David Jackman - Singles

Elusive composer and visual artist David Jackman began his career in the U.K. with experimental group Scratch Orchestra alongside Cornelius Cardew. Later he created group Organum. This seminal improvisational group was also the breeding ground for AMM and the New Zealand percussion composer Phil Dadson.
Jackman's work as Organum was documented on limited-edition vinyl LPs in the '80s, and in the '90s he released numerous CDs. The albums Submission, released by Complacency in the U.S., and Veil of Tears, on Matchless, exhibit a strongly minimalist aligned music, with an attention to the sonic effects of massed string drones and metal percussion. Many Organum recordings were made as location specific happenings, taking advantage of unusual reverberant spaces to enhance the music performance, such as tunnels, caves, and a highway overpass, as well as many outdoor natural environments.
Highly regarded in avant-garde music circles, he has worked with members of Nurse With Wound, Jim O'Rourke, Robert Hampson of Main, and Christophe Heemann of H.N.A.S. This dark ambient drone music that at times recalls the minimalist violin drones of Tony Conrad or the electronic soundscapes of Morphogenesis, although it is often called post-industrial, it is far from the futuristic imagery conjured by such a tag. In fact, this music has roots in Medieval and Eastern ritual music, hence Jackman has titled one of his works "Kammer," which references the early music genre of the same name.
On the collaboration CD Crux + Flayed on Matchless, Jackman and percussionist Eddie Prevost used electronics to transform sounds of a drum and cymbal improvisation that results in a dense drone alive with overtones and harmonics. This approach differed from the heavily reverberated strings improvisations of prior works. Akin to the work of David Toop and Max Eastley, in that it is inspired by British minimalism, free improvisation, and sound sculpture, the music is Zen-like and can be simultaneously elating and dark.

Part One

Ten-Cut
10" (1996)
Numbered and signed edition of 80 copies.

The record is cut in a saw blade shape.

Ember Hollow

7" (1998)

A Ember Hollow 3:24
B Dawn Plaza 3:18

Limited to 100 numbered copies

Laus

7" (1998)

A Laus 3:00
B Laus 3:00
Notes
600 copies released.
Same material on each side. (Both sides pressed with stampers made from the same laquer disk.)


Flag Of Surrender

7" (1998)

A Flag Of Surrender 4:36
B Fracture 3:54

First edition of 400 copies on black vinyl with blue labels in grey & black sleeve
Second edition of 89 copies on white vinyl with blue labels in grey & black sleeve
Third edition of 91 copies on black vinyl with blue labels in blue & black sleeve


Canary Waltz

7" (1998)

A Kanarienvogelwalzer 1:42
B Canary Waltz 1:31

Picture disc.
Limited to 90 numbered copies.

No special edition made. Originally 120 copies were pressed but 30 were badly warped and had to be (sadly) destroyed. The image is of an unknown man from a 1920's photograph "found" by David Jackman.

Machine Guns

7" (2000)

A Machine Gun
B Machine Gun

Tracks using the archive recordings of the "Imperial War Museum" in London as a sound source.
Edition of 600 copies in transparent vinyl. 2nd edition: 200 copies on black vinyl.

Machine Gun Fighting

10" (2000)

A1 Untitled
A2 Untitled
B1 Untitled
B2 Untitled
Notes
Limited edition of 500 copies.

Original sound IWM [Imperial War Museum] London.
The same material is on both sides.

Gun, Machine, Vickers, .303-inch, MK 1

7" (2000)

A Untitled
B Untitled

Pressed in an edition of 400 copies.


Eisen

10" (2001)

A Untitled 4:51
B Untitled 4:51

Limited to 500 copies. Housed in a black die-cut sleeve.


David Jackman / Philip Sanderson

Terrain 10" (2002)

A David Jackman / Philip Sanderson - Terrain 6:28
Written-By - Jackman , Sanderson
B David Jackman - Adrift 3:39
Written-By - Jackman

Side A (recorded 1980) is an alternative version of "Terrain" originally released on the "Zero Degrees North" cassette on Aeroplane (AR04) in 1982.

Side B (recorded 1981) was originally released on the 1981 Snatch Tapes cassette 'Adrift' (TCH212).

Limited edition of 500 copies.
First 100 copies are on grey vinyl.


Edge Of Nothing

10" (2004)
A Edge Of Nothing 6:29
B Edge Of Nothing 6:29
Limited to 500 copies.
First 100 copies on clear vinyl.

"Edge Of Nothing" was originally released on The Elephant Table Album 2LP (X Tract, 1983). Both tracks presented here are new mixes of the original material, done in January 2003.

The sleeve illustration is an isometric image of a WW1 British machine gun emplacement taken from an original drawing made by a member of 23 Field Company, Royal Engineers in Febuary 1918.

Flak

10" (2004)

A Flak 5:59
Written By - Jackman , Via
B Wietzendorf 5:40
Written By - Jackman , Schwarz

Edition of 500 copies of which the first 100 copies are on white colored vinyl and are only available through mailorder.


Part Two


Ritual (1980) MC

A1 David Jackman - Ritual 3:29
B1 David Jackman & Philip Sanderson - Offshore 3:28

Two editions exist with different covers. The first edition is limited to 5 copies; the second edition is limited to 25 copies.

The B-side was later re-released on the Up From Zero CD (Robot Records, 2005).

Untitled (1983) Cassette

A Untitled 6:55
B Untitled 6:53

Limited to 10 copies.
A side track remastered and rereleased on 'The Elephant Table Album' compilation (see listing on 'X Tract' label XX 001).



Threshold (1994) 7"

A Threshold 4:51

Artwork By - David Jackman
Performer - David Jackman

Limited to 100 numbered copies


Organum

Desola (1995)
mini CD

1 Desola Pt 1 6:13
Accordion [Uncredited Drone] - Christoph Heemann
2 Shin-en 5:40
3 Desola Pt 2 4:00

Edition of 1000 copies.


Fiery Holes (1996)CD

1 Rage & Futility 4:55
2 Slug 5:09
3 Fiery Holes 6:19

1st edition - 1996, 200 numbered copies.
2nd edition - 1999, 400 copies


Silver Skies (1997)7"

A Silver Skies A 3:51
B Silver Skies B 2:09

Limited to 100 numbered and signed copies


Sternklare Nacht (1998)
CD-r

1 Untitled 3:06
2 Untitled 3:06

Edition Of 50 Numbered Copies
Cd Comes In A Cardboard Sleeve & Is Signed By David Jackman

David Jackman Und Orchester

Rabenfeld (1999)CD-r

1 Untitled 4:01
2 Untitled 4:01
3 Untitled 3:59

Numbered, limited edition of 50 copies, each signed by David Jackman



Also see Organum - The Singles