Van Der Graaf Generator - Alt (2012)

"ALT" is no ordinary Van Der Graaf Generator album (if the term "ordinary" could ever be applied to this visionary group). PETER HAMMILL explains; "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 thirteen 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 whacky end of the scale!"

Tracklist :

01. Earlybird
02. Extractus
03. Sackbutt
04. Colossus
05. Batty Loop
06. Splendid
07. Repeat After me
08. Elsewhere
09. Here's One I Made Earlier
10. Midnite Or So
11. D'Accord
12. Mackerel Ate them
13. Tuesday, The Riff
14. Dronus