Derivatives v3 by The Laconic
Derivatives is the name of a series of cover versions of (mostly) instrumentals dear to the heart of The Laconic.
"The Belldog" is from After The Heat (1978) by Eno, Moebius, and Roedelius. In high school I spent a lot of time at the public library, and scoured its music collection for anything remotely proggy. This album has always stuck in my head since then, especially "Broken Head" and "Tzima N'Arki". And when I finally re-acquired the album after a few decades, "The Belldog" was what I obsessed about.
"Spanish Tune" is an excerpt from side 2 of Hergest Ridge (1974). The first time I listened to HR, in the small hours of the morning, the manic week that I wrote what would become "Refuge", this section hit me as something special. Recording was a challenge, involving more than one instrument that I had to learn to play well enough that the result would be listenable. But in the process, I was able to justify my purchase of a mandolin.
Tracklist
| 1. | The Belldog | 6:27 |
| 2. | Spanish Tune | 3:18 |
Credits
Marc Pelath: Touch Guitars U8 Deluxe, nylon guitar, lap steel guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, synths, samples, and vocals
Mixed and mastered by Erik Emil Eskildsen
Cymbal sample courtesy of Juan Dahmen
Spanish Tune
By Michael Gordon Oldfield
Copyright Music of Stage Three
The Belldog
By Brian Eno, Hans Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius
Copyright GEMA and Universal Music-Careers
License
All rights reserved.
The Laconic crafts immersive, genre-blurring compositions that fuse acoustic instruments with electronic textures. Drawing from philosophy, memory, and imagined futures, each piece invites deep listening and reflection.