from
Modern Drummer Presents Drum Nation Volume One,
released January 13, 2004
BILL BRUFORD'S EARTHWORKS
Bill Bruford - Drums
Tim Garland - Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone
Steve Hamilton - Piano
Mark Hodgson - Acoustic Bass
Composer and Producer - Bill Bruford for Bill Bruford Productions Ltd.
Published by BMG Music Publishing.
Recorded and Mixed at Livingston Studios, London. October 3, 2002
Engineer - Mark Chamberlain
Assistant - Tom Davidson
Short, nippy, and to the point, “Beelzebub” was the first tune I wrote for my first album in 1977, and is given a new and acoustic lease of life here. “Beelzebub” (from the old Hebrew meaning Lord of the Flies, prince of the evil spirits, a form of the Devil) is particularly knotty to play, and Tim Garland’s bass clarinet gives it exactly the right colour – dark, brooding, and intense. Earthworks is a one-take sort of band, and we don’t worry too much about the sort of antiseptic cleanliness associated with too much Pro-Tooling. Four musicians played it in the same room at the same time, a novel idea indeed. And I’m thrilled to have it included alongside the efforts of other, infinitely more distinguished, players than I, on this rich and diverse CD, dedicated to the art of the drummer. - Bill Bruford