Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton – Irma [LP] Post-Punk / Alt. Rock You can feel the weight

You can feel the weight of the moment in these recordings and can imagine a captive audience under the spell of this strange music that never feels overstated

At first this doomed atmosphere seems all encompassing

John Edwards (double bass)

Engineered by drummer Joe Talia and featuring inspired arrangements and performances by his live band (plus various guests from Melbourne's fecund experimental music family-tree)

"I am very pleased to announce the release of the debut LP of Nora Zimmerman’s project Spiteful Womb

Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton – Irma [LP] Post-Punk / Alt. Rock You can feel the weight"In 1977, for Brian Enos Obscure Records, I made a version of Irma. These notes arise from that experience and explore how the piece can be performed. Irma is an unusual scoreprinted on a single 50cm x 50cm sheet. Its notation consists of verbal fragments from Tom Phillips' A Humument, referencing libretto, decor and mise en scne, or sounds. These categories are arranged separately, with stave notation at the bottom. At first glance, it appears