Gareth Williams

Flaming Tunes' sole release is perhaps the finest elegy to the '80s home recording ethos that you've never heard. Originally released in 1985 on cassette (with individually hand-colored covers), this self-titled album grew out of the collaboration between childhood friends Gareth Williams and Mary Currie.

Using whatever instruments they had on hand (clarinet, piano, bells, etc.), Flaming Tunes create lo-fi melodies around simple arrangements, oblique rhythms and densely layered natural sounds. The results are a mesmeric collage of instrumental daydreams and sideways pop songs, floating into one another in a hazy confluence of late '60s Canterbury psych-folk and early Residents experimentation.

PERSONNEL & TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Another Flaming Tune
• Clarinet – Mary Currie
• Drum – Frank Trembath
• Keyboards – Gareth Williams

• A2. Beguiling The Hours
• Voice, Clarinet, Synthesizer– Mary Currie
• Voice, Piano – Gareth Williams

• A3. The Best Weapon
• Voice, Guitar, Keyboards,– Gareth Williams

• A4. A To B
• Guitar – Georgina Legoretta
• Piano, Guitar, Bass Drum, Bass – Gareth Williams
• Requinto Guitar – John Whipps

• A5. Breast Stroke
• Bass, Drum – Martin Frederick
• Fiddle – Chrissie Wild
• Voice, Piano – Gareth Williams
• Whistle – Mick Hobbs

• A6. Raindrops From Heavens
• Percussion – Helen East, Richard Wilson
• Voice, Piano, Percussion – Mary Currie
• Voice, Tape, Piano, Percussion, Bass – Gareth Williams

• SIDE B
• B1. Restless Mind
• Piano – Mary Currie
• Voice, Drum, Hihat, Piano – Gareth Williams
• Piano – Mary Currie

• B2. B To A
• Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, Engineer – Charles Bullen
• Piano, Voice [Twirled], Tape – Gareth Williams

• B3. Golden Age
• Electric Guitar – Charles Bullen
• Voice, Acoustic Guitar, Bells, Synthesizer – Gareth Williams
• Voice, Synthesizer, Claves, Bells – Mary Currie

• B4. It's Madness
• Guitar, Electronics, Tape, Piano – Gareth Williams
• Guitar, Electronics, Tape, Piano – Gareth Williams

• B5. Generous Moon
• Flute – Alice Granger
• Performer [Michaelphone] – Douglas Currie
• Voice – Helen East
• Voice, Guitar – Gareth Williams
• Voice, Synthesizer' – Mary Currie