{"product_id":"0889397106515-percy-howard-charles-hayward-fred-frith-bill-laswell-meridiem","title":"Meridiem","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEDITORIAL REVIEWS \u003cbr\u003e The polymath bassist\/producer Bill Laswell has worked with an awesome range of performers active in different genres as part of a quest to perpetually bush the boundaries; on this adventurous set, recorded at his Orange Music studio in New Jersey, Laswell's irregular bass is joined by the veteran British avant-garde guitarist, Fred Frith, former This Heat drummer Charles Haywood, and former Nus front-man, Percy Howard, for a shape-shifting excursion that skates the edges of experimental rock and free-form jazz. The excesses of 'Frozen' build on crescendos of cascading musical energy as Howard aims his voice ever higher; the strangely-named 'Iurodivii' is a slow-jam contrast with intricate guitar picking from Frith, subdued cymbals from Haywood and semi-tone jazz bass from Laswell. Released in 1998 on the Italian experimental label Materiali Sonori, this first Meridiem experiment was a beautifully challenging beginning to a lasting project with many other tricks up it's sleeve, as revealed by the sporadic series of further releases issued during the new millennium.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40495574253665,"sku":"0889397106515","price":17.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_8610403_jpg.jpg?v=1708555049","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/0889397106515-percy-howard-charles-hayward-fred-frith-bill-laswell-meridiem","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}