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July 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Stuart McCallum: The Ultimate Form
Stuart McCallum The Ultimate Form Hepworth Gallery Composed as a ballet score, commissioned to accompany Linder Sterling’s collaborative performance work The Ultimate Form – the latest Stuart McCallum solo piece exists – and works – as an album in (and of) its own right. The opening piece, The Ancestors, is the longest track here – […]Archive
June 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Lotus Plaza: Overnight Motorcycle Music
Lotus Plaza Overnight Motorcycle Music (ep) Geographic North Deerhunter’s Lockett Pundt already has a couple of releases out under his Lotus Plaza moniker – here’s the latest, a two-track EP released as a download/stream and on limited edition cassette tape. The two long improvisatory pieces that form Overnight Motorcycle Music take in all the minimalist […]Archive
March 25, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Adrian Utley’s Guitar Orchestra: In C
Adrian Utley’s Guitar Orchestra In C Invada There are some flexible rules around performing/recording Terry Riley’s famed minimalist composition, In C, it’s all about the group of instrumentalists sitting on the same sound, creating a groove through the exploration of 53 short musical phrases being played consecutively. The piece was debuted 50 years ago – […]Archive
March 3, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Get The Blessing: Lope And Antilope
Get The Blessing Lope And Antilope Naim Jazz Here we have the fourth full-lengther from British jazz quartet Get The Blessing. Formed around the rhythm section of Portishead, theirs is a probing, searching version of jazz – it makes me think of the recent Sons of Kemet album (which I loved). We start with the […]Archive
September 16, 2011 by Simon Sweetman