Various Artists - Unsettled Scores

Title: Unsettled Scores Artist: Various Artists Release Date: 10/17/1995 Label: Cuneiform Records Duration: 128:08 Album Type(s): Various artists collection, Greatest Hits UPC: 045775007526 Genre: Avant-Garde Styles: Experimental Electronic, Adult Alternative, Progressive Electronic, Ethnic Fusion, Ambient, Minimalism, Worldbeat, Fusion, Prog-Rock, Modern Composition, Experimental, Club/Dance, Soundtracks, Jazz-Rock, Noise-Rock, Experimental Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Canterbury Scene, Mixed Media, Avant-Prog Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 3 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. The True Wheelbase/Coco Boudakian [Medley] :: Forever Einstein
2. Hobart Got Burned :: Coco Roussel, Kit Watkins
3. Onde Crépusculaire
4. Ubik :: Peter Frohmader
5. Enfield in Summer :: Piero Milesi
6. Transsibérien
7. Unna :: Hugh Hopper
8. A Moral Dilemma for Our Times :: Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
9. Promenade Sous Zéro :: Miriodor
10. Meccano Pelorus :: Phil Miller
11. The March (Or Ornette Went to Cecil's House, But Left After About 10 ...) :: Henry Kaiser
12. Bulgarian Flying Spirit Dances :: Happy Family
13. Dedicated to K.C. :: Djam Karet
14. Pain Waits Till 5pm
15. They Walk Among Us :: John Livengood, Richard Pinhas
16. Miniluv :: David Borden
17. Three Curiously Insubstantial Duets, No. III :: Volapük
18. Summer Walk :: Rattlemouth
19. Piège
20. Carousel, Dedicated to Hugh :: U Totem
21. Get Moose and Squirrel :: Virgil Moorefield
22. She Wears Her Dead Mother's Hat :: The Muffins
23. Scene of the Madmen :: Forrest Fang
24. Dyed

Year Type Label Catalog # 1995 CD Cuneiform Records 7576

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The idea came from Forever Einstein's Chuck Vrtacek: to put together an album of Cuneiform Records artists interpreting tunes from their label mates. Since the label had a pretty stable roster by 1994-1995, with most of them sharing some common musical aesthetics, the project has the possibility of being interesting. And it is. Unsettled Scores is not a compilation album or a label sampler. All tracks with the exception of one can't be find anywhere else (Volapük's rendition of Nick Didkovsky's "Three Curiously Insubstantial Duets No. 3" would later appear on their CD Slang!, along with No. 1 and 2). And yet, this is not an "unreleased material" patchwork: all tracks have been put together in 1994-1995, especially for the project, therefore one can feel the artistic cohesion of the whole. Ex-Soft Machine Hugh Hopper, Richard Pinhas, Doctor Nerve, and Univers Zero all get tribute to the important place they hold in Cuneiform's catalogue. Some of the numerous highlights on Unsettled Scores include: Philarmonie's beautiful reading of Miriodor's "Transsibérien"; the latter's Present/Univers Zero medley (including parts of "Promenade Au Fond D'un Canal" and "Heatwave"); a incredibly fast version of Daniel Denis' "Bulgarian Flying Spirit Dances," delivered by the prog-core Japanese outfit Happy Family; Djam Karet's spirited jam on Richard Pinhas' "Dedicated to K.C."; George Cartwright's jazzed-up take on Univers Zero's "Complainte"; and finally an unreleased Univers Zero piece completed by Nick Didkovsky (that one's a real treat!). Other renderers/renderees include Forever Einstein, The Muffins, Piero Milesi, David Borden, Birdsongs of the Mezosoic, Phil Miller, Henry Kaiser, U Totem, Virgil Moorefield, and Forrest Fang. Any fan of the Cuneiform roster will find something to like in here, but Univers Zero aficionados will be particularly delighted. ~ François Couture, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Gamble Organ Alex Noyes Engineer Andy Kirk Noise Barbara Cifelli Sax (Alto) Bernard Falaise Guitar Bernard Ros Guitar Billy Swan Bass Birdsongs of the Mesozoic Performer Bobby Vega Bass Bruce Golden Drums (Snare) C.W. Vrtacek Casio, Mixing, Guitar, Synthesizer, Engineer, Telecaster, Piano Christian Jones Engineer Chuck Oken, Jr. Mixing, Mastering, Drums (Snare) Coco Roussel Percussion, Drums (Snare), Drum Sequencing Curt Wilson Engineer Danny Finney Saxophone Dave Kerman Percussion Dave Newhouse Engineer, Keyboards, Arranger, Flute David Borden Mixing, Engineer, Wavestation, Casio, Keyboards, Korg Synthesizer Djam Karet Performer Don Davis Sax (Tenor) Doug Gourlay Engineer Ellen Watkins Guitar Emily Hay Flute, Vocals Eric Johnson Bassoon Erik Lindgren Drum Machine, Emax, Piano Evans Wohlforth Guitar Forever Einstein Performer Forrest Fang Mandolin, Mixing, Feedback, Sampling, Engineer Frank Pahl Engineer Frederic L'Epée Guitar Frédéric Roverselli Digital Editing Gabriel Borden Guitar, Mixing Gary Parra Drums (Snare) Gayle Ellett E-Bow, Guitar (7 String Electric), Sampling, Synthesizer, Organ George Cartwright Arranger, Sax (Tenor) George Hoyt Trombone George Lowe Mixing Greg Goodman Piano Guigou Chenevier Mixing, Machines, Engineer, Percussion Guillaume Saurel Cello Guy Segers Bass, Voices Happy Family Performer Henry J. Osborne Bass (Electric), Gong Henry Kaiser Producer, Guitar Herbert Diamant Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor) Hugh Hopper ? J. Arif Verner Mixing James Grigsby Guitar, Bass Jan Kuijken Cello Jim Duckworth Guitar Jim O'Rourke Guitar Jim Spake Sax (Baritone) John Hanes Drums (Snare) John Livengood Processing, Synthesizer John Oswald Sax (Alto) John Roulat Drums (Snare) Ken Field Percussion, Saxophone Kit Watkins Engineer, Keyboards, Sampling, Producer Kitaguchi Takashi Engineer Laurent Chalef Guitar Marc Sichel Bass Marc Wagnon Piano Michael Bierylo Percussion, Guitar Michel Mandel Clarinet (Bass) Mick Cantarella Engineer Mike Henderson Guitar (Electronic) Miriodor Performer Nick Didkovsky Mixing, Producer, Guitar (Electric) Oliver Di Cicco Engineer Pascal Globensky Keyboards Pat Fleming Trumpet Paul Sears Drums (Snare) Peter Frohmader Performer Phil Miller Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Sequencing Piero Milesi Keyboards, Bells, Accordion, Arranger, Engineer Rattlemouth Performer Rebby Sharp Guitar Reginald Trigaux Percussion, Guitar, Vocals Rémi Leclerc Percussion Richard Pinhas Synthesizer, Arranger, Guitar Rick Scott Synthesizer, Percussion Rob DeChaine Mastering, Mixing Robbie Kinter Drums (Snare) Robert Jarvis Mastering Robert Rich Mixing Roger Trigaux Voices, Percussion, Guitar Rusty McFarland Engineer Ruth Peyser Illustrations, Design Sabin Hudon Accordion, Mixing, Saxophone, Engineer Sanjay Kumar Keyboards Scott Blomquist Mixing Scott Brazieal Arranger, Piano (Electric) Scott Wolfe Engineer Steven Feigenbaum Mixing, Executive Producer Steven Gore Drums (Snare) The Muffins Performer Tim Otto Sax (Tenor) Tom Scott Clarinet, Flute, Sax (Alto) U Totem Performer Virgil Moorefield Engineer, Drums (Snare), Producer, Arranger Volapük Performer