Music with the ground-breaking electronic and "chordal" drum kit at its heart.
Disc A
BILL BRUFORD'S EARTHWORKS - EARTHWORKS
TRACKLIST:
1. Thud
2. Making A Song And Dance
3. Up North
4. Pressure
5. My Heart Declares A Holiday
6. Emotional Shirt
7. It Needn't End In Tears
8. Shepherd Is Eternal
9. The Bridge Of Inhibition
10. A Stone's Throw
11. All Heaven Broke Loose
Following his tenure with Genesis, Bill recorded his debut album as a leader-- "Feels Good To Me", released 1978. Bill would subsequently go on to form the band Bruford and record two further studio albums and a live album before returning to King Crimson in the early eighties. Following a number three studio albums with King Crimson the band decided to take a hiatus and around late 1986 early 1987 Bill decided to form the band Earthworks. The band would be something different in jazz circles however as it would feature electronic drums rather than the traditional acoustic set of drums normally found in a jazz band. Earthworks Mark 1 also featured horn players Django Bates and Iain Ballamy alongside upright bassist Mick Hutton who was subsequently replaced by Tim Harries.
The contrast between the acoustic front line of Bates, Ballamy and Hutton was a strong and powerful contrast to the electronic percussion supplied by Bill Bruford and the band received many critical plaudits.
Disc B
BILL BRUFORD'S EARTHWORKS - DIG
TRACKLIST:
1. Stromboli Kicks
2. Gentle Persuasion
3. Downtown
4. Pilgrim's Way
5. Dancing On Frith Street
6. A Stone's Throw
7. Libreville
8. Corroboree
9. Emotional Shirt
10. Pigalle
Following his tenure with Genesis, Bill recorded his debut album as a leader-- "Feels Good To Me", released 1978. Bill would subsequently go on to form the band Bruford and record two further studio albums and a live album before returning to King Crimson in the early eighties. Following a number three studio albums with King Crimson the band decided to take a hiatus and around late 1986 early 1987 Bill decided to form the band Earthworks. The band would be something different in jazz circles however as it would feature electronic drums rather than the traditional acoustic set of drums normally found in a jazz band. Earthworks Mark 1 also featured horn players Django Bates and Iain Ballamy alongside upright bassist Mick Hutton who was subsequently replaced by Tim Harries.
The contrast between the acoustic front line of Bates, Ballamy and Hutton was a strong and powerful contrast to the electronic percussion supplied by Bill Bruford and the band received many critical plaudits.
The debut Earthworks album features a number of key tracks including My Heart Declares A Holiday and Bridge Of Inhibition.
Disc C
BILL BRUFORD'S EARTHWORKS - ALL HEAVEN BROKE LOOSE
Track Listing:
1. Hotel Splendour
2. Forget-Me-Not
3. Candles Still Flicker In Romania's Dark
4. Pigalle
5. Temple Of The Winds
6. Nerve
7. Splashing Out
8. All Heaven Broke Loose: (a) Psalm (b) Old Song
9. Libreville
10. PilgrimÕs Way
By 1991 and the release of the third album "All Heaven Broke Loose", much of the chordal work in the band was delivered astonishingly by Bill from the drums; heard to good effect here on the title track, and "Candles Still Flicker in Romania's Dark". Other key tracks include the House-inspired "Splashing Out", and the North-African influenced "Pigalle".
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