{"id":4947,"date":"2021-11-25T12:38:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T11:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orbeatize.com\/heres-the-new-pitch-of-errol-h-tout\/"},"modified":"2021-11-25T12:41:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T11:41:37","slug":"heres-the-new-pitch-of-errol-h-tout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orbeatize.com\/en\/heres-the-new-pitch-of-errol-h-tout\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s the new pitch of Errol H. Tout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Acclaimed West Australian guitarist Errol H. Tout<\/strong> has released his new album, \u2018Luminous – Dancing About Architecture\u2019<\/a>, a labour of love recorded over a period of three years. <\/span><\/p>\n

And he knows what he\u2019s…dancing about! Tout was Head of the Department of Architecture & Interior Architecture at Curtin University of Technology until 2008, then was more latterly a Senior Lecturer and Chair of the Science and Technology Stream. Then again, he\u2019s also a graduate of King Crimson<\/strong>icon, Robert Fripp <\/strong>Guitar Craft School. <\/span><\/p>\n

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For the one-time career architect and long-time musician, many things lie within the name of the new LP.<\/strong> Variously attributed to the likes of Frank Zappa<\/strong>, Elvis Costello<\/strong> and comedian Martin Mull<\/strong>. \u201cThe first quote that I\u2019ve been able to track down from 1931 in the New York Times,\u201d Tout explains. “\u201cIt was a journalist who actually said it in the context of writing and music being two different artforms and you shouldn\u2019t try doing both at the same time. So writing about music was as stupid as dancing about architecture. Laurie Anderson used it too, I think,\u201d he adds. \u201cIt\u2019s been used and abused! For me, it just made a lot of sense. Once upon a time, being an architect and now I\u2019m being a musician. So it fits well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Similarly, while music and architecture may be regarded as two different disciplines, architectural concepts play into the way Tout thinks about music\u2026<\/strong> \u201cVery much so,\u201d Tout says. \u201cThere\u2019s a perception as you move through something. The perception of space is that you see it as you move through it. The perception of sound is that sound moves past you. So things move though each other and there\u2019s should be a level of being able to discuss clearly about how it actually does it. You certainly have to do that in Architecture school. So architecture is about moving through space, and music is about moving through time.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

About the work<\/strong><\/p>\n

The music is described as \u2018Bright, cheerful, instrumental guitar music \u2013 without sounding like a tosser.\u2019<\/strong>On this album the following instruments will be found, lurking with delightful intent.<\/span><\/p>\n