Tag Archives: Canterbury scene

HUGH HOPPER – Jazzloops / The Stolen Hour

May 19, 2023

Burning Shed 2003 & 2004 / Explore Rights Management 2023 A veteran of avant-garde endeavors ventures on a voyage into a Möbius band and back again. To suggest that Hugh Hopper was just a bassist would seem to be a … Continue reading

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Dave Sinclair Raids His Archives

July 20, 2021

It’s almost impossible to imagine what Canterbury scene would look like without the imposing presence of Dave Sinclair whose stints with, above all, CARAVAN for whom the keyboard player co-penned a lot of classics, but also with MATCHING MOLE and … Continue reading

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THE ARTAUD BEATS ‎– Nødutgang. Bodø 28.10.11

March 28, 2019

Bonobo’s Ark 2018 From Canterbury to the whole wide world, unorthodox ensemble exercise concert telepathy. It started back in 2009, when pianist Yumi Hara and reeds player Geoff Leigh had issued and, around that time, met the latter’s HENRY COW … Continue reading

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LAPIS LAZULI – Brain

January 22, 2019

Lapis Lazuli 2018 Perilously exciting journey into collective mind of synesthesia-living quartet from the heart of English quirkiness. A Canterbury-scene band from Canterbury itself: this may sound illogical, yet illogic is the gist of the local genre – a reasoning … Continue reading

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GEOFFREY RICHARDSON – The Garden Of Love

April 22, 2016

Esoteric Antenna 2015 Hazy summery record from the Canterbury scene associate who makes nuance the name of the game. If the title of Geoffrey Richardson’s second solo album – its emotional theme following up 1993’s “Viola Mon Amour” – suggests … Continue reading

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