Max Eastley

Installation Recordings (1973-2008)

(Paradigm Discs, PD 26) (UK) (2-CD set)

CD 1

1. Installation No. 3 Pt. 1 (2:54)
   Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 1979
   
   
2. Wooden Blocks and Brass Sheet (3:05)
   Metropole Gallery, Folkestone, 2008
   
   
3. Aerophones 1 (3:35)
   Recorded in monaural in Wiltshire, 1975
   
   
4. Monochord [1975] (3:48)
   
   
5. Aerophones 2 (2:40)
   Recorded in monaural in Wiltshire, 1975
   
   
6. Motors and Metal Rods 1 (2:25)
   
   
7. Aerophones 3 (1:01)
   Recorded in monaural in Wiltshire, 1975
   
   
8. Serpentine Gallery Installation (5:17)
   St. Paul's Cathedral School choir: impromptu harmonies (1976)
   
   
9. Installation for the film Clocks of the Midnight Hours (1:58)
   Film directed by Simon Reynell, 1990
   
   
10. Stone Circle 1 (1:57)
    Metropole Gallery, Folkestone, 2008
    
    
11. Motors and Metal Rods 2 [1980] (3:43)
12. Centriphone - Amplified and Filtered [1973] (6:30)
    
    
13. Hydrophone String Installation (3:10)
    Llanfylin, Wales, 1976
    
    
14. Half Speed Metal Installation [1973] (3:59)
    
    
15. Stone Circle 2 (1:37)
    Metropole Gallery, Folkestone, 2008
    
    
16. Two Aeolian Arcs [1974] (4:50)
17. Strings - Interior and Exterior [2009] (7:02)

CD 2

1. 2 Aeolian Harps Pt. 1 [1980] (5:03)
   
   
2. Wooden Blocks (2:11)
   Metropole Gallery, Folkestone, 2008
   
   
3. 2 Aeolian Harps Pt. 2 [1980] (3:26)
   
   
4. Aerophones 4 (4:05)
   Recorded on the beach at Slapton Sands, Devon, for the film Clocks of the Midnight Hours
   
   
5. Motor and Strings [1976] (3:01)
   
   
6. Aerophones 5 (0:44)
   Recorded on the beach at Slapton Sands, Devon, for the film Clocks of the Midnight Hours
   
   
7. Installation No. 3 Pt. 2 (4:30)
   Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 1979
   
   
8. Aerophones 6 (0:54)
   Recorded on the beach at Slapton Sands, Devon, for the film Clocks of the Midnight Hours
   
   
9. Aeolean Arc and Strings [1974] (4:48)
   
   
10. Aerophones 7 (1:51)
    Recorded on the beach at Slapton Sands, Devon, for the film Clocks of the Midnight Hours
    
    
11. Friction Tubes [1975] (3:54)
    
    
12. Aeolian Flutes (5:24)
    Recorded on the beach at Slapton Sands, Devon, for the film Clocks of the Midnight Hours
    
    
13. Wire on Paper (3:39)
    Metropole Gallery, Folkestone, 2008
    
    
14. Aeolian Flutes and Aeolian Harp [1975] (0:56)
    
    
15. Installation (4:13)
    Waterloo Gallery, London, 1981
    
    
16. Aeolian Flutes 2 [1975] (5:13)
    
    
17. Whirled Music [1990] (1:08)
    Performed by Steve Beresford, Max Eastley, and Dave Holmes
    
    
18. Swung Aeolian Flutes and Grass Blade (2:18)
    Hadley Wood, 1979
    Hannah Charlton, Peter Cusack, Max Eastley, George Lewis, and Pamela Marre: Aeolian flutes
    George Lewis: grass blade

CD 1: All tracks recorded by Max Eastley except (2, 10, 15), recorded by Clive Graham, and (9), recorded by Ray Beckett; tracks (8, 17) mixed by Clive Graham
CD 2: All tracks recorded by Max Eastley except (4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 17), recorded by Ray Beckett, and (2, 13), recorded by Clive Graham

Recorded between 1973 and 2008
All recordings made in and around London unless otherwise indicated
Compiled by Clive Graham
Analog tapes transferred by Syngen Brown
Produced and designed by Clive Graham
Includes a 20-page booklet with color photos of installations, and liner notes by Max Eastley (in English)
Photos by Max Eastley, Roberto Masotti, Matt Rowe, and Pamela Marre
Drawings by Max Eastley

Released in 2010

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