''Loops and Reels'' is the 12th studio album by
Peter Hammill
Peter Joseph Andrew Hammill (born 5 November 1948) is an English musician and recording artist. He was a founder member of the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. Best known as a singer/songwriter, he also plays guitar and piano and ...
, originally released on cassette on the Sofa Sound label (catalog number SS4) in June 1983. On the back cover it says: "Two songs, two dance pieces, four near instrumentals". It was re-released on CD in 1993 (with added subtitle "Analogue Experiments 1980-1983") on Hammill's own Fie! label, with remastering done by Hammill. Both cassette and CD versions were produced and engineered by Peter Hammill, except for "A Ritual Mask", which was engineered by
David Lord. "A Ritual Mask" first appeared on ''
Music and Rhythm'', an album released in 1982 consisting of songs by various artists in support of
Peter Gabriel
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's fledgling
WOMAD
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History
WOMAD was founded in 1980 by English rock musician Peter Gabriel, ...
festival. A different version of "In Slow Time" first appeared on Hammill's 1980 album ''
A Black Box''. In 2010 ''Loops and Reels'' was released digitally in FLAC format by the distributor
Burning Shed
Burning Shed is an independent record label established in April 2001 by musicians Tim Bowness and Pete Morgan.
The label was envisaged as an artistically focused, online extension of labels such as 4AD, Factory, ECM, DGM and Mute.
Burning Sh ...
.
Track listing
All songs written by Peter Hammill, except "In Slow Time", written by Hammill and David Ferguson.
#"A Ritual Mask" - 5:51
#"Critical Mass" - 8:13
#"The Moebius Loop" - 2:56
#"An Endless Breath" - 5:28
#"In Slow Time" - 3:21
#"My Pulse" - 15:38
#"The Bells! The Bells!" - 4:09
Personnel
*Peter Hammill – vocals, guitar, keyboards
Technical
*Peter Hammill - recording engineer, mixing (Sofa Sound, Wiltshire)
References
External links
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Peter Hammill albums
1983 albums
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