{"product_id":"howard-percy-hayward-charles-frith-fred-meridiem","title":"Howard, Percy \/ Hayward, Charles \/ Frith, Fred: Meridiem","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMeridiem\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eHoward, Percy \/ Hayward, Charles \/ Frith, Fred\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eTiger Bay\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eVINYL LP\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e889397106515\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eRock\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         The polymath bassist\/producer Bill Laswell has worked with an awesome range of performers active in different genres as part of a quest to perpetually bush the boundaries; on this adventurous set, recorded at his Orange Music studio in New Jersey, Laswell's irregular bass is joined by the veteran British avant-garde guitarist, Fred Frith, former This Heat drummer Charles Haywood, and former Nus front-man, Percy Howard, for a shape-shifting excursion that skates the edges of experimental rock and free-form jazz. The excesses of 'Frozen' build on crescendos of cascading musical energy as Howard aims his voice ever higher; the strangely-named 'Iurodivii' is a slow-jam contrast with intricate guitar picking from Frith, subdued cymbals from Haywood and semi-tone jazz bass from Laswell. Released in 1998 on the Italian experimental label Materiali Sonori, this first Meridiem experiment was a beautifully challenging beginning to a lasting project with many other tricks up it's sleeve, as revealed by the sporadic series of further releases issued during the new millennium.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Howard, Percy \/ Hayward, Charles \/ Frith, Fred","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39606635593799,"sku":"42472902","price":29.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/4065916-2795763.jpg?v=1711758115","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/howard-percy-hayward-charles-frith-fred-meridiem","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}