As an important agent of Gothenburg’s underground scene

Songs snake their way from a lo-fi home recording to something glossier made with longtime friends at Asheville's Drop of Sun studios

Originally released in 1977 on the legendary Cobra label

with Sebastian Selke on cello and Daniel Selke on keyboard instruments

and the cover painting from Ypsilanti artist Jim Cherewick hints at Riverbed's uncommon colors and personality

TOM PHILIPS / GAVIN BRYARS / FRED ORTON - Irma - An Opera by Tom Phillips LP Hardcore As an important agent ofOn composing Tom Phillips' Irma: In February and March of 1977, for Brian Enos Obscure Records, I made a version of Irma. The following notes on the piece arise out of that involvement and try to show how the piece can be made into a performance state. Irma is a curious score it is printed on a single sheet 50cms x 50cms. The notation consists of fragments from Toms continuing treatment of the victorian novel by W. H. Mallock, which he calls A