Abstract
Beyond the Dawn: Authenticity, Documentation, and Kate Bush
Highlights
Produced and cut together by Bush herself, the CD delivers the definitive aural experience of the live performances
Bush describes the process in her liner notes: ‘Keeping the best original performances from the musicians but stripping out the tracks, adding new scenes and textures before sewing it all back together, it has become something of a director’s cut but in sound - not vision.’
Director’s Cut is useful context, as it reflects Bush’s desire to control every aspect of production, self-curating and preserving her legacy. 2011 felt as if we were on the cusp of some sort of Kate Bush renaissance, but no-one would have ever entertained the thought of Bush returning to the stage
Summary
Produced and cut together by Bush herself, the CD delivers the definitive aural experience of the live performances. In the liner notes for Before the Dawn, Kate Bush writes: ‘This is the audio document.’ Released in 2016, this live CD captures Bush’s acclaimed concert series performed at the Hammersmith Apollo, London, in 2014. Bush goes on to detail her self-imposed constraints: ‘Nothing at all has been re-recorded or overdubbed on this live album, just two or three sound FX added to help with the atmosphere.’ The shows were her first in 35 years, and I was fortunate enough to be able to attend.
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