Various Artists - Miniatures 2020 (2 CD, 64 page booklet)
Disc 1
Bendle & Dean "Speedwell" Brodrick - I am Sitting in a Womb
Gary Clail Soundsystem - Divide Dub
David Jackson - Still Spinning
Sonja Kristina & Robert Norton - Dead Violin
Kevin Hewick - Ego Death in Apple World
David Cunningham - Speak Not Speak
Ihrsan - Spaceman Spiff (Spiffing Version)
Big Al Davies - As I Live
Phil Doleman - A Minute Lasts Forever When You're Waiting For The Man
Martin Newell - Love You For A Minute
David Thomas - Wig Alley
Albie Donneley's Supercharge - Eve
Half Japanese and Dot Wiggin - I'm Henry the VIII I am
Rapoon - The Size Of My Shoes
Chris Cutler - 04:05:09
Alahuta - L'adieu au cerf
Jaded Tea Time Orchestra - The Dentist
Rosie Abbott - Be The Weather
Pompadour - The Ways It Goes Wrong
Lobby Lud & The Luddites - Hoist The Gin Pennant
00:20:13 Side break
Sherwood & Pinch - Stowaway
Attila The Stockbroker - Mountaineering in Belgium
Ric Sanders - Angel in Blue
Rosie Abbott - Skegness
Ezio - Cheap Chinese Chair
Findlay Napier - Mayfly
Dylan Howe - Would That It Were
Bob Drake - The Sound In The Church
Madga Archer & the Cola Cubes - I Like What You Like
Elena Theodorou - Layers
Geoff Leigh & Cristiana Vignatelli Bruni - Mutin Arise
Greta Aurora - Roses
Andy Ellison - Was He Pushed?
Das Rad - 60 Second Man
Tom Robinson - Group Hug
John Ellis - One-Way Street (Corona Mix)
dilate. - Blink
About Now - Needle
Lorraine Bowen - Be Original
Frenzid Melon - Temporarily Out Of Order
Yumi Hara - Slice
00:40:47 Side break
Geoffrey Richardson - Little Blues For Rupert
Sensible Gray Cells - Tragic Roundabout
Jon Owen - I Had A Little Nut Tree (for Charlie Chops)
Jayne Mason - The Bush Inn
The Residents - Irish Wife
Bruce Woolley - Jets Of Summer
Fred Frith - Resolve
Henry Priestman - Suffice To Say
The Neu Psodyms - I Made Muffins
Blabbermouth - Tohuku Manga (miniature)
Sean WO Smith - Crushed
Joby Burgess - Silver White Metal
Martin Stephen - Impressions
Clive Pig - Sir Gammer Vans
A Powdered Theorem - Mark The Day
Boo Hewerdine - Listen
Nick Haeffner - EFS 20201
Unfolk - Miniatura Luigi Russolo
William Hayter - Isolation
John Greaves - Like A Glove
Disc 2
Hazel Jones - Sawing
Toyah with Simon Darlow and Bobby Willcox - Future Dreaming
Alan J. Stuart - Pebbles
Helen McCookerybook - Moths
Pariah State Building - This Is What I Want To Say About The Removal Of Statues
Mr. B the Gentleman Rhymer - The Skills That Used To Pay The Bills
Henry Kaiser - I'm The Guy Who Found The Lost Chord
John Otway - Gone In Less Than A Minute
R. Stevie Moore - Knickerbocker Salute Tactic
Jake Burns - Everlasting Love
Ben Hewerdine - The Moment
Matt Dangerfield & Margaret Barry - Margaret Barry's Lullaby
MX-80 Sound - Spoonfight 77
Stuart Moxham - Heart Of Glass
Alternative TV - Fr
John Dunbar - You Didn't Kill Hope
Barry Lamb - Eilkrankenheit
Jasun Martz - Memento Mori Memento Vivere
Steve Johnson - Send In The Suits
Angel Corpus Christi - Baby Oh Baby
Boo Hewerdine - 11:59:00
00:19:46 Side break
Eyeless In Gaza - Sirens Crying, Figures Shuffling
The Bevis Frond - Time She Loves
Peter Blegvad - Amputated Twin
Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britian - Rubber Uke
Mitch Friedman - Microscopic Epic
Hadar Manor - Desert Of My Mind
John Simms' Light Trails - Sky Glitz
Sigh Figh - Sleepy Cat
Jack Simons - Some Time To Breathe
Shop Girls - Laugh
Masonic Kitchen - New Thing
Simon Steensland - The Idiot Waltz
Neil Luck - Toddle
Robert Le Plar - Down At The Bush
Basil Kirchin - K Piano
Isatta Sheriff - Knock Knock
Emperor Rhubarb - Trebarwith Strand
Six Armed Man - In The Mist
Intercontinental Philharmonic Orchestra - The Disasters Of War
Findlay Napier - Tell Someone You Love Them
Adam Absent - There's No Such Thing As Crime
Billy Bragg - Ode To Joy
00:40:50 Side Break
Terry Riley & Sara Miyamoto - Tomb Song
Shiva Feshareki - Poet
Mike Adcock - The Last Minute Waltz
Apartment House - One Minute of Apartment House
Wavis O'Shave - Mr. Owl Ate My Metal Worm (The Palindrome Song)
Matmos - Everything Has To Be Perfect Or I Hate Myself
Two Headed Emperor - We Only Have One Minute
Stewart Lee - Skippy(After Frank Skinner)
David Cross and Mori - Before
Jim Tetlow - Around (Edit)
Hanging Freud - Bonding
David Jackson - Jam Man Hitchcock
Grand Hotel - The Clock Is Ticking
Bringers Of Change - Shame
Kev Hegan - The Message
Lester Square - White Christmas
Census Of Hallucinations - Spiritual Sensitivity (Dub)
Tears Of Sirens - Not Far From Eden
Francesco Paolo Paladino & Ka - The End Of A Culture
The Miniatures Family - Mass Exctintion Event
... and now we have this third, even more expanded homage. The idea is simplicity itself: invite a selected body of artists to make a piece one minute long and then group them together in through-listening blocks.
There are 124 contributors here, some well-thumbed including The Residents, Fred Frith, Stewart Lee, Billy Bragg, David Thomas, John Otway, R Stevie Moore, Peter Blegvad, Eyeless In Gaza, The Bevis Frond, Gary Clail, Adrian Sherwood, Henry Kaiser, Census Of Hallucinations, Atilla the Stockbroker, Terry Riley, Half Japanese, Matmos, Apartment House, Tom Robinson, Bob Drake, Alternative TV, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, Two Headed Emperor, Bringers Of Change, Boo Hewerdine etc.,
along with many others lesser known or as well known but in other musical circles - including members of Van der Graaf Generator, Curved Air, Zoviet France, Stomu Yamashta’s Red Buddha Theatre, Soft Machine, Fairport Convention, The Blockheads,The Stranglers, Clear Blue Sky, Young Marble Giants, The Boys, Pere Ubu, John’s Children, Henry Cow, PiL, Alternative TV, Caravan, The Damned, The Flying Lizards, Global Village Trucking Company, King Crimson, Adam and the Ants, Stiff Little Fingers, and The Monochrome Set.
Including understated artists that have recorded with Frank Zappa, Björk, Michael Jackson, Grace Jones, Nile Rogers, Peter Gabriel, Flying Lotus, Peter Hammill, David Gilmour, Thomas Dolby, Paul McCartney, Andy Partridge, Nick Cave, Lizzie Ball and countless others.
It’s a snapshot, a sampler, a box of variety and delights - and a window on the state of play: in all, a useful and worthwhile undertaking. 2 CDs in a slipcase with a thick book.
We have worked with Chris Cutler and his excellent RēR label who have helped us bring the whole project to reality on the newly formed 62nd Gramophone Company label.
There’s a blog on the website where you can keep up to date with developments and discover more of the back story. We are also working with Bad Word Productions to make a series of videos for some of the tracks.
Useful Links:
Miniatures 2020 blog
Miniatures 2020 Facebook page
62nd Gramophone Company video channel
Morgan Fisher’s Miniatures blog