Auslanders is a co-released with Sound Anatomy, as a limited edition run of 100 CDs in hand letterpressed cases and as a digital download.

You can buy the physical CD from us here at Vernacular or head over to Sound Anatomy to buy the Download soundanatomy.com

Jon Rose – violin
Richard Scott – modular synthesizer
David Birchall – acoustic guitar
Phillip Marks – drums and percussion

1. trio 24:09
2. quartet 16.18

Vernacular Recordings are delighted to present our first release, aco-production with Berlin imprint Sound Anatomy capturing the legendary Australian improvising and experimental violinist Jon Rose performing live in Berlin with Richard Scott’s Manchester-based Lightning Ensemble.

Richard Scott and Phillip Marks first played together in Manchester’s Bark! in the 1990s (alongside Rex Casswell and Robin Hayward). Out of this quite volatile collaboration they helped to develop a distinctive highly conversational, percussive and rhythmic “Manchester-style” of free improvisation, which is very much reflected in the contrapuntal textures and forms on this album, recorded live in concert at Ausland in Berlin in 2015. This hyper-interactive style of improvising, with individual lines subservient to the collective shaping of energies, owes much to seminal UK groups such as Spontaneous Music Ensemble and Music Improvisation Company but with a restless edginess that perhaps reflects a different time and no doubt something of the sociable and sometimes abrasive character of the city of Manchester itself.

Jon Rose gamely agreed to meet us onstage for the first time for the Lightning Ensemble’s Berlin debutconcert at Ausland and appeared unfazed by the experience. The summer fireworks that ensued that evening are herby etched here in binary form for all to hear.

recorded at Ausland, Berlin, 12 June 2015
mastered by Richard Scott
image by David Birchall (physical)
physical design and print by Nicholas Birchall at Cleeve Press
image by Philippa Jeffery (digital)
digital design by Clarke Robinson (digital)

Includes unlimited streaming of Auslanders: Live in Berlin via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.