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1 Del Carmen 2 The Offshore Pirate 3 The Miskatonic at Arkham
4 Alone 5 Beyong The Fields We Know 6 Corregidor 7 Buona Vista
8 Saharien 9 Abstract 10 Cabcaben
Personnel Ches Grimble -soprano sax • Martin Loftus - bass •
Tom Phelan - keyboards •
Sam Arts - Guitar • Guy Hall- drums, percussion and final say.
Also Glen Capra - piano on Corregidor
 SUNRISE CATCHES THE PALACE Download Samples
1 Arkel 2 Luneville 3 Uncertain 4 Detectives in China Town
5 Twilight 6 Spin Doctor Jazz Waltz 7 No.6
8 Maximize 9 Yoshiwara's House 10 Sunset Years
Personnel Greg Woods -Guitars • Mike Saunders- bass • Ben Lane- violin •
Guy Hall- drums, programmed keyboards & tunes.
Also Bill McEwen- piano • Simon Walker- Violin •
Keith Goddard- bass and Geoff Hearn- Sax.
 RETURN TO MONGO Download Samples
1 Lost time in the Pillared City 2 Summer Of Discovery
3 The Mummy Awakes 4 In The Path of the Nitron Lamp
5 Golden Country 6 The Moons of Mongo
7 Evocation 8 County Maya 9 Departure From Mongo
Personnel Dom Ladd- teen bass • Clive Rogers- guitars •
Joe Samuel- violin keyboards • Terry Fisher-- bat bass •
Todd Brunner- acoustic guitar & co-producer •
Guy Hall,- drums, tunes, additional keyboards and merciless rule.
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TEL. 01382 776595 or E-MAIL agcdser@aol.com REVIEWS Ardour Modern Dance 51
By hell, a cracker.Ten tracks in all, not a duffer amongst them REVIEWS Sunrise Catches the Palace Expose Magazine
Peripherie is not so much a band as a one man project augmented by friends. The music is all written by Guy Hall of Brighton, England, who also plays drums and keyboards. The sound is rounded out by violin, guitars, bass, and piano on some of the tunes, but this is clearly Hall's show. His writing style is fairly diverse and ranges from a flowing melodic fusion blend to a drum solo dedicated to Max Roach. The most interesting piece is the witty five- part " Detectives In China Town", a film noir excursion complete with melodies played on a marimba type keyboard. Hall's tunes are interesting for the most part and showcase his energetic drumming. There are times when the snare and toms are too loud in the mix, but given that the composer is a drummer this is not surprising. Peripherie's debut is interesting, melodic and above all, fun to listen to. Hall is planning second release with a different set of accomplices and it should be worth watching out for. (David Ashcroft). Through Different Eyes
Peripherie is a band located in the UK, mixing Jazz, fusion, blues and progressive rock, making their music rather hard-defined. "Sunrise Catches The Palace" was mainly written by drummer and composer Guy Hall, who's influences are seemingly wide, taking elements from a broad spectrum of bands. The disc is by all means strange, but nonetheless entertaining. Violins, sax, Asian themes, and odd melodies add an experimental nudge. Two of the ten songs are short drum solos, which comply under the freeform genre of the music. Describing the music is difficult, but should be experienced, since it's so varied. Jazzy and experimental, catchy and difficult, diverse to say the least. Recommended! (Christian Axen). Colossus Magazine
Peripherie plays jazz-rock in the vein of Chick Corea and Pierre Moerlen's Gong. The drumming on the CD is very good and almost all the songs feature a lot of it. Solos are also played by piano and violin... a promising release for this type of music. (Marco Bernard). Modern Dance Magazine
Guy Hall is one of those gifted people who seem to be able to "do" music rather well. Peripherie is Guy's band, basically. On this album he's aided and abetted by Greg Woods on guitars, Ben Lane on violin and Mike Saunders on bass. Guy however, takes the lion's share of the instruments with the drums, percussion, tunes, additional programmed keyboards, as well as co-production (and most of the song writing). As the press release says, does instrumental music mean jazz? Who really cares as long as you enjoy it? Well, 'tis true, although there are more than passing nods to jazz. The use of Ben Lane's violin (and him of course) gives Luneville a Celtic feel, although it has to be said that there's a real tapestry of styles and the range is formidable. In fact, and it's a sad state of affairs, but when albums like this appear, they tend to frighten the more restricted. Whilst folks with wide ranges would find Sunrise a cracking album( Which it is ) the rest can't find a hook, or foundation. Ten tracks, all of them refreshingly challenging and it was good to hear something well outside of the regular restrictions of what it "Should" be. Humour abounds in the charming Detectives in China town. Good stuff. (Dave W Hughes) REVIEWS RETURN TO MONGO Expose Magazine
The English drummer/multi instrumentalist Guy Hall is back with his second recording under the moniker of Peripherie. Although once again Hall assembles a different cast for each track, the album sounds more like a cohesive band than the debut disc did. Hall composes all of the tracks, and the result is an instrumental blend that is not purely progressive, jazz , or fusion but contains elements of each. In spots the disc manages to sound a bit like Pierre Moerlen's Gong, France's Transit Express, and even Crimson on one tune. Most of the pieces feature a quartet of drums/bass/keyboards/guitar; but Hall can't resist a solo drum track in addition to a quiet keyboard tune. The drumming is very active and up front in the mix as you might expect, and Hall also features on a variety of programmed keyboards. The music at times has a jazzy feel to it, and it also has the flavour of a sci-fi flick. Some of Hall's compositions fall into the stylistic rut of creating melodies out of repeating arpeggio patterns transposed over chord changes, but the solid playing rescues the tunes from a sense of sameness. Once again Guy Hall and friends have put together a varied and well-played disc of instrumental music that is enjoyable to listen to without been derivative. (David Ashcraft). CD Services
Second album from project led by drummer Guy Hall; and for starters it's a better production than the first album, so that's an immediate plus point. Then you have the music itself, which is actually quite varied, at the heart of it the drums and percussion of Hall, with the result being very much a more English feel of the things started by Shamal-era Gong and beyond. That said, there are also hints of things as diverse as Brand X & Zappa, but predominantly the instrumental music is kept on the melodic side so that any real power comes more from the use of dynamics than anything. With some tracks featuring synths, or guitar or even violin as lead voices, you can be assured that you are getting what is a quality set of compositions that have a warm feeling to them, generally about the five minute mark. While nothing ever really roars out at you, the pathways are kept relaxed and melodic, with some good performances form all the musicians throughout. It's almost seventies feeling in parts which give it what you might call a quite endearing sound to it, and generally the sort of music you unwind after a long hard day. Nothing ground-braking, but beautifully consistent. (Andy G). Modern Dance
This is Peripherie's second release, their first, Sunrise Catches the Palace, was reviewed several issues ago. Peripherie is, mainly, one rather talented drummer, (and teacher), called Guy Hall. All the material here was originally written on piano by Guy, and then obviously" taught" to the rest of the musicians. Aside from Guy, there's a bunch of musos including Joseph Samuel, Dom Ladd, Todd Brunner and Clive Rogers. The main "feel" of the music is Jazz, some of it verges on fusion (Clive Roger's guitar work on Summer of Discovery is superb) but it doesn't overpower the listener. Indeed, quite a lot of it- dare I say is pleasant and undemanding to the jazz-less ear. Obviously the "concept" of the album is inspired by one or two sf elements, Flash Gordon, The Mummy, Ray Bradbury- this latter reference is quite spooky as it was only last week I bought a Bradbury short story collection! The styles covered that are covered on this latest release are quite varied, really, and many of the pieces range from duets to trios and quartets. The production is good and there's a little bit of humour, although I'm not sure if that's intentional. (It is!) For instance, the use of Egyptian music mixed with hints of Reggae stylings on The Mummy Awakes raises a smile or two. The Golden Country, County Maya and Moons of Mongo are well good pieces. All in all, another feather in the cap for ol' Guy. Hey, and don't look so serious on the next photo shoot! (Dave W Hughes). Download clips of Return to Mongo | |
