Alt (CD)

Auf dem Esoteric Recordings Sub-Label Esoteric Antenna erscheint das brandneue Studio-Projekt der legendären Progressive Rock-Formation Van Der Graaf Generator. "Alt" ist zugleich der Nachfolger zu "A Grounding In Numbers" aus dem vergangenen Jahr. Bei "Alt" handelt es sich um ein außergewöhnliches Van Der Graaf Generator-Album. Band-Mitglied Peter Hammill erklärt dazu: "Instrumental Improvs & Experiments - Most of the music on "ALT" was made while we weren't really looking, or perhaps only while the left side of our collective brain was engaged. The album is a mixture of improvisations recorded at sound checks and in the studio and more considered sonic creations which often verge on Musique Concrete. The fourteen pieces here offer a fascinating glimpse into an alternative Van der Graaf Generator sound world. Perhaps the closest comparison would be with the second CD of "Present", but even the link with those recordings is tenuous. Even by Van der Graaf Generator standards, this stuff's at the wacky end of the scale!". Dieses Instrumental-Album zeigt eine neue Perspektive in der Musik von Van Der Graaf Generator - eine echte Hörerfahrung!