The C:Live Collective – The Age Of Insanity. Bloke from neo-prog heroes Twelfth Night re-emerges with new prog/orchestral/dance project, featuring a couple of old TN tracks. Interesting… https://thec-livecollective.bandcamp.com/album/the-age-of-insanity
Shida Shahabi – Homes. Minimal/ambient piano pieces, and yes, I am going to say Satie-esque: https://soundcloud.com/fatcatrecords/shida-shahabi-abisme
Maarja Nuut & Ruum – Muunduja. Fiddle-playing singing lady goes full Wire (mag not band) here, with an album of electro-acoustic driftscapes or summat. Actually rather good: https://soundcloud.com/fatcatrecords/sets/maarja-nuut-ruum-muunduja
Atomic Rooster – Sleeping For Years. Boxset of all five of the early ‘70s albums, in the car, all week. So much brilliant music, with Death Walks Behind You one of the great albums of the period. Have previously dismissed their later funk/rock/soul material, but actually even some of that was sounding mighty fine this time round: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LdHMqOIFMA
Matching Mole – ‘Gloria Gloom’ / ‘Part Of The Dance’. YouTube clip from French TV, 1972. Riveting stuff from a band I really should know more about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyPNZiFJyS0&app=desktop#fauxfullscreen Loads of brilliant out rock archive from France, Belgium, Germany etc, not so much from Britain, where it was bleedin’ OGWT or nowt…
Listen With Father (Slight Return):
Radiohead – OK Computer. Haven’t heard this in nearly 20 years. Some of the Pro Tools-y production sounds a bit suspect from this remove, but blimey, the material is still pretty stellar. And those opening bars of ‘Airbag’ could easily have been lifted from King Crimson’s Red… https://vimeo.com/249810888
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