Alexandre Pierrepont

DIGIPACK EDITION
 

On one level, both music and poetry are very much the same, that being sound - at least the spoken word would be.
Here in “Haunted House” is a sound design or shape being put forth with multiple meanings psychoacoustically, linguistically, musically that I can only say very little about in terms of meaning, since ultimately it's meaning will be with each individual who experiences this work.
This rhythmic engagement between these two art forms create a third reality of sound gestures and events that collide and integrate. Yet knowing these facts it still does not allow me to analyze or describe exactly what “Haunted House” is.
Hopefully this experience will be a catalyst at some level for good.- Henri Threadgill, excerpts from the liner notes

PERSONNEL:

MIKE LADD, voice, words & visions / sound constructor
ALEXANDER PIERREPONT, voice, words & visions / sound designer
GYMKHANA, sound manipulator
STÉPHANE GOMBERT,  voice
WILLIAM PARKER, bass
HAMID DRAKE, drum

Joshua Abrams: mpc, harmonium, guimbri, percussion
Alex Dézé: erratic piano
Warren Ellis: violin, loops
Marguerite Ladd: sampled composition
Rob Mazurek: cornet, effects
Roscoe Mitchell: alto saxophone
John Moloney: electronics, percussion
Gene Moore: electric guitar
Thurston Moore: electric guitar
Joe Morris: electric guitar
David Murray: tenor saxophone
Bill Nace: electric guitar
Evan Parker: soprano saxophone
Jeff Parker: electric guitar
Oscar Pierrepont: vocals
Matana Roberts: clarinet
Craig Taborn: mini-moog, Wurlitzer, bent circuit devices


Recorded between June 2007 and July 2008 in New York, Chicago and Paris

Tracks:

01. Hall
02. Chamber 12
03. Chamber 3
04. Chamber 8
05. Chamber 73
06. Chamber 22
07. Antechamber
08. Chamber 20
09. Chamber 72
10. Chamber 8
11. Chamber 2
12. Chamber 21
13. Corridor