One of the many symbolic meanings of ‘θ’ (theta), the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, is to signify a special function of several complex variables, and this would seem to apply to the rarefied sonic world of spacious improvisational…
View More Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere – θ4
Bush Hall, London Friday, 24th August 2018 I must own over a dozen albums where the ivory tinkler is one Dave Stewart, a man who was synonymous with underground progressive music in the 1970s. Dave’s ubiquitous nature was briefly highlighted…
View More Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin
1 Down: Biased truth, pied pilot Hmmm, bit of a chin-scratcher, this. You see, Bats Tidied Up Heliport is as cryptic as it gets, and veteran art rebel and all-round professor of rock trivia Colin Robinson, ensconced up there in…
View More Jumble Hole Clough – Bats Tidied Up Heliport
I always found Hugh Hopper and Mike Ratledge somewhat musically abrasive at times, although undoubtedly brilliant. I know, it’s probably some sort of sacrilege saying that and I can expect hanging at dawn from the rabid Softs fraternity no doubt.…
View More Soft Machine – Hidden Details
Deep underneath the black shimmer of those northern Satanic mills the Regal Worm has turned a fixation with classic esoteric progressive rock and deep psychedelia into a magnificent sprawl entitled Pig Views. Recently unleashed on an unsuspecting world this fine…
View More Jarrod Gosling – Regal Worm
In this update we feature: • Njet Njet 9 – Dark Soul • The Pipe Brothers Project – XLV/Sonic Journey • Dam Kat – Alawn • Shatner’s Bassoon – Disco Erosion • Daniel Crommie – Storm Front • Pinski –…
View More A Different Aspect #20
Some say Jon Hassell is the true inheritor of Miles Davis’ sonic explorer’s muse, and listening to his solo catalogue, it is hard to disagree. The octogenarian musician and composer, nominally a jazz trumpeter but so much more, has forged…
View More Jon Hassell – Listening To Pictures (Pentimento Volume 1)
Servant’s Jazz Quarters, Dalston, London Thursday, 14th June 2018 Proceedings were preceeded with possibly the best value pizza to be found in London Town, and the freshly oven-baked thin crust delight with its accompanying scrumptious salad was just the thing…
View More Lost Crowns / Kavus Torabi / Steve Davis
In this update we feature: > Dandelion Charm – Tiny Drop > Dandelion Charm – Riding The Flood [EP] > Gaute Storsve Trio – Attention: This Is Not A Toy, For Adult Collectors Only > Alex Lofoco – Beyond >…
View More A Different Aspect #19
A band hitherto unknown to me, The Monks of Doom are an intermittently active American collective formed in 1986 as a harder edged spin-off from indie stalwarts Camper van Beethoven, and here they offload their first new material in 25…
View More The Monks of Doom – The Brontë Pin