Addendum: GENTLE FIRE

BRITISH ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC MUSIC FROM THE 70s

Last week, while scanning the Blogosphere from the East, the West, the South, and the North, I came across this likkle blog:

http://protectingterrorists.blogspot.com/

I was stunned - not only does this blog offer interesting and un-mainstreamy musical rarities - no, it also features visual material and textpieces, rather informative & written with wit, about various phenomena & topics: society, politics, science, whatever. In short: a blog made to bookmark.
While looking around, I discovered a post from September 07 which presented a very rare recording from the British electroacoustic ensemble Gentle Fire (I posted their only released studio LP, along with some unreleased group compositions some time ago here on the Closet - please check the archives for details).
What I found on this blog was a very rare & unreleased LIVE-RECORDING of Gentle Fire's "GROUP COMPOSITION IV (Glastonbury Fair)" from 1971/72. With more than 60 minutes of WARPED sounds from Gentle Fire's electric gong tree, mixed with traditional instruments - filtered and tweaked through VCS-3 synthesizers and a self-designed array of electronics, this piece guarantees a DEEP DIVE into the unique ELECTRIFIED soundworld that was Gentle Fire:

http://protectingterrorists.blogspot.com/2007/09/gentle-fire-group-composition-iv-1972.html

The download also includes a very info-heavy & detailled article on Gentle Fire, written by founder-member Hugh Davies, who sadly passed away some time ago - much too early.

Go & get it now.