John Butcher & Steve Beresford
© avril levi - south bank, london
vinyl
I Shall Become a Bat
cds
Duo tracks on the compilations
At Close Quarters and
FOTC 2001
Fish of the Week - Steve Beresford Orchestra
At the start of the '90s, These Records organised Saturday afternoon concerts in its small Wandsworth shop. Beresford and Butcher played at one, and have worked, on occasion, in duo ever since. Memorable concerts include Vancouver and Brighton.
At the other end of the spectrum have been projects like the 6 piece Fish of the Week composition, recorded in 1996 - and the Beresford Orchestra's realization of Christian Marclay's Graffiti Music at St. Luke's in 2005.
I Shall become a Bat
On Qbico.
Butcher's raucous saxophone blasts are the perfect foil for Beresford's more aggressive electronics, which initially sound off like a broken fire alarm before easing into a more Ambient flow. Meanwhile Butcher continues to bombard with a series of inventive and brilliantly timed horn intrusions that bang and buzz like a trapped hornet against the fluid frame of noise loosely assembled by Beresford.
Edwin Pouncey - WIRE.
The semi-regular pairing of Steve Beresford on electronics and John Butcher on saxes provide my favourite music of the entire album.
John Eyles - BBC experimental review of FOTC 2001
