TRACK LIST:
1. LABYRINTH 1989, revised 1998 (21:20)
Simon Desorgher, Flute and Live Computer Processing
Lawrence Casserley, Percussion, Voice and Live Computer Processing
2. THE GARDEN OF FORKING PATHS 1996 (20:40)
- Syllabic Music
- The Pavilion of the Limpid Solitude
- The Labyrinth of Time
Richard Durrant, Guitar
Lawrence Casserley, Live Computer Processing
Recorded 8 June, 1997 at Sallis-Benney Theatre, Brighton
3. THE MONKS PRAYER 1987 (10:35)
Simon Desorgher, Bass Flute
Lawrence Casserley, Live Computer Processing
4. VISTA CLARA 1982 (13:29)
Carol Morgan, Piano
Lawrence Casserley, Live Computer Processing

Genre: electroacoustic

'Labyrinths have always fascinated me; I have a love of complexity and ambiguity, and my music has always tried to follow paths where it was not clear in which direction they might lead. Most particularly, the idea of a space of many dimensions, including time as another kind of space, has been an important element in my thinking for many years.

Since the late 1960s my work for instruments with live electroacoustic processing has frequently placed the musician in the centre of a labyrinth of sound. Typically the nature of this labyrinth is closely involved in the musical idea. I think of myself not only as a composer, but as an instrument designer. For each of these pieces I have designed a computer instrument that is intimately linked to the acoustic instrument in order to articulate the musical ideas. The instrument and the piece are one concept. With hindsight it is easy to find the labyrinth in much of my music, but it was not until the 1980s that I began to explore this theme consciously. It was around this time that I discovered the work of Jorge Luis Borges, a rich new source of articulations for my ideas. The four pieces on this CD span the time from that moment to the present.' Lawrence Casserley

Reviews:
'He takes quality performances, and in transforming them yields new riches...there is more than enough textural detail and dramatic contrast in each piece to sustain attentive listening.' (The Wire)

Credits:
Lawrence Casserley: Percussion, Voice and Live Computer Processing
Simon Desorgher: Flute Bass Flute and Live Computer Processing
Richard Durrant: Guitar
Carol Morgan: Piano