Picture Music
Inspired by Weather Report, Brian Eno, Steve Reich, Tangerine Dream, Frippertronics, Indian classical music, and seminal German label ECM, Picture Music was a small collective of like-minded musicians in Brisbane who met at a shared house each night to compose music for independent films. Their lone album, self-released in 1987 on cassette only, is a collection of dimly lit ambient, minimal jazz recorded on a Tascam 4-track PortaStudio with guitars, double bass, and various digital synthesizers including the Ensoniq Mirage sampling keyboard and ESQ-1 digital wave synthesiser. The sounds are delicate and perfectly reflective of the late night ambience of the shadowy room the musicians recorded in filled with malt whisky, cold beer, cigarettes, candles, and good weed… Check out more EOY Archival selections: https://insheepsclothinghifi.com/archival-eoy-2022/
Recommended – Full Listen
A1 Bus Stop Dawn
A2 Haubtbahnhof
A3 What It Is
B1 Hole In The Wall
B2 Dummy’s Run
B3 Ivory Coast
C1 Bopal
C2 Landscape
C3 Pillow Music
D1 Aviation For Beginners
D2 Yesterday’s
Cover – Colleen St. Ledger
Design – Christopher J. Morris, W G McMurtry
Remastered By – Dan Elleson
Written By – Gary McFeat (tracks: D1), Jon Anderson (3) (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B3), Rainer Guth (2) (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2, B3, C2, D2), Rod Owen (2) (tracks: C3)