Wish
Best known for her work with the medieval ensemble Sinfonye, Stevie Wishart is also a scintillating improviser. Here she gathers long-time collaborators for an unusual set of free improvisations and studio pieces.
Stevie Wishart violin, hurdy-gurdy, vocals
Shane Fahey acoustic treatments
Jim Denley bass flute, flute, flax, saxophone
Julian Knowles sampler, keyboards
These free improvisations and studio pieces centre on Wishart’s violin, hurdy-gurdy and voice, joined at times by tape manipulation, keyboards, flutes and saxophone.
Tracks 1–12 were recorded at Megaphon Studio in Sydney between April and November 1992. The long closing track was recorded at ABC Studio 227 in December 1992.
Reviews
…the energy of Stevie Wishart's music jumps right out of the stereo and snaps at your ankles. This collection of compositions and improvisations… is dynamic and compelling.…even if Wishart's work sometimes screams at you, demanding to be heard, this is ultimately welcoming music. It may drag you inside, but, once there, you are permitted to wander around the labyrinth of imaginative structures at will. Recommended.
Artist
Stevie Wishart
Stevie Wishart’s free improvisations centre on violin, hurdy-gurdy and voice, joined by tape, keys and winds. The music is dynamic and compelling: energy that snaps at the ankles, yet lets you wander its imaginative structures.
Tracks
- Wish 7:54
- Rikochet 4:02
- Clair de lune 3:13
- Penchant 3:59
- I Don't Know 4:34
- No Strings Attached 2:09
- Zephyr 4:30
- Turning Point 3:29
- Grains of Desire 7:17
- Crossed Destiny 4:04
- You Were Here 4:24
- Ebb and Flow 4:26
- Dream-Stepping 15:29
Performers
- Rik Rue · tape manipulation · tracks 2, 5 and 12
- Stevie Wishart · violin, hurdy-gurdy, vocals
- Shane Fahey · acoustic treatments
- Jim Denley · bass flute, flute, flax, saxophone · tracks 7 and 12
- Julian Knowles · sampler, keyboards · tracks 1, 5, 7 and 13
Where to listen
Wish is available for streaming through Apple Music. It can also be purchased through the iTunes Music Store.
Wish is available as a CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer online ordering.
Product details
- Catalogue number
- TP027
- Total playing time
- 69 minutes 30 seconds
- Producer
- David Hinder
Shane Fahey
Stevie Wishart - Recording Engineer
- Dennis Fox
Shane Fahey - Editing Engineer
- Belinda Webster
- Mastering Engineer
- Meredith Brooks
Paul Bryant - Release date
- 2 Nov 1993
- Label
- Tall Poppies
- Musical work
copyright - © 1993 Tall Poppies Records
- Sound recording
copyright - ℗ 1993 Tall Poppies Records
- Category
- Improvisation
- Genres
- Jazz & Improvised, Experimental
- Barcode
- EAN 9399000002727
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