Tramite Bandcamp si recupera un bell'inedito di Derek Bailey proposto da Scatter nella consueta - e graditissima - formula a offerta libera: ECA [1992]. Si tratta della registrazione del concerto tenuto in solo all'Edinburgh College of Art il 5 marzo 1992 per iniziativa di Iain Patterson, non nuovo a proporre appuntamenti di musiche altre in Istituto: "As a painting student in the 1960s at Edinburgh College of Art, I helped to organise a three day event of improvised music in 1969 at the ECA College Club - inviting the Spontaneous Music Ensemble (Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Trevor Watts, Barry Guy and John Stevens), the Instant Composer’s Pool (Peter Brötzmann, Buschi Niebergall and Han Bennink) plus Paul Rutherford’s Iskra and Johnny Dyani. The musicians in the end shared roles, and it became a forerunner of Derek’s idea for Company, which he curated over many years, inviting players of sometimes very different musical backgrounds to explore improvisation with each other in occasionally unorthodox groups. To stage the concerts, we raided the entire SRC funds for that year, and Derek admitted afterwards that (having personally pleaded with the college secretary for more money) it was his best paid gig. Later, on becoming a lecturer in painting at the college, I organised three more concerts of improvised music at ECA. The first was Derek, who played in the College Lecture Theatre, talking to students about improvisation. Later that evening he played a solo concert in the student club - the Wee Red Bar - where this recently discovered audience recording was made."
https://scatterarchive.bandcamp.com/eca-1992
https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/derek-bailey-album-guide