''Trisector'' is the tenth studio album by the British rock group
Van der Graaf Generator
Van der Graaf Generator are an English progressive rock band, formed in 1967 in Manchester by singer-songwriters Peter Hammill and Chris Judge Smith and the first act signed by Charisma Records. They did not experience much commercial success i ...
. It was released on Virgin/EMI Records in March 2008. It is the first album the band has recorded as a trio. Saxophonist
David Jackson departed the band following the 2005 tour.
Track listing
All songs by
Hugh Banton
Hugh Robert Banton (born April 1949) is a British musician and electronic organ builder, most widely known for playing organ and keyboards with the group Van der Graaf Generator.
Career
Banton was born in April 1949 in Yeovil, Somerset, into a ...
,
Guy Evans
Guy Randolph Evans (born 17 June 1947) is an English drummer and a member of the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator.
Career
Whilst at the University of Warwick (1965–68), Evans played in the university band which was called The ...
and
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 ...
except where noted.
#"The Hurlyburly" (instrumental) – 4:38
#"Interference Patterns" – 3:52
#"The Final Reel" – 5:49
#"Lifetime" (Hammill) – 4:47
#"Drop Dead" – 4:53
#"Only in a Whisper" – 6:44
#"All That Before" – 6:29
#"Over the Hill" – 12:29
#"(We Are) Not Here" – 4:04
Personnel
;Van der Graaf Generator
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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 ...
–
voice
The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling. The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound producti ...
,
piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...
,
electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gu ...
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Hugh Banton
Hugh Robert Banton (born April 1949) is a British musician and electronic organ builder, most widely known for playing organ and keyboards with the group Van der Graaf Generator.
Career
Banton was born in April 1949 in Yeovil, Somerset, into a ...
–
organs
In biology, an organ is a collection of tissues joined in a structural unit to serve a common function. In the hierarchy of life, an organ lies between tissue and an organ system. Tissues are formed from same type cells to act together in a f ...
(including
bass pedals
Bass pedals are an electronic musical instrument with a foot-operated pedal keyboard with a range of one or more octaves. The earliest bass pedals from the 1970s consisted of a pedalboard and analog synthesizer tone generation circuitry packag ...
),
bass guitar
The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...
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Guy Evans
Guy Randolph Evans (born 17 June 1947) is an English drummer and a member of the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator.
Career
Whilst at the University of Warwick (1965–68), Evans played in the university band which was called The ...
–
drums,
percussion
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...
References
External links
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Van der Graaf Generator – ''Trisector'' (2008) album review by François Couture, credits & releasesat
AllMusic.com
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Van der Graaf Generator – ''Trisector'' (2008) album releases & creditsat
Discogs.com
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Van der Graaf Generator – ''Trisector'' (2008) album credits & user reviewsat ProgArchives.com
Van der Graaf Generator – ''Trisector'' (2008) album to be listenedas stream at
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Van der Graaf Generator albums
2008 albums
Virgin Records albums