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July 31, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Dylan Howe: Subterranean – New Designs on Bowie’s Berlin

Dylan Howe Subterranean – New Designs on Bowie’s Berlin Motorik Recordings British drummer Dylan Howe leads his own small ensemble, plays drums in his father’s trio (dad is guitarist Steve Howe) and has worked with Wilko Johnson and Ian Dury among others here covers Bowie’s Berlin-era instrumentals; reinterprets them, shifts their context. The electronic elements […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1. Outside, Adrian Utley, Album Review, Berlin, Brandon Allen, David Bowie, Dylan Howe, Glengarry Glen Ross, Heroes, Jazz, Julian Siegal, Low, Outside, Ross Stanley, Some Are, Steve Howe, Subterranean, Subterranean - New Designs on Bowie's Berlin, Subterraneans, Wayne Shorter, Weeping Wall ·

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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 – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Adrian Utley, Album Review, Ballet, Cinematic Orchestra, Commissioned Piece, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Phil France, Score, Stuart McCallum, The Ultimate Form ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Adrian Utley, Album Review, Deerhunter, EP, Gemini Pt. 1, Hammock, Helios, In C, Indian Paintbrush, Lockett Pundt, Lotus Plaza, Overnight Motorcycle Music, Terry Riley ·

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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 – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Adrian Utley, Adrian Utley's Guitar Orchestra, Album Review, In C, Portishead, Terry Riley ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Adrian Utley, Album Review, Clive Deamer, Get The Blessing, Jake McMurchie, Jazz, Jim Burr, John Zorn, Lope And Antilope, Pete Judge, Portishead, Sons of Kemet ·

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September 16, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1848

Portishead, Third (2008) I liked Portishead as soon as I heard the debut album. I guess timing was crucial: at university, interested in hearing about (and hearing) the music that drove other people from (potentially) different backgrounds; finding common interests. I just know that I heard a sound I liked instantly. It was – and […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Adrian Utley, Dummy, Portishead, Silence, The Rip, Third, Vinyl ·

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