Flappers

Tracklist

Track previews.

About the album

Flappers marks the first solo effort by Charlie Ringas as composer/drummer/bandleader, and the formation of Don Valley Parkway as a performing unit.

Spending most of 1985 writing the music, by the spring of 1986 this electric ensemble of guitar, keyboards, bass and drums, was assembled and ready to embark on some challenging musical adventures

The compositions presented here draw on a wide range of influences. There is a symphonic approach of wide ranging constructs,

integrating some fiery improvising over unusual chord sequences and shifting time signatures throughout. However, on noting that, there’s plenty of straight ahead rhythms and harmonic sequences, that brings balance to the overall scope of this recorded effort.

With all this activity going on, the group’s overall sound is coherent and compact. And as this music demands your full attention, what it offers is a generous output, to an engaging listening experience..

Credits

DON VALLEY PARKWAY
John Gzowski – guitar
Richard Uglow – keyboards
(tr 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13)
Paul Cartwright – keyboards
(tr 1, 3, 8, 10, 12)
Stuart Steinhart – bass
(tr 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13)
Alfred Gertler – bass
(tr 1, 3, 8, 10, 12)
Charlie Ringas – drums, percussion
Tracks 5, 7, 13
recorded and mixed by Wiggert van Aardevelt
at Zaza Sound, July 1986.
Tracks 2, 4, 6, 9, 11
recorded and mixed by Eric Kofler
at the Forest Recording Studio, August 1986.
Tracks 1, 3, 8, 10, 12
recorded and mixed by Eric Kofler
at the Forest Recording Studio, January 1987.
Tape to DAT transfer by Peter Hudson
at Friendly Pirate Studios, September 1994.
Remastered and re-edited by John Magyar
at Psychospace Sound Studios, November 2007
Additional percussion tracks
performed by Charlie Ringas
and recorded by Garnet Willis
at Noisetree Digital Audio, March & April 2015.
Remixed and remastered by Garnet Willis
at Noisetree Digital Audio, June 2015.