ABSOLUTE
ZERO - "Crashing Icons"
Amazing
fuzz bass, incredible drumming/ percussion, Canterbury experimental,
Mothers of Invention, invention, invention, invention but also accessibility!
Experimental Jazz on the edge, a 'salsa' on track 3, a 'tango' on 4-
is this possible? (Anything is possible) Which track is which?- does
it really matter anyway- this is a corpus profundus! Enough twists and
turns to satisfy even the most demanding listener. Tales of the unexpected
and the bizarre- palindromic gestures.
Aislinn Quinn on vocals, keyboards, flute (joined 1987)
Enrique Jardines- bass (co-founder in 1979)
Pip Pyle- drums- of course! (joined in 1999)
Oh, look I've managed to clear the house- I can't pay a bigger tribute
than that.
Absolutely fantastic!
Tim and Terri I am in your debt once again!
Contact: www.absolute-zero.net
(Phil
Jackson)
BLAUBAC
- Perdurance
The
follow up to ‘Wind Chill’, which was a dark and menacing beast,
seems to have lifted its eyes to the skies and radiated to the warmth
of the sun.
Broadening
the spectrum of sounds to incorporate guest vocalists and instrumentalists,
this is a more open Blaubac, embracing the outside world, without compromising
the electronic beat that drives their sound. There are genre-al comparisons
for the lazy Zeitgeist reader. Think Boards of Canada crossed with the
various Porcupine Tree electronic offshoots.
Everyone
seems to be picking up on the progressive elemnt creeping into their
music, but ists buried deep within their own, unique take on the appallingly
named braindance movement. If you want to po into the key track, look
no further than "Velle", sublime in its magnificicence.
http://www.mothrecords.co.uk
$o4
-Live at Hull
Venue
was 'compact' ... an old, 'high ceilinged' pub- the gear set up in the
corner on tiny stage..- we arrived early enough to see band -minus Mogg-
run through soundcheck - including Purple medley..looked promising.
Support band took the stage to no more than 20 people, including Jeff
Kollman, me, and my mate...least said.
Mid
evening the band were joined at their table at the back of the pub by
Mr Mogg, looking very well, and very sober..
Show
time.... there was maybe 50 people there.(the local paper had printed
1 advert- and that with the wrong date- so I assume those present were
'hardcore'(man).
Phil
Mogg was in superb form as was the whole band as they stormed through
half the $o4 album, then Jerusalem and Muddys Gold from the underrated
Chocolate Box cd- then hit the home straight with Too Hot.., Mother
Mary , Lights Out and Mystery Train. At this point the concert ended
and the band left the stage, whith Phil confiding that the band hadn't
rehearsed any thing else. However the fact that the band couldn't move
away for the weight of mid to late 30s males all blocking their path
'encouraged' them to return for a 'first ever' run through of Shoot
Shoot - which was great.
To
sum up, the evening was a masterclass- and a clear indication of which
UFOer has his 'shit together'- roll on the UK Spring 'North of England'
tour 2003.(e-mail Ian grant at Track records!!) - just hope Mogg can
establish a long term 'permament' arrangement with Jeff Kollman, who
was a revelation....yeh yeh Michael Who?
Roll
on Manchester on Wednesday....
Rob
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