Loops and Reels

Analogue Experiments 1980 - 1983

1. A Ritual Mask
2. Critical Mass
3. The Moebius Loop
4. An Endless breath
5. In Slow Time
6. My Pulse
7. The Bells! The Bells!

Peter Hammill - guitar, keyboards, vocals

Featuring music primarily created for film and dance works, Loops & Reels was the first of Peter Hammill's Sonix series and contained music recorded in a spirit of experimentation, outside the normal world of the song.

The album includes A Ritual Mask, Peter's astonishing contribution to the first, fund-raising, WOMAD record and the 16 minute atmospheric epic, My Pulse.

Recorded between 1980 and 1983, much of the material derives from the pre-sampling era use and manipulation of physical tape loops.

The Sonix series provides an indispensable guide to the more experimental side of Peter Hammill's work.

You can also now purchase downloads here, thanks to a new arrangement with burningshed.com.

With the re-release of Loops & Reels, plus a new live album, Peter Hammill found time to talk to PAUL TINGEN about obscurity, crudeness, ADATs, and their place in his music. ...
...Published in Sound on Sound magazine February 1994.