The first volume in The Remote Viewers' Winter Library series, this live London quartet recording brings David Petts and Adrian Northover together with John Edwards and Steve Beresford, reworking material from The Remote Code into an acoustic chamber of tenor and soprano saxophones, resonant bass, objects and toys, balancing angular themes, brittle textures, oblique melody and free improvisational exchange.
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John Edwards-double bass
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Adrian Northover-soprano saxophone
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UPC: 752725049023
Label: Remote Viewers
Catalog ID: RV24
Squidco Product Code: 37535
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2026
Country: UK
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded at John Marshall Hall, Christchurch, Blackfriars, in London, UK, on December 12th, 2025, by Stewart Morgan.
The first volume in The Remote Viewers' projected Winter Library series, Winter Library Vol 1 presents a live London performance by a quartet version of the long-running group, with co-founders David Petts on tenor saxophone and Adrian Northover on soprano saxophone joined by John Edwards on double bass and Steve Beresford on objects and toys. Expanding from the trio materials of The Remote Code, the album reframes selected pieces in a spare but highly detailed acoustic setting, where saxophone lines, bass resonance and Beresford's miniature sound sources create a music of oblique melody, fractured pulse and exploratory chamber-like improvisation.
Recorded at John Marshall Hall, Christchurch, Blackfriars, the set emphasizes The Remote Viewers' long-standing ability to shift between written material and open-form invention, balancing Petts' compositions with the group's instinct for texture, tension and structural surprise. Edwards' bass gives the music a powerful physical center, while Beresford's objects and toys complicate the surface with brittle gestures, comic intrusions and unexpected color; against this, Petts and Northover thread tenor and soprano saxophones through angular themes and free exchanges, setting the stage for later Winter Library volumes planned with Adam Bohman, Sue Lynch and an expanded pool of collaborators.
Artist Biographies
• Show Bio for John Edwards "After taking up the bass, around 1987, John Edwards co-formed The Pointy Birds who went on to win awards for their music for The Cholmondeleys and Featherstonehaughs dance troupes. The group appeared at festivals in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Moers, Leverkusen, Copenhagen. Around 1990, Edwards played his first gigs with London improvisers such as Roger Turner, Lol Coxhill, Maggie Nicols, Phil Minton. Between 1990 and 1995 Edwards was a member of three touring groups simultaneously: B-Shops For The Poor, The Honkies and GOD. During this period he also became an increasingly regular player on the London improvised music scene and performed his first solo gigs; he composed and performed music theatre with the bass and cello duo The Great Explorers, street-busked a lot and appeared at many more festivals in Germany, Estonia, France, Italy, Czech, etc. Since 1995 John Edwards has become a "mainstay" of the London scene, playing with just about everybody, an activity that has seen him clocking up between 150 and 200 gigs a year. He has become regular player with Evan Parker, in many groupings, and with Tony Bevan, Veryan Weston, and Elton Dean, often in collaboration with Mark Sanders on percussion. He has become a more frequent player on the European (and festival) scene, appearing at Taktlos, Ulrichsburg, Nickelsdorf, Budapest, New Zealand and in the USA. He continues to work on solo performances." ^ Hide Bio for John Edwards • Show Bio for David Petts UK saxophonist David Petts is the leader and composer of The Remote Viewers, releasing more than 15 albums since 1999. ^ Hide Bio for David Petts • Show Bio for Steve Beresford "Steve Beresford (born 1950) is a British musician who graduated from the University of York. He has played a variety of instruments, including piano, electronics, trumpet, euphonium, bass guitar and a wide variety of toy instruments, such as the toy piano. He has also played a wide range of music. He is probably best known for free improvisation, but has also written music for film and television and has been involved with a number of pop music groups. Beresford played in Derek Bailey's Company events and in the groups Alterations with David Toop, Terry Day and Peter Cusack, and the Three Pullovers with Nigel Coombes and Roger Smith. He was also a member with Gavin Bryars and Brian Eno of the Portsmouth Sinfonia. Beresford has continued to play free improvisation with a number of prominent musicians, including Evan Parker, Lol Coxhill, John Zorn, and Han Bennink. He has collaborated extensively with Swiss-American artist/musician Christian Marclay and is an active member of the long-standing London Improvisers Orchestra. From 2010 he performed various pieces by John Cage, including Indeterminacy with Tania Chen and comedian Stewart Lee, and a performance with Ilan Volkov at The BBC Proms 2012 at The Royal Albert Hall in London. He has also worked with a number of popular musicians, including Ray Davis, The Slits, Frank Chickens, Ted Milton and The Flying Lizards. In 2015 he performed a duoproject with the upcoming Norwegian singer Natalie Sandtorv at the Blow Out! festival in Oslo, Norway. He was awarded a Paul Hamlyn Award for Artists in 2012. He is a senior lecturer on the Commercial Music course at University of Westminster. Beresford's music and his teachings have inspired the musical community in the UK for over a decade. British songwriter and performer Katy Carr cites Steve Beresford's lectures on musical themes associated with Free improvisation, Experimental music, John Cage, musique concrète, Diamanda Galás and The Slits as a source of initial inspiration with regards to the creation of her debut album, Screwing Lies released in 2001." ^ Hide Bio for Steve Beresford • Show Bio for Adrian Northover "ADRIAN NORTHOVER - saxophones, Played and recordings with B Shops for the Poor, The Remote Viewers, Sonicphonics (with Billy Bang), The London Improvisers Orchestra, Ensemble Trip-Tik, Anna Homler, Ricardo Tejero, The Custodians, Sabu Toyozumi, Terry Day, Tristan Honsinger and JJ Duerinckx ,duo CD�s with Adam Bohman, Tasos Stamou, Daniel Thompson and others. Current projects include �Hard Evidence� with John Edwards and Steve Noble, playing the music of Thelonious Monk, Vladimir Miller�s Notes from Underground, �Hogcallin� - a septet playing the music of Charles Mingus, and a trio with Marcio Mattos and Marilza Gouvea. This year (2016) has also seen collaborations with Neil Metcalfe(flute), Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg (voice), Vladimir Tarasov (drums), and Marcello Magliocchi (drums) and Daniel Thompson(guitar). Adrian is also involved with Indian music (Jazz Thali ) and works with live music for film (Ensemble Kino)." ^ Hide Bio for Adrian Northover
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Track Listing:
1. Winter Library 1 10:06
2. Winter Library 14 4:03
3. Winter Library 5 11:41
4. Winter Library 7 7:51
5. Winter Library 20 7:34
June 2026
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