Mark Sanders

Between January and April 2015 Christian Marclay filled White Cube Bermondsey with works about glass and the drinking life of East London. They ranged from the video installation Pub Crawl, made from sounds he drew out of abandoned bottles and cans, to a series of onomatopoeia paintings. Musicians were invited to perform inside the show every weekend. Each concert was then recorded, cut, pressed and sleeved in the gallery itself. The Vinyl Factory ran its mobile VF Press on site, and Coriander Studio screen-printed Marclay's covers by hand. Fifteen records were made this way. The fifth belongs to the London drummer Mark Sanders, playing alone.

Sanders is one of the most called-upon drummers in British improvised music. His partners include Derek Bailey and Okkyung Lee, and with bassist John Edwards he has formed a long-standing rhythm section in Evan Parker's trio and many other groups. He also knew Marclay's work from the inside, having played in Everyday, Marclay's piece for film and live musicians, which toured festivals and biennales across Europe. On Saturday 14 February 2015 he performed ...It's Just a Brisk Walk to the Gin Palace from Here, Let's Go Now. The title answers the show's pub theme with a wink. The credits list small and large drums, blocks, cymbals, gongs, and wine and beer glasses, so the kit itself takes in Marclay's subject. Glass rings and rattles next to skins and metal. The set runs as one continuous piece over both sides, just under twenty minutes on the first and about fourteen on the second. Marc Raue recorded the concert and cut the lacquer, and both runouts are dated 14/02/15, the day of the performance. A few weeks later Sanders was back in the gallery as one of the nine improvisers in Steve Beresford's conducted ensemble. The record later entered the Centre Pompidou with the rest of the series, a gift from Marclay and White Cube in 2024.

Black vinyl LP, hand pressed on The Vinyl Factory Press, in a sleeve with artwork by Christian Marclay screen-printed in two colours by Coriander Studio, with a silkscreened A-side label. Limited edition of 500 copies.