Richard Francis & Bruce Russell – Garage Music [CD]

"'Garage Music began as a tape collaboration in 2007. Bruce and Richard exchanged recordings and tried adding to them in various ways. This was only partly satisfactory, so in 2009 they decided to try another approach. They set up a show at the Physics Room, a contemporary arts space in Christchurch, near where Bruce worked. Richard flew down from Auckland and they played the show, doing short solo sets and then improvising live together. The next morning the recordings were listened over. Because the solo sets were about the same length, they decided to overlay them as a 'virtual duet'. The two resulting pieces formed the basis of the album, with the most successful of the mail collaborations added in. The title derived from the original CDR of basic tracks recorded by Bruce in his garage, which was labelled 'Garage Music'. That's what you get.'
Bruce Russell"

Alone At Last, 2012