Chris Hooson:
"Well. It started out a couple of years ago really. I was sent a poem by a guy called Elliot Sturdy, it really moved me and within a few days I had composed the basic theme which was really my reflection on his poem, rather than just do it in the usual piano plus a cello vein that is the usual approach for the band I started to really want to do a full chamber orchestra piece. I had always wanted to do it and I just felt that we should take our time with it, however what this meant was that Colin and I would get together every three months whilst we were weekending together (and when our wives would let us go spend time at the piano!) and just explore the piece and change bits around.
Pretty soon we had it finished and then the nightmare began. It was amazingly difficult getting those 20 players all playing at the right pitch and in time. Man how difficult are string players to work with! Don't try this at home anyone, it nearly drove me to go work at a shoe shop instead!
So when it was finished we went into the studio and did some smaller pieces with a quartet and I am really happy with the finished result. I just wish that someone would let me lose on a film score, that is my big dream really ...this is if you like an imaginary filmscore for a film called 'The Way I am Sick'."

Całkowicie instrumentalna płyta jednego z ciekawszych twórców w Glitterhouse, wypełniona niesamowitymi dźwiękami pianina i smyczków, a to za sprawa gościnnego udziału 20-osobowej "orkiestry"...
Dakota Suite to w zasadzie jeden muzyk: Chris Hooson, tu wspomagany przez Davida Buxtona, Colina Dunkleya i Richarda Formbyego. Płyta została nagrana w kosciele baptystów w Leeds, co zaważyło zdecydowanie na podniosłym, czasem wręcz sakralnym brzmieniu. Delikatne i bardzo leniwe, akustyczne pejzaże, w których role wiodącą przejmują na zmianę skrzypce, cello i pianino to doskanły soundtrack do filmu, którego jeszcze nikt nie nakręcił, ale który powstaje sam w naszej wyobraźni. Niesamowita muzyka...

Chris Hooson:
"Well. It started out a couple of years ago really. I was sent a poem by a guy called Elliot Sturdy, it really moved me and within a few days I had composed the basic theme which was really my reflection on his poem, rather than just do it in the usual piano plus a cello vein that is the usual approach for the band I started to really want to do a full chamber orchestra piece. I had always wanted to do it and I just felt that we should take our time with it, however what this meant was that Colin and I would get together every three months whilst we were weekending together (and when our wives would let us go spend time at the piano!) and just explore the piece and change bits around.
Pretty soon we had it finished and then the nightmare began. It was amazingly difficult getting those 20 players all playing at the right pitch and in time. Man how difficult are string players to work with! Don't try this at home anyone, it nearly drove me to go work at a shoe shop instead!
So when it was finished we went into the studio and did some smaller pieces with a quartet and I am really happy with the finished result. I just wish that someone would let me lose on a film score, that is my big dream really ...this is if you like an imagin.......
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