| About |
Album |
Tracks (mp3) |
| Brut is Sid
Thomas's virtual band, which mostly lives inside his studio PC. |
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Lost in Cradoc (3.56)Toasted
(2.50)
A couple of piano-led tracks with inorganic accompaniment. |
| Ben Thomas, Andy Parry and co-composers Ben
and Helen provide the human element. |
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As if (2.07)
Piano plus.
Longhair (1.04)
Composed and performed with Ben Thomas (HAT Magnificent). |
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Everything appeared under the Brut name at
first, but more recently the brand has divided into the others listed below. |
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Spinach (2.30)
More piano. A rare excursion into complex time (it's in 10/4 if
you're interested).
Pale creatures (1.6)
Features the wind controller. |
| It was my friend James Matthews whose kind
words about Work in progress led to a mass album outbreak! |
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Scoop (1.35)
More HAT.
Song of the Saltings (1.23) Wind
controller again.
Changed my shades
(2.31) More clarinet. |
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HAT Magnificent is a joint venture between
Sid and Ben Thomas and their respective studios. |
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Dave's didactic Hat (0.87) How is it
done? That would be telling...
Crabwise (1.85)
Danger - includes "free jazz" interlude.
Glass (1.26)
Sort of Dave-style. |
| I decided to out myself and present my work
on clarinet under the name of...Sid Thomas. |
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Song sun bird morning (2.96)
Tropical aria for two birds - from an idea by Helen.
Zeropa (3.63)
Imagine a cornfield... |
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Li Harding is a terrific singer, and
moreover one that musicians love to play with. |
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Everything ends in the end
(2.25) A change from booply-boop jazz - just a simple song with a tune.
Not that kind of girl
(2.59) Andy supplies funky solo. |
| The Riverbank performances, captured live
and lo-fi, give some idea of Li's habit of tearing the place apart. |
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You lied (2.63)
Paula Gardiner lays down the bass groove. Marcin Wright does the
blowing. Li whips the audience into a frenzy. What a night! |
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This Spoonbill Music compilation includes
some new stuff as well as recycled Brut and Hat material. |
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Hormones (1.61)
Rap by Ms Daisy Heton.
Beachcombers (1.73)
Sung by Rob Hatch.
No plan B (1.93)
My first protest song...
Um tut sut (1.89)
More wind controller. |