{"product_id":"hugh-hopper-volume-6-special-friends","title":"Hopper, Hugh: Volume 6: Special Friends - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eVolume 6: Special Friends\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eHopper, Hugh\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eGonzo\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e5060230864532\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eRock\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2015-05-26\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         This is the sixth of a ten part series compiled by Michael King, a Canadian Hugh Hopper Scholar. He writes: \"My first encounter with the music of Hugh Colin Hopper backdates to the summer of 1976. While visiting a friend I was intentional played a record titled Volume Two from a British rock group about whom I knew little, The Soft Machine. The experience was staggering and prompted a radical reappraisal for the conventions I had been conditioned to accept as 'Progressive'. Once smitten I undertook to follow and purchase a spate of seriously inventive record albums that Hugh Hopper released and appeared on, namely; Hoppertunity Box, Rogue Element, Soft Heap, Cruel But Fair and Two Rainbows Daily. Throughout these works I found Hugh's textural bass guitar by turns anchored and animated the music with ample good taste. Here was a rarefied musician who avoided overplaying his instrument in favour of approaches reflecting his personal musical Zen\". Technically, by processing his bass guitar with fuzz box, flanger, wha-wha, octave pedal effects, his use of tapes loops, and latterly computer programming, Hugh constructed multilayer soundscapes with great attention to detail. His creative template embraced aesthetics well beyond the orthodox roles assigned to the bass guitar and it's practitioner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 For Alan \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Sliding Dogs \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Midnight Judo \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Miniluv \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Wanglo Saxon \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Wanglo Variations \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Improvisation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Sample:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ci\u003eAll soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                           \u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.tidal.com\/albums\/158376951\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:700px\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Hopper, Hugh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32411557003335,"sku":"28204374","price":18.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/2817259.jpg?v=1747396437","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/hugh-hopper-volume-6-special-friends","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}