UNPLEASANT NATURE
Unpleasant Nature was nothing more than an excuse to play music. Or more precisely to play with music. The formula experienced three distinctive periods. The first as a four headed jam band. The second as a three headed acoustic then electronic improvising band. The third and last one dived deep and afar as a duo into pure sound experimentalism. Their tape mono recordings are for the first time available on the net. Beware !
REEL I
Unreleased. Recorded May 1995
All titles Lallemand/Kavopoulos/Solazzo/Verplancke
except * Lallemand/Solazzo/Verplancke
Karin Lallemand (violin, vocals)
Nicolas Kavopoulos (alto saxophone)
Domenico Solazzo (acoustic drums and percussions)
Emmanuel Verplancke (bass)
transfer from the analog master tape to digital support march 2000
Cover Painting
Rouge by Gi.Couture
REEL II
Unreleased. Recorded June 1995
All titles Lallemand/Kavopoulos/Solazzo/Verplancke
except * Solazzo
Karin Lallemand (violin, vocals)
Nicolas Kavopoulos (alto saxophone)
Domenico Solazzo (acoustic drums and percussions)
Emmanuel Verplancke (bass)
transfer from the analog master tape to digital support march 2000
Cover Painting
Vert by Gi.Couture
All titles Kavopoulos/Solazzo/Verplancke
Nicolas Kavopoulos (alto saxophone)
Domenico Solazzo (acoustic drums and percussions)
Emmanuel Verplancke (bass, effects)
transfer from the analog master tape to digital support march 2000
REEL IV
Unreleased. Recorded November 1995
All titles Kavopoulos/Solazzo/Verplancke
Nicolas Kavopoulos (alto and tenor saxophone)
Domenico Solazzo (acoustic drums and percussions)
Emmanuel Verplancke (bass, effects)
transfer from the analog master tape to digital support march 2000
REEL V
Unreleased. Recorded December 1995
All titles Lallemand/Kavopoulos/Solazzo/Verplancke
Karin Lallemand (violin, vocals)
Nicolas Kavopoulos (alto and tenor saxophone)
Domenico Solazzo (acoustic drums and percussions)
Emmanuel Verplancke (bass, effects, commentaries)
transfer from the analog master tape to digital support march 2000
REEL VI
Unreleased. Recorded December 1995
THE CD TRANSFER FAILED. NO TRACKS RETRIEVED.
1/ Wes' Revenge (6:22)
2/ My Name is Mud + (2:26)
3/ Impro Style (13:45)
a. a way to begin leads to ...
b. ... a way to and end
4/ Army of Me * (2:53)
5/ The Neverending Journey (18:31)
6/ What Happened to My Nose ? (10:37)
7/ A Night, A Murderer and His Prey (1:34)
8/ Bob Caught in The Harsh Web of Spontaneous Music (13:45)
9/ Last Minute Warning (0:56)
10/ Tragic Failure (4:51)
76:59
All titles Lallemand/Kavopoulos/Stelleman/Solazzo/Verplancke
except + Claypool/Lalonde/Alexander
* Gudmundsdottir/Massey
Karin Lallemand (violin, vocals)
Nicolas Kavopoulos (alto and tenor saxophone)
Laurent Stelleman (guitar)
Domenico Solazzo (acoustic drums, percussions, keyboards)
Emmanuel Verplancke (bass)
REEL VII
Unreleased. Recorded June 1996
TWO TITLES DIDN'T MAKE IT
AS THE CD TRANSFER FAILED.
All titles Kavopoulos/Solazzo/Verplancke
except + Kavopoulos/Solazzo recorded in 1998
N.K (alto and tenor saxophone),
D.S. (drumming, keyboards)
Emmanuel Verplancke (bass, guitar, effects and voice)
transfer from the analog master tape
to digital support march 2000
REEL VIII
Unreleased. Recorded July 1996
All titles Kavopoulos/Solazzo/Verplancke
except * Kavopoulos/Solazzo recorded in 1998
N.K (alto and tenor saxophone),
D.S. (drumming, keyboards)
Emmanuel Verplancke (bass, guitar, effects and voice)
transfer from the analog master tape
to digital support march 2000
REEL IX
Unreleased. Recorded December 1996
All titles Kavopoulos/Solazzo
N. Kavopoulos (pre-recording, tape, dj, percussions, effects, keys)
D. Solazzo (percussions, drums, keys, guitar, screams and stuff)
transfer from the analog master tape to digital support march 2000
Cover Painting
Jaune 15 oct. by Gi.Couture
REEL X
Unreleased. Recorded January 1997
All titles Kavopoulos/Solazzo
N. Kavopoulos (pre-recording, tape, dj, percussions, effects, keys)
D. Solazzo (percussions, drums, keys, guitar, screams and stuff)
transfer from the analog master tape to digital support march 2000
Cover Painting
Foret Verte2 by Gi.Couture
REEL XI
Unreleased. Recorded March 1997
ONE TITLE DIDN'T MAKE IT
AS THE CD TRANSFER FAILED.
THE TITLE "SOULS UNDERNEATH THE SEA"
CLEARLY SUFFERS FROM A BAD CD RIP.
APOLOGIES.
All titles Kavopoulos/Solazzo
N. Kavopoulos (tape engineer, recordman and superviser)
D. Solazzo (computer programming, samples and keyboards)
transfer from the analog master tape to digital support march 2000
Cover Painting
Collage12 by Gi.Couture
REEL XII
Unreleased. Recorded April 1997
THE TITLE "RAW" SUFFERED FROM THE CD TRANSFER.
HOWEVER, CONSIDERING THE AGGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE ORIGINAL VERSION, I DECIDED TO INCLUDE IT ANYWAY. BE BRAVE.
All titles Kavopoulos/Solazzo
N. Kavopoulos (tapes, larsen supra conductor and superviser)
D. Solazzo (computer programming, samples and keyboards)
transfer from the analog master tape to digital support march 2000
Cover Painting
b6x6x2 by Gi.Couture
REEL XIII
Unreleased. Recorded September 1997
All titles Kavopoulos/Solazzo
N. Kavopoulos (tape engineer, tape manipulator and theorist)
D. Solazzo (computer programming, samples and keyboards)
transfer from the analog master tape to digital support march 2000
Cover Painting
mer,terre,ciel2 by Gi.Couture