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Entertainment Descnbmg the soon-where- leased ablum. Violet and Black, Mermt says ms Lone may be darker than that of Gravity, but It's not exactly black. “It's hke the flower and the colorless color," Merritt says of PAGE " . WATERLOO am. WWI JANUARY tr, t990 ' W;mmmmwmmwumwmmmmm He's sun on the same label in Canada (Duke Street), but he has been signed to a worldwide agree- ment mth IRS Records. a process whoch took the better part of a year to negotiate. But the want Is over - album number four IS on Its way, And it should arrwe within a few weeks. The album's about to come out irt 'mdhbruary, and that's basi. cally what I've been doing for the last year - workmg on the al- bum," Merritt says. "This is the tirst ~nnce Gravity because it's been sort of a procrastination on the part of lawyers and things." Bv 1985, Merritt had signed to Duke Street Records, and 1986 _ the release of his third album tirumy ls' Mutual, Fans have had m be content with that for the last fwur years. Not that It wasn't mythmg to be content with. The mhum. after all, received critical iCCIdlm across the country. ‘n ‘ms second album, Sandi; Interference, released in 1983. ma Cosmetes. Daniel Lanois pro. duced It, and Merritt sold It out of rhe back of his van. In the fall of 1981, Merritt ,xrerally locked himself away in an attic, experimenting in all day and mght sessions which resulted Deborah Crandatt Chronicle Staff It's been almost four years since a new album of his has hit the record bins, but if Scott Merritt's wannabe released album is in keeping with the previous three A the want will have been well worth n, Mermt. a Brantford, Ont. na- me. eased unto the Canadian musnc picture m 1979 with the release of ms first album Desper- 11tt?Pttythermooeutrttrmgs ammunday. tyit) Folkie ii"iairr.ivjiv'irs'rri""t-t is back with a new album Ttttt wanit it over UK P: Wife“ 395‘ T,'tis _ a l 5.9033 serotttkrrttttomtersootorttconeeottherm- -qF - -H‘" ' -- - luv "VI- " “In: 1110781110!“- Tickets are $17 (students and seniors $12) and are available at the box offices of the Centre in the Square and University of Waterloo, at Words Worth Books, 88 King St. S., or at the door. For reservations and information, phortV8ir1673. 'e _ -___ we. - __- -wu-vvvn-qubnu. no, Op. 130. Their performance of the Beethoven piece is dietin- guiahed by the inclusion of the composer’s original finale, the Great Fugue, normally played as an independent piece of music be: Pele by Beethoven' atthe work’s last movement. Bela Bartok The program FrViliii'Tiiiaiiri;er"iiriit"i'i'ii; reflects this, including Haydn’s Quartet. Opus 76 No. l in G Major. Bartok's Quartet No. 4 and Beethoven's Quartet No. 18, m mm In”; ___1-, .. .. - _ __ --'"-'-' .....- ..‘....., um nus-ecu, man woman“! Nemeth, viola; Lanzlo Mew, cello, all graduates of the Fun: Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. The Bartok quartet is known for its performances of the Salami?) terrain-e as well "for the mgic of their namesake Chamber Music Society presents Bartok Quartet v u ”an anm “an, cu. "Nu. " at. D pan. Formed in 1967, this Hungarian quartet has performed more than 2,500 concerts around the world. The quartet is mks up of: Peter kolmos, Ctrgt violin; Gm Hargitai, second violin; Gen "__-AL ,,:,|, c ' I- .. u - The KW Chamber Music Society presents Tthe world.re. nowned Bartok Quartet in concert at Wilfrid Laurier Univerai. tr,'t Aird Recital Hg”, tti. Jan: 19 at 8 pm). For ticket worination, call the Princess Cinema at 885-2950. Merritt returns to Waterlo‘ tomorrow night to perform at the' Princess Cinema with band mem- berg Al Cross, David Woodhead and Doug Wilde. The perfor. mance is presented by the Grand Bayer Folk Society. "I am, like moat creatures, easily influenced by live music scenes. There's very little, if any at all, live music scene here, so my influences are a bit more distanced. Hopefully I can get a better perspective on what is really me." i He's not been tempted to move to a more muisiooriented environ- ment. In fact, any temptations have been to move even farther away from music environments, but "no temptation has proved toogreat." 'Tve been really wanting to write about what I know," Mer- ritt says. "lt was probably harder than I thought it would be. But at the same time, I think I can reveal more about things here than I can about world political issues." Merritt has recruited an array of talents to help with the al. bum's production, including his former drummer Bob Disalle (also formerly with Bruce Cockburn), Robert Williams of Captain Beef- heart and Stranglers fame, and Arthur Barrow (formerly with Frank Zappa's band) who pro duced the album. Having grown up in Brantford, and having remained there throughout his blossoming career - resisting the alluring lights of the big “music" cities - it's only fitting that much of his new album deals with his town. the album’s title. "It reveals more or less the tone ofthe record as opposed to any tspecific subject. But it’s hard to describe a tone - Il! at a bit of a load to describe it."