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morgan fisher - inside satie - sacred summits - vinyl

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Genre: Wave / Pop / Rock - Experimental / Avant garde

1. Gnossienne #1 (Cabaret Piano)
2. Gymnopedie #1 (Sugar Plum Piano/Water Bell Synthesizer)
3. Gnossienne #3 (Street Corner Mouth Accordion)
4. Gnossienne #3 (Organ Ripple Synthesizer)
5. Gymnopedie #1 (Hesitant Piano/Confident Lips)
6. Gnossienne #1 (French Ice Piano/Siberian Snow Synthesizer)
7. Gnossienne #1 (German Haiku Pianica)
8. Gymnopedie #3 (Family Piano/A Hint Of La-La-La)
9. Gnossienne #2 (Perrier Swing Synthesizer)
10. Gymnopedie #2 (Resonant Concert Piano/Tide Synthesizer)
11. Gymnopedie #1 (Festival Soft Fanfare Synthesizer)

Sacred Summits returns after a two-year hiatus with an album of interpretations of the music of Eric Satie by acclaimed composer Morgan Fisher.

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Active for over 50 years Morgan’s career has moved from 60’s number one hit wonders Love Affair, to 70’s rock’n’roll keyboardist in Mott The Hoople, before finally on to 80’s ambient, improvisation and soundtracks, working with the likes of Yoko Ono, Haroumi Hosono and Dip In The Pool.

Based in Japan since the mid-80s, Fisher’s long-standing admiration for Erik Satie (1866-1925) led to these Inside Satie recordings. Satie’s unique work as a precursor to artistic movements such as minimalism, surrealism and repetitive music are acknowledged but for long periods he not given the accolades his music warranted.

“INSIDE SATIE is one of the first albums I recorded in Japan shortly after moving here in 1985. In three days I improvised on several of my favourite Satie themes. Mostly I played piano as well as the rich, analog-sounding Yamaha GS-1 (precursor of the DX-7), and sometimes used long tape delays to build layers of sound. All the pieces were recorded in single takes - no overdubs (no time!)”.