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British soprano saxophonist
Martin Archer (1957) drew inspiration from both free-jazz and contemporary
avantgarde music for Wild Pathway Favourites (february 1988).
Archer played in the saxophone quartet Hornweb that released
Kinesis (1986),
Sixteen (1987) and
Universe Works (1989).
Transient v Resident was a collaboration with synthesist Chris Bywater that
marked Archer's venture into computer improvisation, as documented on
Broken to be More Beautiful (1993)
Four Static Music Examples (1994)
and especially Electrical Shroud (1996).
Archer also founded Angel High Wires with Julie Tippetts.
88 Enemies (june 1997) was a solo work for digital piano and electronics
Winter Pilgrim Arriving (2000) was a tribute of sorts to progressive-rock of the 1970s.
Ghost Lily Cascade (january 1996) and
Pure Water Construction (1999)
were electroacoustic studio collages of live solo improvisations.
Masayo Asahara, the alter-ego for avant-jazz musician Martin Archer, released
an album of drone-jazz-rock fusion, Saint Agnes Fountain (2002).
Heritage And Ringtones (2004)
The Dematerialised Passenger (Discus, 2005) by
Combat Astronomy is a collaboration between
Jamie Hugget (bass, guitar, drum-machine)
Martin Archer (saxes, clarinet, violin, sound effects)
plus flute and bassoon that
combines heavy metal, industrial music and free jazz.
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