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L'immagine di oggetti e utensili di casa bellamente disposti in piano poteva forse meritare la prima di copertina, tanto è immediato (e geniale) il richiamo a quella, celeberrima, di Ummagumma. Invece, per coerenza, è sul retro. E non è l'unica allusione ai Pink Floyd: Household Objects (and sundry massed gadgets).
After Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd were casting around for a new concept. What they came up with was to make an album using only household objects - but allowing manipulation and musique concrete techniques. They made a start and then abandoned the project. Now William Hayter and Barry Lamb - who brought you Miniatures 2020 - have decided to give it another go, commissioning a wide range of artists to scour their houses for sounds and organise them into compositions. Some pieces work because you can recognise the sources, others because you can't. Many participants assemble small orchestras of objects, a few stick to just one thing (water or, an egg-slicer) and always the objects are meticulously listed. Some contributors here are well known (The Residents, Steve Beresford, Mark Hewins etc.) others are not, making this also a sampler of new voices. It's informative, left-field and a bone fide curiosity and comes in a beautifully designed and illustrated package, with a 32pp booklet elucidating each track, a series of great art collages and a foreword by Nick Mason.