RēR Quarterly
# RēR Quarterly

Il RēR Quarterly (anche noto come Rē Records Quarterly e RēR Records Quarterly) è stata una rivista musicale trimestrale (in inglese "quarterly") britannica, le cui uscite comprendevano in allegato anche degli LP. Venne pubblicata a intervalli irregolari tra il 1985 e il 1997 da Recommended Records e November Books, e fu curata dal percussionista, paroliere e teorico musicale Chris Cutler, ex-membro degli Henry Cow, gruppo musicale inglese di avant rock. A livello internazionale veniva venduta dalla Recommended tramite mail order e soltanto per speciali negozi di dischi.

Vennero pubblicati in totale tredici numeri (quattro volumi di quattro, quattro, tre e due edizioni rispettivamente) più due di "raccolta" con selezioni musicali dai volumi 1 e 2. Dal volume 4 l'LP fu sostituito da un CD e quest'ultimo, con la rivista (ridenominata unFILEd: The RēR Sourcebook), fu venduto separatamente o insieme come set.

## Storia

L'idea di creare RēR Quarterly spuntò nel 1982 quando la Recommended Records pubblicò il Recommended Records Sampler , un doppio album sampler di vari artisti dell'etichetta discografica, che conteneva alcuni loro lavori recentemente registrati e/o inediti.

Infatti il disco di ogni numero di RēR Quarterly conteneva musica inedita di artisti di tutto il mondo, inclusi pezzi commissionati, progetti e registrazioni dal vivo. La rivista A4 (che variava da 42 a 112 pagine per uscita) includeva anche opere d'arte e articoli teorici e pratici sulla musica, spesso dei compositori e degli artisti stessi presenti nel disco. In linea con gli obiettivi della Recommended Records e del suo motore primo, Rock in Opposition, un numero di nuovi musicisti e gruppi apparve nei dischi, molti dei quali pubblicarono in quest'occasione a livello internazionale per prima volta.

L'editor Chris Cutler ha descritto il RēR Quarterly come: «in primo luogo una rivista sonora - non un sampler o una compilation, ma una finestra su ciò che stava accadendo, saggi sulle possibilità del suono, introduzione a nuove persone. E in secondo luogo una rivista stampata senza le solite interviste e recensioni, evitando il linguaggio e la prospettiva della stampa musicale vapida…»

## Numeri

Tutte le tracce sono state composte dagli artisti stessi, tranne ove indicato.

### Volume 1

* The Threshold of Liberty – 9:25 – Steve Moore
* Experiment – 1:19 – Lars Hollmer
* Education – 3:45 – Chris Cutler and Lindsay Cooper
* Compromisation (Dave Kerman) – 3:00 – 5uu's
* Dans les Yeux Bleues – 1:10 – Joseph Racaille
* Naiwabi – 2:35 – The Lowest Note
* Sorry 'bout That – 1:50 – Adrian Mitchell
* Prayer for Civilisation (Warrick Sony) – 5:02 – Kalahari Surfers
* Indefinite – 2:58 – Mission Impossible
* Pensa un Numero – 2:13 – Stefano Delu
* Song in Space – 0:35 – Adrian Mitchell
* A Walk Around the Brewery – 6:06 – Mikolas Chadima
* Saw It in the Paper – 3:40 – Adrian Mitchell
* Fonte: Discogs
* Berlin Programme (Brecht, Eisler, Cutler, Frith, Goebbels, Harth, Cora, Krause, Lewis) – 27:44 – Duck and Cover
* Mystery Tapes 1 – 6:04 – John Oswald
* Märzfeber – 6:44 – Conrad Bauer
* Fluent (Andrzej Karpiński) – 3:13 – Reportaż
* Battle-painter's Song (Karpiński) – 2:11 – Reportaż
* The Day When Truth Was not Existed (Karpiński) – 2:58 – Reportaż
* Stufferation – 1:42 – Adrian Mitchell
* Fonte: Discogs
* Card to Bernard (Peter Blegvad) – 2:42 – The Big Guns
* Early Rest Home (Whitlow, Wilson, Piersel, Scholbe, Katsimpalis, Sharp) – 9:40 – Biota
* Pigs – 2:40 – Robert Wyatt
* Sprung from Traps – 5:05 – Roger Turner
* Little Red Bombadier – 4:13 – Kontroll Csoport
* Woman of Water – 1:16 – Adrian Mitchell
* Coste – 1:52 – Cassix
* Criota – 2:42 – Cassix
* Religion – 2:30 – Cassix
* The Stanislavsky Method – 1:07 – Cassix
* Tempo di Pace, Bari – 3:52 – Cassix
* Copy Machine – 1:46 – Cassix
* Finta di Nulla – 1:54 – Cassix
* Nadja – 4:21 – Nazca
* Fonte: Discogs
* After Dinner – 2:55 – After Dinner
* A Walnut – 3:05 – After Dinner
* RE (Tadahiko Yokogawa) – 4:29 – After Dinner
* A Man of Marble – 2:56 – After Dinner
* Glass Tube – 4:34 – After Dinner
* L'heure des Louves (Joane Hétu, Diane Labrosse) – 5:15 – Wondeur Brass
* Раз, Два (1, 2) – 4:31 – Strange Games
* Hermetic Discourse – 6:32 – Steve Moore
* C'est Bon la Viande! – 4:54 – Art Moulu Tréfin
* The Murder of the Poet Michael Smith by Three Men in Kingston, Jamaica – 0:40 – Adrian Mitchell
* Power – 4:18 – The Black Sheep
* Cantate 159 (Bach, arr. André Duchesne) – 5:13 – André Duchesne
* Staying Awake – 1:31 – Adrian Mitchell
* Fonte: Discogs

### Volume 2

* Puptent – 3:45 – Blitzoids
* Imperialism of the Future – 4:38 – Ůr
* The Same Thing (Willie Dixon) – 5:50 – Henry Kaiser, Michael Maxymenko e Bill Frisell
* Wedding (Iva Bittová, Pavel Fajt, Karel David) – 4:52 – Iva Bittová and Pavel Fajt
* Plains of Hungary – 11:00 – Anthony Moore
* Parade – 11:10 – John Oswald
* Pégase (Joseph Racaille, arr. Christophe Baillot) – 1:14 – Joseph Racaille
* Nivelles – 5:48 – This Heat
* The Egg & I (Anton Fier, David Thomas) – 3:31 – David Thomas & The Accordion Club
* It Happened to Me (Thomas) – 2:33 – David Thomas & The Accordion Club
* Fonte: Discogs
* In Life's Hand (Dave Kerman) – 4:35 – 5uu's
* Chairman Mao (Charlie Haden, Robert Wyatt) – 6:19 – Robert Wyatt
* Yeah Mom – 3:47 – John French
* From Suite Koradi – 12:22 – Arturo Meza
* Suite (Resume 84–86) (Stevan Tickmayer) – 11:48 – Intellectual Cabare
* Christi Crucifixi Ultima Verba – 5:28 – Jocelyn Robert
* Dance – 5:22 – Hunk Ai!
* The Barking Dogs Versus the Minimalists – 3:42 – Henry Kaiser
* Fonte: Discogs
* Klangfarbenprobes (Episodes Excerpt) – 2:02 – John Oswald
* Warsong (For Lovers Only) – 3:03 – Roberto Musci e Giovanni Venosta
* Redens" / "Orbiston Parva – 3:06 – Luciano Margorani
* Brave It (Amy Denio) – 4:35 – Tone Dogs
* Engine of Myth – 2:44 – David Myers
* Warheads – 4:28 – James Grigsby
* Under Xmas Tree (Lars Pedersen) – 3:48 – When
* Tango – 3:43 – Kampec Dolores
* Tra le due Inghilterre – 3:35 – La 1919
* Pageant for Blinking Signal (James Grigsby) – 1:44 – James Grigsby e Brad Laner
* Flaubears Dancing – 4:48 – J. Lachan
* Moyen-âge – 9:00 – Miriodor
* Fonte: Discogs
* Todesanzeige – 5:40 – Expander Des Fortschritts
* Cairo: Khan Al Khaki – 8:50 – Werner Kodytek
* Picasso's Last Stand (Jim Meneses) – 4:15 – Increase the Angle
* All Thumbs – 4:06 – Bill Gilonis
* Os Monomakhos – 4:12 – Dimosiypalliliko Retire
* Cut – 11:45 – Lutz Glandien
* Organism – 8:37 – Thinking Plague
* USA/Intolerance – 1:33 – Jean Derome
* Italy/Resistance – 2:14 – Jean Derome
* Ghana/Hope – 3:35 – Jean Derome
* Fonte: Discogs

### Volume 3

* Iranian Rock – 7:01 – Steve Moore
* Bakerloo Boogaloo (Will Menter) – 7:33 – Overflow
* Bells – 11:40 – Don Wherry
* War is Deception (Christoph Anders) – 3:45 – State of War
* Vox-5 – 5:37 – Trevor Wishart
* Anything's Possible – 2:15 – ZGA
* Duchesne Téléphone – 2:14 – René Lussier
* Christmas Message – 2:46 – René Lussier
* Extrait du Manifeste du Front de libération du Québec – 3:29 – René Lussier
* Government of Love – 4:29 – Bing Selfish & The Ideals
* Working Stiff – 2:32 – Murphy Working Stiffs
* Fonte: Discogs
* Pressure Inversion Ratios – David Myers e Alex Ross
* Es Lebe – Lutz Glandien
* Stone Music – Zygmunt Krauze
* Music from The Bacchae – Rasmus Lunding
* Dedicated to Marina D. – Ne Zhdali
* Release – Charles Southern
* The Old Pianola (Pierre Bastien) – Mecanium
* Fonte: Discogs
* Chiaroscuro – 7:00 – Steve Moore
* Photo Project 1 – 2:22 – Jocelyn Robert
* Bell (Lars Pedersen) – 6:25 – When
* Tombo – 5:05 – Tom Djll
* Racer Hero (Susanne Lewis) – 3:33 – Hail
* Microclimats (Marc Pira, Pierre Chuchana) – 9:19 – Illegal Function
* Carousel of Progress (Dave Kerman, Sanjay Kumar) – 5:22 – 5uu's
* Intense Grace (Dave Fox) – 3:16 – Abdo Men
* Diary XI-XV – 7:30 – Erik Hug
* Fonte: Discogs

### Volume 4

* - – 4:00 – Koongoortoog
* Ostrich Wheel (Django Bates) – 7:20 – The Adenoid Quartet
* Z – 0:18 – John Oswald
* TP2 (Doug Carroll) – 7:24 – Tom Nunn
* What's the Point? – 2:09 – Diledadafish
* The Desk (Warrick Sony) – 3:41 – Lesego Rampolokeng con Kalahari Surfers
* Vietnam's Victory – 6:26 – Cornelius Cardew
* Death in 40 Pictures – 2:27 – Peter Machajdík
* Circus Music (Tiziano Popoli) – 8:59 – Tiziano Popoli and N.O.R.M.A.
* Sonnet 2 – 2:39 – Al Margolis
* The Unknown (No. 4) – 2:43 – David Lee Myers
* How to Clean Squid – 5:41 – Thinking Plague
* Lost Title – 3:19 – ZGA
* Walk Aside – 4:14 – Biota
* The Cross and the Circle – 5:41 – Martin Burlas
* Chair – 3:36 – Blitzoids
* Les cons ont Dansé" / "Lait Condensé (Yves Chichillos Hausermann) – 3:42 – Les Sales Combles
* Encore – 1:16 – Chris Cutler e Fred Frith
* Fonte Discogs
* Sacrifice to Isis – 2:22 – Q.R. Ghazala
* Three Cold Floors – 3:59 – Mike Hovancsek e Paul Guerguerian
* Inception – 4:10 – Tom Dimuzio
* Short-Cuts: Brahms – 4:25 – Marie Goyette
* Danseuse – 5:06 – Ken Ando
* Congo – 1:40 – Robert Iolini
* Zimbabwe – 2:27 – Robert Iolini
* From Le Ombre di Otello – 3:28 – Giovanni Venosta
* Feu Brilliant – 5:18 – Keith Rowe and Alain De Filippis
* Shenandoah" / "Innsbruck – 5:30 – Brian Woodbury's Variety Orchestra
* The Unthinkable – 6:27 – Richard Barrett
* Heterophony – 7:02 – Stevan Tickmayer
* Des Objets de la Plus Grande Importance (Gigou Chenevier) – 3:26 – Volapük
* Interludium: Two Drums – 2:46 – Boris Kovač
* Virgo Ramayana – 6:00 – Philip Perkins
* After Hours" / "The Colour of Blood – 4:40 – Shelley Hirsch, Jon Rose e Chris Cutler
* Fonte Discogs

### Selections

* Mystery Tapes – 6:07 – John Oswald
* Berlin Programme (Brecht, Eisler, Cutler, Frith, Goebbels, Harth, Cora, Krause, Lewis) – 27:41 – Duck and Cover
* Hermetic Discourse – 6:45 – Steve Moore
* Religion – 2:32 – Cassix
* The Stanislavsky Method – 1:11 – Cassix
* Tempo di Pace, Bari – 3:56 – Cassix
* Copy Machine – 1:49 – Cassix
* Finta di Nulla – 1:59 – Cassix
* The Birth of Compomisation (Dave Kerman) – 2:53 – 5uu's
* The Threshold of Liberty – 9:32 – Steve Moore
* Early Rest Home (Whitlow, Wilson, Piersel, Scholbe, Katsimpalis, Sharp) – 9:43 – Biota
* Fonte: Discogs
* Chairman Mao (Charlie Haden, Robert Wyatt) – 6:15 – Robert Wyatt
* Wedding (Iva Bittová, Pavel Fajt, Karel David) – 4:52 – Iva Bittová e Pavel Fajt
* Tra le due Inghilterre – 3:33 – La 1919
* Christi Crucifixi Ultima Verba – 5:29 – Jocelyn Robert
* Pageant for Blinking Signal (James Grigsby) – 1:42 – James Grigsby e Brad Laner
* Flaubears Dancing – 4:47 – J. Lachan
* The Barking Dogs Versus the Minimalists – 3:39 – Henry Kaiser
* Picasso's Last Stand (Jim Meneses) – 4:15 – Increase the Angle
* All Thumbs – 4:07 – Bill Gilonis
* The Egg & I (Anton Fier, David Thomas) – 3:28 – David Thomas & The Accordion Club
* Pégase (Joseph Racaille, arr. Christophe Baillot) – 1:14 – Joseph Racaille
* Klangfarbenprobe – 2:00 – John Oswald
* Warsong – 2:46 – Roberto Musci e Giovanni Venosta
* "Redens" / "Orbiston Parva" – 3:07 – Luciano Margorani
* In Life's Hand (Dave Kerman) – 4:36 – 5uu's
* Warheads – 4:30 – James Grigsby
* Under Xmas Tree (Lars Pedersen) – 3:48 – When
* USA Intolerance – 1:33 – Jean Derome
* Italy Resistance – 2:14 – Jean Derome
* Ghana Hope – 3:54 – Jean Derome
* Fonte Discogs
