Trouble Spots

Available to DOWNLOAD or as a PRINT-ON-DEMAND CD

The original audio for this album was recorded in 1983-84 and released on the Ode label as A Selection of Trouble Spots (1984). This album is a reinterpretation of the original multi-track recordings, which have been re-edited, added to, subtracted from, and generally reworked to produce similar but variously altered pieces.

Most of the track titles have been changed slightly from the originals to make a distinction between the 1984 and 2020 versions. Some, such as Double Circle and Through the Back Gate have merely been smartened up, but most of the pieces have been reworked. In some cases, such as Cats and Mice, Arkindarbha d’Geijan and Brian Tried, the changes are fairly extensive, but in each instance we remained faithful to the character and intention of the original works.

Trouble Spots is one of four inaugural releases to mark the launch of a new imprint, Rattle Echo. This new imprint will showcase recordings of New Zealand art music from the past that have either never been commercially released or made available digitally, or that deserve wider recognition. The original recordings will, at the very least, be remastered. Some will be remixed, while others will be reworked to create similar but updated versions.

The three other inaugural Rattle Echo releases are:
FREE RADICALS - Ross Harris & Jonathan Besser
CATHEDRAL - Jonathan Besser & Greg Fox
FRAGMENTS -Matthew Marshall

Read Graham Reid’s ELSEWHERE overview of Rattle Echo here

Kevin Coultas, In On the Corner