Louis Phillipe: An American Friend (6mins 30secs) Album: Jean Renoir Cherry Red CDMRED162 Web Link 1: www.louisphilippe.co.uk
:: Track 2
Gentle Giant: On Reflection (5mins 42secs) Album: Free Hand Beat Goes On BGOCD421 Web Link 1: www.blazemonger.com/gg
:: Track 3
Bobby McFerrin: Train (6mins 15secs) Album: Medicine Music Blue Note 7920482 Web Link 1: www.bobbymcferrin.com
BACKGROUND
Three gradually accelerating tracks from three very different genres that illustrate the infinite possibilities thrown up by combining (mainly) voices and percussion. It's worth noting that the Louis Philippe track (composed and arranged in collaboration with Dean Broderick) uses sounds derived exclusively from the human voice a good 12 years before Bjork did the same on Medulla.