or testing us here with the intro. The shattering repetitive drum phrase interspersed with Sedayne screaming at tam-tams to set his whole percussion rig resonating would send the most hardened of would be avant garde experimental industrial loopers and tattoo emblazoned metal protagonists scurring back to childhood books and the safety of the family home to put their thumbs back in their mouths.
DannyDesperate 4 years ago