a matter of time
(1982 - revised and completed 1998)
I first had the idea for this piece way back in 1982 (at the time of
starting to write for 'Regular Music'). The piano riff and the harmonies
were there but I struggled to find the right form and arrange it properly
- don't know why really...
It retains that sense of performance element that was important to Regular
Music. Some of the backing instruments are sequenced but quite a bit of
the piano is 'live' as are Tony Maloney's drums.
When it came to finding someone to speak a few words that I had written
to go with the track, I asked my friend Laetitia Long. We recorded
these at Tony's studio, and then I sampled different takes and placed
them at suitable points in the piece.
Many thanks to Laetitia and Tony, and also to Kevin Le Morvan who engineered and offered encouragement.
© Jonathan
Parry 1998
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