"The thought of producing a compilation where the tracks were all either inspired by or more directly influenced by the organ had been frequently aired over the years. The conversations were always animated and expansive. The organ works of Arvo Pärt, those performed by Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, a pupil of Richard Rodney Bennett at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and others, have reached a wider non-classical audience. Eventually Benny Nilsen arranged to visit St. Mary's Church, Warwick and work with one of England's finest, Charles Matthews. Crawling around inside the instrument, positioning microphones most appropriately in the Church, or 'capturing' the psalms composed by Marcus Davidson, Nilsen explored the possibilities with all the familiar lust of the avant-garde. As the brief widened, so did the responses... some contributors referred to earlier versions of the organ and its often highly political usage, others explored aged instruments themselves. Some studied the effects of the sounds produced on the physique and the psyche, others conceptualized the brief and either built their own or recorded natural or man-made phenomena which utilized the same basic process, wind through pipes. The organ represents the marriage between acoustic complexity and ritualized space. It is impossible not to be drawn upward, towards the spire of the church or cathedral, or to the huge and daunting forest of pipes themselves. The organ dwarfs all comers, and unlike other instruments, it is this non-musical element which makes the organ stand apart."
1-1 Leif Elggren - Royal Organ 3:28
1-2 Z'EV - If Only That Love Lets Letting Happen (Organ Music For Organs) 4:11
1-3 Philip Jeck - Stops 1:39
1-4 Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson - Details Of A New Discovery 5:26
1-5 Zephyr - Untitled
Organ – Charles Matthews
Recorded By – BJNilsen 0:46
1-6 Marcus Davidson - Organ Psalm V 3:40
Organ – Charles Matthews
Recorded By – BJNilsen
1-7 Scott Minor / Fennesz - Dwan 2:37
1-8 Finnbogi Pétursson - Diabolus 4:35
1-9 Biosphere - Visible Invisible 4:47
Composed By – Geir Jenssen
1-10 Toshiya Tsunoda - Layered 9:58
1-11 Tom Recchion - Shut-Eye Train 3:40
Mastered By – Andre Knecht
1-12 Lary Seven & Jeff Peterson - Disorganised 7:15
2-1 BJNilsen - Breathe 26:53
Composed By – B J Nilsen
Performer – Charles Matthews
2-2 Scott Taylor - Droner 8:39
2-3 Jacob Kirkegaard - Epiludio Patetico: A Tribute To Rued Langgaard 5:56
2-4 Oren Ambarchi & Tom Recchion - Remake 8:22
Guitar – Oren Ambarchi
Mastered By – Andre Knecht
Organ [Hammond Organ], Tape [Tape Loops], Performer [CDs], Synth, Recorded By, Producer – Tom Recchion
2-5 Chris Watson - Askam Wind Cluster 4:01
Liner Notes – Mike Harding
Mastered By – Denis Blackham
Photography By – Jon Wozencroft
Compiled at EMS, Stockholm, August 2003 and The Embassy, London, October 2003.
Track 2-4 originally released by IDEA as the A side to a limited edition 7" (IDEA 2003.1).
Packaged in an outsized card folder with 8 page booklet.
