Various – Flux Gourmet LP
SKU BING-197
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UPC: 600197019719
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In Peter Strickland’s Flux Gourmet, a dysfunctional group of performance artists undertake a month-long residency at an institute devoted to culinary disciplines. Food is interrogated for its sonic potential as the group mic-up, amplify, distort and transform what they cook in front of an audience. The noise that the characters in the film itself make is driven by food blenders, overflowing cauldrons of gurgling soup and sizzling frying pans (courtesy of The Sonic Catering Band), yet the music that soundtracks the culinary capers is engorged with aching melodies and wordless, airy vocals. Contributors include Cavern Of Anti-Matter, Jeremy Barnes and Heather Trost of A Hawk And A Hacksaw and Trost’s band, Roj (formerly of Broadcast), and Nurse With Wound. Flux Gourmet is presented in a lush 2xLP package with an ornate, colorful design and Strickland’s detailed liner notes.
Image, color, light and sound are integrated and heightened to delirious levels of hyperreality, much like Strickland’s past works, Berberian Sound Studio and In Fabric. Flux Gourmet very much alludes to his past as a member of The Sonic Catering Band, which he founded back in 1996. The band split on several occasions and got back together to create new pieces for the soundtrack, concocting strange sonic morsels and treating recipes as if they were scores. The lines between what is on the screen and what is on the soundtrack are blurred, with the band (mostly) using the exact same equipment (which they loaned to the production) and recipes as in the film. However, for all the conceptual rigour on display, the music on the Flux Gourmet is ultimately in pursuit of catharsis, as one character concedes. The power of music and / or noise to purge and cleanse its makers (and hopefully, listeners) of their ills and woes.
Various – Flux Gourmet
Label: |
Ba Da Bing! – BING-197 |
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Format: |
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
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Country: |
US |
Released: |
Jan 26, 2024 |
Genre: |
Electronic, Stage & Screen |
Style: |
Experimental |
Tracklist
| A1 | Heather Trost– | Early Gardens
Instruments – Heather Trost, Jeremy Barnes
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2:25 |
| A2 | Roj*– | Trip To The Shops
Synthesizer [ARP 2600], Gong [Gongs], Written-By [By] – Richard Stevens*
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3:14 |
| A3 | The Sonic Catering Band*– | Death Borscht
Performer [With] – Charlotte Hatherley, Colin Potter, Fatma Mohamed, Jean-Sebastien Durocher, Tim Harrison
Written-By [By], Performer [By] – Colin Fletcher, Dan Hayhurst*, Peter Strickland, Tim Kirby
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3:02 |
| A4 | The Sonic Catering Band*– | The Third Gastric Surge Of The Night
Written-By [By], Performer [By] – Colin Fletcher, Peter Strickland, Tim Kirby
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5:55 |
| A5 | Jeremy Barnes– | The Funeral Table
Instruments – Heather Trost, Jeremy Barnes
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3:13 |
| B1 | The Sonic Catering Band*– | Greed
Written-By [By], Performer [By] – Peter Strickland, R.R. Habarc
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3:17 |
| B2 | The Sonic Catering Band*– | HLA-DQ8
Written-By [By], Performer [By] – Peter Strickland
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0:36 |
| B3 | Heather Trost– | Earlier Gardens
Instruments – Heather Trost, Jeremy Barnes
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1:29 |
| B4 | Roj*– | Trip To The Shops (Footfall)
Written-By [By], Synthesizer [ARP 2600], Gong [Gongs] – Richard Stevens*
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3:39 |
| B5 | Nurse With Wound– | Hindu Monastery Breakfast
Written-By [By], Performer [By] – Petr Vastl, Steven Stapleton
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8:37 |
| B6 | Tim Harrison– | Omhlettes Law | 0:29 |
| C1 | The Sonic Catering Band*– | Vegetable Trash
Vocals – Heather Trost
Written-By [By], Performer [By] – Charlotte Hatherley, Colin Fletcher, Peter Strickland, Tim Kirby
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2:20 |
| C2 | The Sonic Catering Band*– | A Sedimental Journey
Written-By [By], Performer [By] – Colin Fletcher, Peter Strickland
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4:14 |
| C3 | The Sonic Catering Band*– | Baron Von Omelette
Written-By [By], Performer [By] – Colin Fletcher, Peter Strickland, Tim Kirby
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1:08 |
| C4 | The Sonic Catering Band*– | Dossierge De Canteen
Written-By [By], Performer [By] – Dan Hayhurst*, Peter Strickland
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1:07 |
| C5 | Cavern Of Anti-Matter– | Insufflation Tube
Written-By [By], Performer [By] – Holger Zapf, Tim Gane
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1:01 |
| C6 | Jeremy Barnes– | The Funeral Table (Gluten-Free)
Instruments – Heather Trost, Jeremy Barnes
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1:52 |
| C7 | The Sonic Catering Band*– | A Pain I Can't Hold In
Written-By [By], Performer [By] – Colin Fletcher, Peter Strickland, Tim Kirby
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3:06 |
| D1 | Heather Trost– | Earliest Gardens
Instruments – Heather Trost, Jeremy Barnes
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1:42 |
| D2 | Dan Hayhurst*– | Monday Service
Voice – Britta Gartner
Words By [Words] – Peter Strickland
Written-By [By], Tape [Uher Report Monitor 4200 Reel-To-Reel Tape Recorder With Chopping Board] – Dan Hayhurst*
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3:40 |
| D3 | The Sonic Catering Band*– | Dietary Crash II
Written-By [By], Performer [By] – Colin Fletcher, Peter Strickland, Tim Kirby
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2:03 |
| D4 | Marta Salogni– | Cross-Contamination
Tape [REVOX PR99 And AKAI 4000DS Reel-To-Reel Tape Recorders] – Marta Salogni
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3:56 |
| D5 | Roj*– | Trip To The Shops (Closing Down)
Synthesizer [ARP 2600], Gong [Gongs] – Richard Stevens*
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3:00 |
| D6 | Jeremy Barnes– | The Funeral Table (Demonstration)
Instruments – Heather Trost, Jeremy Barnes
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3:11 |
D2 Dan Hayhurst*– Monday Service 3:40
D3 The Sonic Catering Band*– Dietary Crash II 2:03
D4 Marta Salogni– Cross-Contamination 3:56
D5 Roj*– Trip To The Shops (Closing Down) 3:00
D6 Jeremy Barnes– The Funeral Table (Demonstration) 3:11
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