Gleam and Iridescence, by Alan Walks

Gleam and Iridescence

by Alan Walks

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1.	Curtain 05:44	buy track
2.	Sleeping Days 06:16	buy track
3.	Mario's BBQ 02:36	buy track
4.	That's It For You 16:08	buy track
5.	Me Machine 04:47	buy track
6.	Eye Teeth 09:18	buy track
7.	Misguided/Guided 03:33	buy track
8.	Pins and Nine Chains 20:07	buy track

about

Total time = 68:21

Post-rock before the term was coined, this instrumental double-album was released on cassette in Halifax (NS) in late summer 1991 (two months before Neil Young's Arc-Weld and roughly three years before Godspeed You Black Emperor's first cassette album). Each track is unique and different, with the in-your-face of That's It for You contrasting with ordered machinic melancholy of Me Machine, or the dreamy acoustic build of Sleeping Days. Alan's personal favourite here is Eye Teeth, composed for trumpets and guitar feedback - clearly not for everyone. Pins and Nine Chains also. All now lovingly re-mastered for improved sound quality.

Alan Walks plays on this album:
Trumpets
Guitars
Vibraphone
Bass
Drums/Percussion
&
Analog Synth on 'Curtain'

(note: On all other tracks any chords and sonic washes are all provided by multi-tracked trumpets and guitar/feedback - the only synth appears on Curtain)

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released August 1, 1991

All compositions by Alan Walks.

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Alan Walks - Electric Toronto, Ontario

Alan Walks has been making music for over two decades, from jazz to avant-garde electric, psychedelic, progressive rock and punk. This site features his more electric music and will be updated as new albums are released & old are remastered.

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