"’‘Earthworks Complete’ is a Summerfold Records box set
reissue of the entire back catalogue across the band's 20-year career. 15
titles on 20 CD's and 4 DVD discs include previously unreleased and little
known material. Documenting the 20 year history from 1987 to 2006 of one of the
UK's brightest, most travelled and best loved young jazz ensembles.
Featuring Bill Bruford with Iain Ballamy, Django Bates, Patrick
Clahar, Laurence Cottle, Tim Garland, Steve Hamilton, Tim Harries, Mark
Hodgson, Mick Hutton, Gwilym Simcock.
All audio, visual and print materials compiled and curated by Bill
Bruford with additional, original artwork by award-winning illustrator,
photographer and filmmaker Dave McKean.
This phenomenal and awe-inspiring package features the following:
Earthworks / Dig? / All Heaven Broke Loose / Stamping Ground-Live / Apart, And
Yet Apart / The Sound Of Surprise / Footloose And Fancy Free (2CD) / Random
Acts Of Happiness / Footloose In NYC (2CD & DVD set) / A video anthology
Volume 1: 2000's (2CD & DVD) / A video anthology Volume 2: 1990s (2CD &
DVD) / Earthworks Underground Orchestra / Earthworks in Santiago, Chile (CD
& DVD set: previously unreleased video) / From conception to birth (17
short tracks showing the process from demo to master, with explanatory notes
from Bill Bruford) / Heavenly Bodies Expanded (2CD 'Best Of' collection across
the entire catalogue, with explanatory notes from Bill Bruford).
"This is a heady concoction indeed, and one which joyously
breaks down all sorts of musical barriers in its path". - The Times
"It mixes up styles, moods and meters as effortlessly as it
ignores musical boundaries”. - Wall St.Journal
“Earthworks makes jazz out of just about anything handy" -
Jazziz
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