This Heat_Gareth Williams_R.I.P.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5VmnqUTbeI

where the heck is that from?

really, really been enjoying the Flaming Tunes reissue, one of my 2009 favorites

To celebrate the release of the Flaming Tunes CD we offer Nothing On. This was a track made by Gareth during the period after the release of the original FT cassette. Again it is built on a fairly cerebral, even mechanical base, with a repeating arpeggio and a descending figure over 12 bars, but the ease of the melody, the humour in the lyrics and the passion of delivery lift it into being one of his most effective songs.

During the Flaming Tunes period, lyrics were more often than not made up from quoted texts, but in this period Gareth seems to feel freer to express himself in a more personal way, in his own words, and in more direct and straight forward language - though there is still ambiguity. For a couple of decades I personally took this to be a love song until I was recently informed that the 'you' in the lyric refers to the muse, inspiration.

"I won't imagine a world without you in it "

A special thank you goes to Colin Harrison who has put a great deal of work into a new edit of the video he started with Gareth in 1989 to conicide with the release of the CD.

Nothing On

The video for ‘Nothing On’ was shot at around the same time as that for ‘Breast Stroke’, in the summer and autumn of 1989. Gareth already had the mime elements for the track, and we thought the rest of the visuals could emulate the swirling nature of the music. Quite a lot of the original film vanished when it was sent for processing, and then I lost access to to the editing equipment, so work on it was delayed so much that it fell into abeyance. However, with the imminent release of the CD of Flaming Tunes, I decided to revisit the material to see if there was now a way of finishing it. The final version includes some of the test footage we shot (one original idea was to put moving images behind Gareth) and many still photographs, as well as Gareths’ mime.

Colin Harrison

extra tracks available here

wow thanx, didn't know those existed

weird, a random FB friend (guy that promotes noise/freejazz/experimental shows around SF) just posted that video this week. i'm assuming the both of you are on some mailing list?

so what solo TH stuff do i need to search out? i've got none

i mean, i guess i had the Quiet Sun record but just sold it

thanks for the video / link. "flaming tunes" was perhaps my most listened to record of 2009.

Thanks for the video, I had never seen it.

so what solo TH stuff do i need to search out? i've got none

― jaxon, Wednesday, January 13, 2010 1:26 AM

flaming tunes if you don't have it, but also the lifetones (charles bullen) record, charles hayward's 'survive the gesture' and the camberwell now cd

the camberwell now - all's well compilation is essential.

thanks for the bump! i read about the FT reissue when it came out but for some reason forgot to get it. will fix that now. that song/video is great.

o, i forgot about camberwell now. had that (but lost it when harddrive crashed)

and People In Control on crammed disc is a pretty cool bullen thing

never heard of that one. i can put up the lifetones thing if u want, its nice n dubby

o ya. used to have that too (also lost). already redownloading. thanks. i'll have to check out the william's stuff next.

also search:

Charles Hayward/Nick Doyne-Ditmas CD

"Chaos In Expansion" compilation w/ exclusive 25-minute track from the above

I've heard good things about the Hayward live in Japan CD series but haven't listened myself.

I love the Hayward/Nick Doyne Ditmas CD and Chaos in Expansion!

haven't listened to this yet, but am interested (as i haven't heard the Flaming Tunes album yet.) but this guy covered the entire record

http://thediamondage1.blogspot.com/2009/11/diamond-age-beguiling-hours.html

Picking back up on solo This Heat stuff, I've been listening to Charles Bullen's (band? solo project?) Lifetones "For A Reason" lp and it is fantastic.
Dub and dance influences and such a weird voice. I love the way it sounds.

Anyone know if anything interesting coming up? I see that they launched an official website http://thisheat.org/

I really hope a label reissues/licenses that Lifetones LP at some point down the road--amazing stuff.