Signature Generator

"What kind of music do you play?' They never had an easy answer. This was some of it." Peter Hammill, as ever, being sincerely non-committal about style and influence, yet managing to be securely on target at the same time. Second Generation is set up as the second half of an overview of Van Der Graaf Generator, but it definitely has a bias; three of the four cuts comprising Godbluff are included here, while Vital is completely ignored, right down to the exclusion of the studio version of "Ship of Fools" (later included on I Prophesy Disaster).

Memory Generator EP takes you back into your deepest memories and feelings. Full of soft and pleasuring psychedelics rythms with lots of spacey atmoshpheric melodies. The Memory Generator sends you to your far and deepest parts of your brain.

The Amorphous Androgynous return with symphonic 41 minute 'We Persuade Ourselves We Are Immortal' in 6 epic parts. Featuring the legendary Peter Hammill (the Van Der Graaf Generator) on vocals alongside a host of musicians including Paul Weller (piano and guitar) Ray Fenwick (Spencer Davis Group / Ian Gillan Band) lead guitar, Brian Hopper (Caravan / Soft Machine) on sax and many others including the 50 piece Chesterfield Philharmonic Choir and a 25 piece sumptuously recorded live orchestral string section…

This truly is an all-star affair. Parliament and Funkadelic alumni like Bootsy Collins, Eddie Hazel, Walter "Junie" Morrison, and Garry Shider, among others, resurface from various stages in the Mothership's time upon earth to contribute to this stylistically sprawling and urbanely funky session; adding to the impressive roll call are high-profile soul and funk guest stars such as Sly "Sylvester Stewart" Stone, Bobby Womack, Fred Wesley, and Maceo Parker. And leading the charge is the master himself, George Clinton.