London's Cafe Oto organized a reunion of String Thing, guitarist Ian Brighton's project with violinist Phillip Wachsmann, bassist Marcio Mattos, & Trevor Taylor on percussion and electronics, adding guitarist John Russell and saxophonist Evan Parker, here capturing an impressive night of improv, and Brighton's first public appearance in nearly 40 years.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2016 Country: UK Packaging: Digipack Recorded at Cafe Oto in London, England, on august 14th, 2016 by Trevor Taylor and Shaun Cook.
"On August 14th 2016 Cafe Oto staged a reunion of a group of old friends, the group String Thing featuring Ian Brighton Electric Guitar, Philip Wachsmann Violin, Trevor Taylor Percussion and electronics and Marcio Matttos cello, with Evan Parker saxophone and John Russell acoustic guitar. String Thing had not recorded through circumstances since 1988 when they recorded Eleven years from Yesterday (FMR02), coincidently only the second CD in the FMR catalogue"-FMR
"We're very happy to welcome the return of the UK veteran improvising guitarist, Ian Brighton, making his first public performance in nearly 40 years alongside old friends, following on from the release of his new album, Now and Then on Confront Recordings."-Cafe OTO concert announcement
"Finally it has been released. REUNION live from Café OTO and it sounds absolutely great. What a complete thrill it was to play there with old friends including Evan Parker, John Russell, Philipp Wachsmann, Marcio Mattos and of course Trevor Taylor who produced the album. Special thanks go to all the people at Oto who helped with recording and made us feel so welcome. It's been nearly 40 years since we played together as a sextet and it was without doubt a night to remember, captured brilliantly on this FMR album ( FMR CD430)
Also a lot of credit goes to the recording and production team for the way the music is recorded and presented. On this album Trevor Taylor and Shaun Crook recorded it, Paul Brighton and Trevor Taylor mixed it and Kevin Smith of Foundry Music Studios at Portsmouth did the final mastering. Considering it was a live recording the results are beautifully clear."-Ian Brighton Facebook page