Tag Archives: avant-garde

MANI NEUMEIER ‎- Talking Guru Drums

November 3, 2016

Musiker 2014 / Purple Pyramid ‎2016 Beyond the motorik, Krautrock’s premier percussionist takes his thunder on a globetrotting trip. Almost five decades on since their inception, GURU GURU still grow in stature, but sometimes this progress feels too straightforward for … Continue reading →

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DAMO SUZUKI’S NETWORK – Floating Element

October 3, 2016

Purple Pyramid 2016 Because he can: ethereal avant-gardist enters the world of chamber exploration and comes out triumphant. Damo Suzuki’s wail may be gone now but the legendary CAN man hasn’t lost an iota of his Schrödinger’s cat quality of … Continue reading →

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RED SQUARE – Rare And Lost ’70s Recordings

September 9, 2016

Mental Experience 2016 Southend-On-Sea’s long-forgotten constructivists uncover their past to reclaim the band’s avant-garde stance and drift into tomorrow. Disrespectful to anything, including music rules, this band could’ve been up with the greatest art-rock ensembles if they showed a bit … Continue reading →

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MICK FARREN and ANDY COLQUHOUN – The Woman In The Black Vinyl Dress

September 21, 2014

Gonzo 2013 Fire and brimstone: last pamphlets from the old Deviant pitches in the heart of a rustling darkness. Mick Farren’s passing in July 2013 robbed rock ‘n’ roll of one if its most inflammatory movers. Never so much of … Continue reading →

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JOHN CALE & TERRY RILEY – Church Of Anthrax

September 1, 2014

Columbia 1971 / Esoteric 2014 It’s close to celestial when minimalism gets amplified and becomes contagious. That might have been their label’s head’s idea, but there was something spiritual in the meeting of Terry Riley and John Cale, something that … Continue reading →

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