ADRIAN UTLEY'S GUITAR ORCHETRA IN C (VINYL)

Portishead's Adrian Utley brings together an orchestra of electric guitar players to interpret Terry Riley's In C, Written in 1964,In C is one of the most influential pieces of music from the 20th Century, establishing minimalism as a music genre, In C's simple musical rules - 53 musical phrases in C and no duration - allow for infinite variations, Utley's impressive Guitar Orchestra is augmented by organs and a clarinet making for a mesmeric sound experience, The Guitar Orchestra consists of 24 musicians from Bristol: 19 guitarists including John Parish (PJ Harvey), and Jim Barr (Portishead live band); 4 organs and a bass clarinet, The effect is an organic musical experience very much created in front of the audience both fragile and thunderingly uplifting.