''Sex'' is the debut album of

improvised music Musical improvisation (also known as musical extemporization) is the creative activity of immediate ("in the moment") musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous ...

trio,

The Necks The Necks are an Australian avant-garde jazz trio formed in 1987 by founding mainstays Chris Abrahams on piano and Hammond organ, Tony Buck on drums, percussion and electric guitar, and Lloyd Swanton on bass guitar and double bass. They play im ...

, originally released on the Spiral Scratch label and later rereleased on Fish of Milk and Private Music in the US. The album features a single track of just under an hour in length performed by Chris Abrahams, Lloyd Swanton and Tony Buck improvising over a two-bar motif. On this album the band overdubbed the instrumentation of piano, bass and drums in a dual take creating a "hypnotic repetitive piece". The album is also an early example of the CD format being used to expand the length of recorded performances with one reviewer noting that "time limitations and format restrictions of cassettes, vinyl, and the obtuse eight-track would have meant that their work could only be experienced live". Excerpts from ''Sex'' have been used as the theme music on Dan Bodah's ''Airborne Event'' show on the

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freeform radio station.Playlist from February 15, 2009
, ''Airborne Event'', Accessed 17 March 2009.

Personnel

* Chris Abrahams —

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* Lloyd Swanton — bass * Tony Buck — drums

References

{{Authority control 1989 debut albums The Necks albums