Fjall - From The Rough Hill [CD]

A new quartet formed with a view to making improvised music and instant compositions which avoid the highly active language of free improvisation and tends more towards ritual folk or even contemporary classical music . The result is atmospheric and occasionally unsettling, as the music ripples between spacious, metallic and otherworldly soundscapes to earthy, rhythmic and strident, yet melodic tones. The use of unusual/ethnic instruments married with two percussionists gives a distinctive flavour of the unexpected, shades of AMM meeting The Third Ear Band maybe... <br><br>Fjall recorded live sessions in the studio and also live performance to develop this multi layered and multi-instrumental album. <br><br>Expect the sonic atmosphere of the elemental tempered by sounds 'from the rough hill' (Fjall). <br><br>Martin Archer: concert flute, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, recorders, harmonicas, melodica, sopranino saxophone, Hulusi flute, percussion, electronics. <br>Jan Todd: baritone psaltery, electric Harp.E, cross strung harp, tagelharpa, waterphone, Hulusi flute, cello, electronics, looping, field recordings. <br> Fran Comyn: frame drums, gongs, cymbals, bells, bowls, hand percussion, field recordings. <br> Richard Jackson: drums and percussion.</p>