viz EXCISIONS series

excision one
for 10 string electric guitar, 6 string bass, and treated acoustic drum kit.
direct recording. single take.

excision two
for 10 string electric guitar, electric piano, and treated acoustic drum kit.
direct recording. single take.

excision three
for three amplified acoustic guitars, laptop, and field recording.
direct recording. single take.
*here, murmurists play rod hull to pat metheny’s emu.

excision four
for amplified acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 6 string bass, and treated acoustic drum kit.
direct recording. single take.
*here, murmurists reference aspects of david cunliffe’s drumming ca. 1990.

excision five
for amplified acoustic guitar, sequencer, ring modulator, laptop, and treated acoustic drum kit.
direct recording. single take.

excision six
for electric guitar, 4 string bass, synthesiser, and acoustic drum kit.
direct recording. single take.
*here, murmurists play rod hull to killing joke’s emu.

excision seven
for two electric guitars, synthesiser, drum machine, and treated human voice.
direct recording. single take.
*here, murmurists reference The Three Johns drum machinery, Geordie Walker’s guitar sound, and aspects of Jack Derbyshire’s synthesiser playing ca. 1990.

excision eight
for two drum machines and two electric violins.
direct recording. single take.

excision nine
for 4 string bass, two synthesisers, drum machine, treated acoustic drum kit, and treated human voice.
direct recording. single take.
*here, murmurists use min/maj phrasing and the phrase ‘trade follows breeze’.

excision ten
for 4 string bass, acoustic snare drum, two drum machines, field recording, and electric guitar.
direct recording. single take.
*here, murmurists reference the music of weather report and include an actual weather report.

excision eleven
for electric guitar, treated acoustic drum kit, 6 string bass, and live electronics and processing.
direct recording. single take.