Label: Recommended Records – RR^ ten
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1981
Genre: Rock
Style: Avantgarde, Prog Rock
"The title alludes to the short story of the same name by H. P. Lovecraft; the players read the story in studio, then proceeded to record the piece. A key release for the band. ‘Ceux du Dehors’ sometimes suggests a darker and more complex version of the motorik minimalism of classical music contemporaries Philip Glass and Steve Reich mixed with the Bartok and Pärt.
This album finds the group continuing to evolve and return to the more general and varied chamber music sound of their first release, except with more precision and skill. The tricky charts of percussionist Daniel Denis and new keyboardist Andy Kirk are executed with great panache. The labyrinthine compositions are typically filled with unexpected twists and turns, and angular repetitions of jagged riffs that accelerate, decelerate and mutate in passages of acute tension or quiet but ominous dread." (NM)
Tracklist
A1 Dense 12:23
A2 La Corne Du Bois Des Pendus 8:38
B1 Bonjour Chez Vous 3:45
B2 Combat 12:50
B3 La Musique D'Erich Zann 3:25
B4 La Tête Du Corbeau 3:15
