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Dear Rattlers,
I guess you could say I'm back on my feet again - this new
issue comes to you just a month after the last one, and it also
has the *right* number - last one should be been #202, as the old
faithful will have noticed.
Anyway - I must thank not myself but the kind contributors
for helping me get that issue out so soon. Tatsurou Ueda wrote a
great review of SoftWorks's Japanese tour last summer, and Ken
Egbert has just sent in another of his great reviews, about one of
the great recent albums, In Cahoot's "All That", which has been
widely acclaimed as the band's best in quite a few years, if not
ever.
Another album I've been listening to quite a lot in recent
weeks is John Greaves' magnificent new album "The Trouble With
Happiness". This is a sort of sequel to "Songs", except not quite
- in common is the acoustic instrumentation, in particular Sophia
Domancich's piano playing. The differences being Vincent Courtois'
cello, the only other instrument present, and John being the sole
vocalist. This is probably his best performance ever as a singer.
In fact only three songs are totally new (with John's lyrics as
well as music), with a fourth being a poem by the late Georges
Brassens, "Saturne", set to music by John. Three songs were
already on "Songs" (two, strangely, under different titles), sung
by other vocalists. The others are taken from John's back
catalogue, and several can be called definitive versions of these
songs : "How Beautiful You Are" is sublime, while these stripped
down arrangements of "Deck Of The Moon" and "The World Tonight"
are, I think, significant improvements on the original versions
from "La Petite Bouteille De Linge". Great stuff.
I understand Caravan's new album "The Unauthorised
Breakfast Item" is finally out, coinciding with the launch of the
band's most extensive UK/European tour in many years. You'll find
the dates at the end of this issue, along with many others. Of
particular note is the 35th anniversary show in London on November
30th with special guests Jimmy Hastings and Camel's Colin Bass.
As expected, Robert Wyatt is all over the press at the
moment, which is always nice. Reviews of "Cuckooland" and the
archive collection "Solar Flares Burn For You" are of course
welcome !!
See you soon !
Aymeric
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From: Tatsurou Ueda <pinot@cablenet.ne.jp>
Subject: Soft Works and Caravan live in Japan review
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 23:41:41 +0900
Hi Aymeric,
I am Tatsurou Ueda, a music fan in Japan. You may have
heard the progressive rock band KENSO which I manage for
international affairs. I also have acted as a liaison for Leonardo
Pavkovic on PFM and Soft Works for their Japan tour, although my
part was limited as merely being a middleman between Japanese
promoters and him. Leonardo forwarded me the #202 issue of What's
Rattling, which I read with great interest. Being a fan of Soft
Machine and other Canterbury musicians for as long as quarter of a
century I seem to want more and more of the music and related
articles. Just as a contribution to your wonderful e-zine, allow
me to send you a short review of Soft Works shows in Tokyo which I
have posted to few mailing ists including Leonardo's
softmachinelegacy.
Also a link to my review of 5/13/03 Caravan show, which I
wrote for a music information website called Global Artist
Network, is attached at the end of this message.
(Soft Works review after day one starts here)
Okay, it's true that the boys are in town. Hugh, Elton,
John and Alan are led into Ebisu Garden hall by this one Leonardo
Pavkovic all the way across the oceans. A little past 7pm the
stage is lit with blue lights and the hall full of anxious fans
take a deep breath as the moment draws near. The lights go dim and
the band, the incredible four, walks on the stage. Each taking
respective position they start making noise, noise that no other
can make. It's time for Soft Works show! Elton on his sax, Hugh on
the bass, John behind the set and Alan strapping himself up with
the Steinberger. Repertoires from Abracadabra were played with
great dexterity for the most of the first half of the show, before
taking a short break, but just as expected, the first set had to
be closed with a familiar tune: K-Licks(Calyx).
The band returns on stage after 20 minutes or so of
intermission. This second set was something else. SM tunes were
given new life: "Kings and Queens", "As If", and "Facelift" (which
was given a bit of a facelift, as Elton remarked afterwards). John
Marshall's solo was spectacular. He hasn't lost anything as far as
the prowess in rhthmic prowess goes. He may have lost color on his
hair but that's the least important for today's show. Hugh, Elton,
Alan all sounded simply terrific. I must say I was so lucky to
have had this opportunity to witness the amazing development of
great materpieces right in front of my eyes.
Our own Leonardo was in the audience auditioning the
acoustics of the concert hall, which I thought was exceptionally
good. The sound engineer did a superb job, and the audience as a
whole was very cooperative in making every sound audible. In fact,
partly because of the seating condition where everyone had to sit
straight for a little over 2 hours, since those chairs are rather
snag fit and with a little legroom for most of them, and largely
because of the social behaviour of the Japanese in general, the
audience was very well behaved and the hall was as quiet as any
classical concerts. Actually I was more awe-struck than being
anything like excited or overjoyed, and I am sure I wasn't the
only one just trying to overcome the incredible feeling of
listening to the band make such fabulous music just right there.
The band had played only once in Seattle, then this tour in Tokyo
and Osaka, so they must have been under-rehearsed but the
performance was quite smoking to say the least.
After the show I had the pleasure of meeting the band in
person, thanks to our friend Leonardo. All are very fine people,
and we had fun talking about things in our life, mostly about
records and musicians, but also some information was exchanged
with regards to where to go for good Sushi in NYC. Okay folks,
that's it for today. There's another show tomorrow and another the
day after, and I will post more as the event continues...
(Soft Works review after day three starts here) I still
can't get over the excitment from the three-day show in Tokyo. The
day one as I reviewed earlier, was an outstanding show, but it
turned out that as the dates advanced it got progressively better.
The day one and two had same set: 1. Seven Formerly 2.
Alphrazallan 3. Elsewhere 4. Baker's Treat 5. K-Licks
<Intermission> 6. Kings and Queens 7. Willie's Knee 8. John
Marshall solo 9. Abracadabra 10. Madame Vintage 11. As If 12. Face
Lift <Encore> 13. First Trane
The day three didn't have "Elsewhere" and may be "Baker's
Treat", and it was presented in one part without intermission.
The first half was about 50 min in total, the second being
roughly 70 min. As the set list indicates, the first part
concentrated on tunes from "Abracadabra" album. As far as the
duration of the shows goes, the forst two days were about 2 hours
excluding the intermission (20min), and the third day 1+3/4 hours.
The show started nonchalantly. The four members of the
band walked on to stage and picked up the instrument and just
started playing. Hugh on the bass began with the riff of "Seven
Formerly", and was joined by others gradually. "Alphrazallan" is
by Alan Holdsworth and was planned to be included in the
US/European edition of "Abracadabra" but to my knowledge it didn't
make it. A very fine tune, full of Holdsworthiness in very way. Of
course it's "All Phrase Allan" (or is it Al Phrase Allan"?)
"Elsewhere" featured beautiful chord sequences by Allan on his
hollow body custom made Steinberger. At the climax of the tune,
during Allan's solo part, the tune somehow reminded me of "Hazard
Profile". Great performance it was. "Baker's Treat" was certainly
a treat in the style of Fred Baker. Elton gave some really tasty
touch on his sax and electric piano. "K-Lics" (Calyx) of course
made everyone in the audience smile and cheer. A nice short piece
before the intermission.
After a 20 minutes intermission the band without Allan
Holdsworth returned to stage and as a trio started playing
familiar riffs of "Kings and Queens" which was again greeted by
lots of cheers from the audience.
"Willie's Knee" through "As If" were played as one long
medley. "Willie's Knee", which Hugh Hopper commented was dedicated
to the Irish drummer Liam (William) Genockey ('Ginocchio' is
'knee' in Italian... get it?), fugued into John Marshall drum solo
wich definitely had the unique druming sound of John Marshall. The
drum solo had more metal work on the day two than the day one, and
even more on the day three, where John started unscrewing the top
cymbal (the kind that goes on top of a large cymbal, fixed with
the rim facing upward like a shallow bowl) during his solo and
finally took it off and placed it on the floor tom, and holding it
by one stick at the center hole, played it with another stick,
making a very unique effect of tom and the cymbal sounding at the
same time while the pressure from the holding stick tuned the tom
in slow vibrato. That was quite amazing to see and hear, and I was
really impressed by the on-going creativity of such a seasoned
musician.
The drum solo led off "Abracadabra" in a seamless way.
Played faster than on the CD, the tune was in fact extended to a
great extent featuring solos. After sequencing into "Madame
Vintage", without a pause the tune continued on to "As If" which
of course was quite noticeable by the familiar bass riff. It
turned out that Allan was unfamiliar with "As If", but quite
amazingly it didn't show in the performance. After the day two he
got to listen to the SM 5 on CD and the third day was a bliss.
It was wonderful to hear "Facelift" played live. Although
relatively shortened, it had the essence of the tune, distinctive
themes and the free form interplay. Also, Allan's guitar added new
profile to the old song. In the meantime, the improvement of the
band as the days progressed was most noticeable on this tune.
Elton didn't quite get the opening theme but improvised on the
first day, then on the second day he followed the music sheet,
albeit with brief improvisation , but on the third day he did it
perfectly.
To the cheering of 750 people in the audience for encore,
the band returned for "First Trane". A great tune that opens the
CD was performed to perfection to close the show. All in all,
those were wonderful three days. Added to the wonderful
performances, I had the pleasure of meeting the band before and
after the show every day, thanks to our friend Leonardo. All of
them are very nice people and quite friendly in their respective
manners. Elton is a fun loving person and enjoys jokes. Hugh is a
soft spoken person and always surrounded by visiting friends, John
is a quiet person but gets engaged in conversation when it comes
to music (of course). A little funny story he shared: he plays in
John Surman Quartet which has three Johns out of four where
addressing people by the first name gets rather confusing. Allan
seemed to like to keep him to himself but once get acquainted he
is a very nice person, gentle and amusing. I did ask him about the
rumor about his beer brewing career. The bottom line is that it is
only a rumor, but not entirely groundless: He worked at a brewery
in his youth to help developping products and the owner wanted him
to work for the company but Allan decided not to for financial
reason - Beer brewing is a demanding job with less compensation
compared to playing music. Later when he built his own studio he
named it "Brewery". So the story goes : Allan worked for a beer
company and learned the skills for brewing, and went on to
building his own brewery. Notwithstanding the truth is that he
continues to make music professionally and of course enjoys
drinking beer. I had a pleasure of sharing a bottle of wine with
him and smoked cigar with him. He's not a regular cigar smoker but
when he's on tour and needs to relax, why not.
On Monday they moved on to Osaka for another fine
performance wich Leonardo successfully got me grinding my teeth by
telling me via e-mail how excellent the show went and that was the
best show ever. The band gets better and better as the tour
continues: now this is a progressive band!
(Caravan review)
http://www.global-artist.net/lr0305caravan/caravan_e.htm
The text was written by me, and the photos were taken by
my wife Yoko.
I hope you'd enjoy my little reviews !!
Best regards,
Tatsurou
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From: "Kenneth Egbert" <kenegbertjr@earthlink.net>
Subject: Review of In Cahoots' ALL THAT
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 17:07:03 -0400
Hello, Aymeric:
Another In Cahoots, another review. Follows as
logically as the snows do the summer.
Hello to all Rattlers in the interim!
IN CAHOOTS - All That (Cuneiform, CD - USA)
Having dispensed with a look back at the blues on their
last recording, Phil Miller's In Cahoots (Mark Fletcher, drums;
Pete Lemer, keys; Elton Dean, sax- ophones, saxello; Jim Dvorak,
trumpet; Fred Baker, bass; and of course, Phil on guitar,
guitarsynth and occasional 'gurning') continue on in a similar
vein to what we heard on their equally fine 1996 recording
PARALLEL.
OUT OF THE BLUE was something of a revelation because one
of the last (if not the last) true Canterbury 'bands' sought for
personal reasons to reconnect with a form which presaged rock and
jazz, a motif in fact which actually fed both of them with their
basic understrata, but which in Cahoots' own repertoire and
in the current musical situation seems almost completely
buried. At least from the American standpoint!
In an interview I did with rock musician Kevin Coyne in
2001 he informed me that such blues/rock evergreens as
Ten Years After and John Mayall continue to tour Europe and sell
CDs at a reasonably brisk pace. And In Cahoots responded to
the challenge like the well-oiled machine they are, letting
Phil 'put the hammer down', so to speak, during those moments
guest Doug Boyle wasn't already doing so. I don't know what
you think, but I believe Miller deserved the Humility Award of the
Year 2000 for handing over solo space to another guitarist when he
usually tends to take so little himself; it's rather on the level
of Hugh Hopper allowing guest bassist Roy Babbington 'first
ups' on Soft Machine FOURTH's Hopper-penned suite
"Virtually".
ALL THAT does sonically return us to the rarefied air of
PARALLEL but with a subtle recombination of colors that allow
blues stuctures to (as we used to see the late Charles Mingus do
repeatedly) be upended, reimagined, extended and compressed in all
sorts of entertaining ways. Now, if you must have Miller
recall the elfin tunesmithy of his Hatfield day, I invite you to
testdrive ALL THAT's delightful "Sleight of Hand", with its
delicate Mike Ratledge-like undercurrent of electric guitar and
electric piano latticework, over which Dvorak and Dean blow a
lengthy serpent-like melody rife with turnarounds and
foldbacks. You'll whistle this'un in the shower in
between takes of "Calyx" and "Underdub", you will. I notice the
horns are a bit further out front on this CD generally than I
have seen in the past, but no matter as Dvorak has his usual
gusto ready to spread about, and Dean wields the C-melody sax
with as much authority as his trademark saxello and alto.
One reason for the more expansive air here may be new
percussionist Mark Fletcher (formerly of the late Dizzy
Gillespie's European touring band and stints with Kenny Wheeler,
Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, and James Moody) has a less busy
style than did Pip Pyle. Rather, Fletcher cuts up on the
timekeeping as opposed to the expressive flourish, describing
where the band is bar by bar by subdividing the beats in differing
ways depending on the situation. You'll hear him to
greatest effect on the breezy uptempo Fred Baker vehicle "Upside,"
which has more than a little of a Brazilian feel but with
a variable 'squeezed-time' effect that prevents this
performance from having that overrehearsed "440HP DOHC samba"
sound that the Pat Metheny Group so often essays.
The opening "Black Cat" nods more forcefully to what In
Cahoots was up to on OUT OF THE BLUE, but Baker's unwillingness to
land on an ostinato throughout keeps the band generally out of any
real "groove," kicking up a fine mist of nervous
tension. Pete Lemer responds immediately on the nailhead
e-piano, ripping out of the gate with a circuitous outrage, and
after a truncated restatement of the head melody Miller gives out
a far more straightforward, less
'radiating-away-from-the-central-chording in various directions'
kind of statement than we've come to expect from him in the
past. Miller may well be rethinking his entire approach
toward soloing, and he's to be credited for that; it'll be
diverting to see where he takes it from here. Composed sections
drop in and out like transistor gates, Baker blitzes and
Dvorak waxes expansive in a Harry Beckett sort of way, Phil
leads the band back into the theme, and (after Elton has his say)
out!
Dean is in a bit less lyrical, more hard-edged mood on
this date, and his tendency to get into repeating patterns in his
solos (as we hear Coltrane do in the famous Impulse! version of
"Out Of This World") may well signal his own understanding of
blues, which if so has certainly moved on from that long-ago gig
when a certain pianist borrowed his first name and never
returned it. Lemer's "Big Dick" has a Zappa-like humor and a
swinging Miller-Dvorak-Dean unison theme, while Phil's "Out There"
revisits a space adjacent to his 1991 solo recording DIGGING IN's
"Bird's Eye View". "Inca" glues another pretzelly Miller melody to
a deeply funky, in an inverted sort of fashion,
beat. Beautiful e-piano miking and sound, while
Dean's valedictory has him miked almost exactly the way
I've heard his saxello mixed into the soundboard
on '71-'72 Soft Machine concerts. Nice touch, and
yet another crystal-clear mix by "Brandy As In" Benj Lefevre and
Phil Bagenall. A rousing rearrangement of SPLIT SECONDS' "Your
Root 2" closes the proceedings, everybody playing the
tempo faster than everybody else.
A word about 'gurning' - often I've noticed pics of Phil
Miller on stage with a rather dissatisfied look as if he were
thinking, "I'm not doing this particular solo quite right, am
I? Best to fix it before somebody notices!". In an interview
with Dave Stewart in 1996 he was kind enough to refer to this as
"gurning", one of those Britishisms we dunderheaded Yanks will
never fully comprehend, right up there with the Mons Angel and the
dirty men's urinal in Waterloo Station. But the consistently
unreproachable quality of all his efforts since his late 1960s
days in Delivery show that his self-editing capacity remains
razor-sharp. Kindly 'gurn' on, Mr. Miller, and congrats on
another winner. Oh, yes, drop in on
http://www.philmiller-incahoots.co.uk sometime, and have a look
around if you haven't yet.
K.E.
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From: Hideyuki Shima <sixnorth@m3.dion.ne.jp>
Subject: SIXNORTH
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 06:35:33 +0900
Hi,
Your site is great! It`s the best data base for Cantabury
music.
I am the leader of the band called SIXNORTH.
I just hosted David Sinclair at our house when he came to
Kyoto,Japan. He was in Japan for the promosion of his new
solo album "Full Circle".
I was also recording our new album that time and it
include a track which is dedicated to Richard Sinclair by
chance...Richard is a good friend of mine too. So I asked Dave to
take the organ part of that song and he kindly did it for us. The
song is called" Richard". It has a extracted part from Hatfield
song.
The album will be distributed internationaly by MUSEA
records from France. The title of the album is called "PRAYER".
So,could you please make a notes about it in your Calyx
site if you have a page for those kind of topic? If you could do
it, I really appreciate it.
SIXNORTH "PRAYER" MUSEA RECORDS (FGBG 4520 AR.)
I will ask the record company to send you when it`s
released, otherwise I
would like to send you one.
Best regards,
Hideyuki Shima
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From: "Roger Farbey" <Roger@farbey.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: British press
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 09:41:50 +0100
Dear Aymeric
Just a few things to keep everyone up to date re: the
British music press:
In June this year there was a really splendid feature in
The Wire on Soft
Machine which also touched on other related bands like
Nucleus and Keith
Tippett's Centipede. Then in August there was a great
piece in Jazzwise on
Soft Machine and Softworks. Both features were what I
would call
'substantial' in length with good photographs too. So a
good year for Soft
exposure.
By the way, in doing some research at the British Library
on the Melody Maker jazz polls I realised that it is 30 years ago
this year that Soft Machine 'Six' was voted top British jazz LP
(in 1973). Then in 1974 they were voted top British small jazz
group - with John Marshall, Roy Babbington and Karl Jenkins taking
top places in their respective musical categories too.
For more details check out the MM polls at the Unofficial
Ian Carr and Nucleus Web Site:
http://www.geocities.com/icnucleus
ps, can't wait for the two new Hux releases you mentioned
(Softs 2nd part and Ninesense)!
All the best
Roger (Farbey)
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From: "David Kipling" <David_Kipling@bcit.ca>
Subject: WR#203 -- thank you so much
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:22:52 -0700
What a joy to read WR#203 - a treasure chest of good
writing and valuable info. From out here in the boonies, an
old guy says a big Thank You to all the contributors, and esp
Aymeric in his glorious mission to keep this stuff alive!
David Kipling,
Gibsons Landing, BC
Canada
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From: Terry Collins <terryc@indosat.net.id>
Subject: From Indonesia
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:45:35 +0700
Hi Aymeric,
Well, you've certainly been busy, and it is a shame that
more folks don't send you stuff for What's Rattlin. But your
efforts continue to be appreciated - even if the latest
should have been entitled WR#203.
Leonardo came to Jakarta for a short while just before
going off to Japan with Soft Works. He'll no doubt tell you
if his time here was time well spent. Unfortunately we could only
just get acquainted, but the sounds he (re)introduced me to
reinvigorated me. As I've commented before, it's rare to find even
'mainstream' Canterbury albums here. Hopefully the contacts he
made will eventually result in some gigs.
Finally, I've recently discovered that a concert I went to
- 8/9/1974, Robert Wyatt And Friends, Theatre Royal Drury Lane,
London - was released as a bootleg ~ Las Vegas Fandango
(Penguin 1981 bootleg LP - Archives bootleg CD)
Would you know if there's any chance of it ever seeing the
'official' light of day? Both Leonardo and myself would love
to get hold of it; it was a very special gig, it being seemingly
Robert's last live show. In those days any Canterbury gigs
- Caravan, Hatfields, National Health etc. - were a
family gathering, and I'm talking as much about the audience as
the musicians. I'm sure it's the same now. I'd just
like to relive a little of my youth, which is why, once again, I
thank you for WR and your continued efforts to enable absent
friends to live vicariously.
Cheers,
Terry
JAKARTA
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From: Jonny Greene <jonny@planetgong.co.uk>
Subject: GONG FAMILY NEWS : AUTUMNAL - OCTOBER '03
(PP)
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 23:46:11 +0100
The highlights of October are undoubtedly the
Acidmothersgong gig at the Royal Festival Hall on the 21st and the
arrival of the new System 7 CD 'Live Transmissions' which at
present is exclusively available only through the GAS Kasbah.
Acidmothesgong Tickets http://www.rfh.org.uk
System 7 CD
http://www.planetgong.co.uk/octave/cd/system7_live.shtml
DAEVID ALLEN & NIC STEPHZANZ - GIG
Sun 12 Oct - USA, San Francisco, Café Du Nord.
8 PM, tickets $12.00 in Advance, $14.00 on door. Daevid
and Thereminist Nic Stephanz as Coven of One opening for Edward
Ka-Spel of the Legendary Pink Dots
http://www.cafedunord.com/index.php
ACIDMOTHERSGONG - THE GIG
The one and only Gong gig in Europe this year is part of
the Royal Festival Hall's 'Mind Your Head 3: Sacred Music
Festival'. Acidmothersgong supported by Damo Suzuki of Can with
the Switch Doctors who include Mike Howlett, plus special guests
The Incredible String Band. Almost anything could happen - don't
miss it.
Tickets are available from:- http://www.rfh.org.uk
Tue 21 Oct 2003 - London Royal Festival Hall
ACIDMOTHERSGONG are:-
Acid Mothers Temple's
Kawabata Makoto - guitars
Cotton Casino - synth & voices
Yoshida Tatsuya - drums & voice
Tsuyami Atshshi - bass & voice
Higashi Hiroshi - synth & theremin
Gong's
Daevid Allen - guitars & voices
Gilli Smyth - voices
Didier Malherbe - wind instruments
University of Errors'
Josh Pollock - guitars & megaphonics
DAMO SUZUKI with the SWITCH DOCTORS
Damo Suzuki - (Can)
Mike Howlett - bass (Gong, House of Thandoy)
Steve Higgins - guitar (House of Thandoy,
KarmaKanix, Thandoy...)
Mark Jenkins - synthesisers
Steve Cassidy - drums (Here & Now)
DIDIER MALHERBE - GIGS
http://www.didiermalherbe.com
Tue 14 Oct - France, Paris, Satellit Café. - Hadouk
Trio.
44 rue de la Folie Méricourt, Paris 75011.
Info 01 47 00 48 87. Metro: Oberkampf
Sat 18 Oct - France, St Giron site Prat-Bonrepaux,
Ariege - Hadouk Trio
Sat 25 Oct - Netherlands, Rotterdam, Festival of
Doelen - Hadouk Trio
Sat 01 Nov - Morocco, Marrakech, The French
Institute of Marrakech - Hadouk Trio
Mon 04 Nov - Morocco, Casablanca, The French
Institute of Casablanca - Hadouk Trio.
Thr 13 Nov - France, Troyes, Espace de la Cité - DM
Trio
57 rue de la Cité, 10000 Troyes. 9pm.
Sat 15 Nov - France, St Jean aux Bois (Near
Compiegne), Les Naiades (60350 St Jean aux Bois) 9pm. 03 44 42 39
20 - DM Trio
KANGAROO MOON - UK TOUR
Huge Moonie UK and European tour this Autumn with two
new members. Alongside Mark and Jerry there's Rick Cole on Drums
(Matt can't make it this time) and Nick Marshall on bass (poor
Maurice is unwell back in Oz).
Sat 11 Oct - Glastonbury, Assembly Rooms
http://www.assemblyrooms.org.uk
Mon 13 Oct - London, Kentish Town, The Verge
http://www.theverge.co.uk
Wed 15 Oct - Southsea, The Fawcett Inn. 023 9282
1377
Thu 16 Oct - Poole, Mr Kyps http://www.mrkyps.net
Fri 17 Oct - Southampton, Talking Heads
http://www.thetalkingheads.net
Sat 18 Oct - Hitchin, Club 85
http://www.club-85.co.uk
Sun 19 Oct - East Grinstead, Sharpthorne, Ravenswood
Hotel 01342 718730
Tue 21 Oct - Saffron Walden, Hempstead, The Bluebell
http://www.thebluebellinn.co.uk
Fri 24 Oct - Chester, Telfords Warehouse
http://www.telfordswarehouse.com
Sat 25 Oct - Leeds, Cabbage - West Indian Centre.
Late night chill-out http://www.purusha.demon.co.uk
Thu 30 Oct - Hebden Bridge, Trades Club. 01422
845265
http://www.tradesclub99.freeserve.co.uk
Fri 31 Oct - Cockermouth, Kirkgate Centre. 01900 826
448
http://www.thekirkgate.com
Sun 2 Nov - Dumfries, The Venue. 01387 267894
Tue 4 Nov - Leicester, The Musician
http://www.themusicianpub.co.uk
Wed 5 Nov - Hartlepool, Studio. 01429 424440
http://www.studiohartlepool.com
Thu 6 Nov - Shrewsbury, Buttermarket
http://www.jazzandroots.com
Fri 7 Nov - Narberth, Queen's Hall
http://www.span-arts.org.uk
Sat 8 Nov - Cardiff, Toucan Club
http://www.toucanclub.co.uk
Sun 9 Nov - Worcester, Marrs Bar
http://www.marrsbar.co.uk
Tue 11 Nov - Brighton, Komedia tbc
http://www.komedia.co.uk
KANGAROO MOON - EUROPEAN TOUR
Dates in Croatia and Italy still to be announced.
Fri 14 Nov - Germany, Herrenwies, Turning Point tbc.
Sat 15 Nov - Germany, Saulgau tbc .
Tue 18 Nov - Germany, Gossenzugen tbc.
?? Nov - Switzerland, Thun, Cafe Mokka.
Fri 28 Nov - Switzerland, Wetzikon, KKulti.
Fri 05 Dec - Switzerland, Neuchatel, Case A Chocs
tbc.
Mon 08 Dec - Belgium, Ingelmunster, Café Fagot.
UK GIGS - THOM THE WORLD POET
Thom trotting round the Ununited Queendom this Octo. Catch
him and be revitalised and inspired! Poetry (possibly the one
remaining pure art?) like you never heard. Fill up those few free
daze! Contact via 01274 223665
Sat 11 Oct - Cheltenham, Town Hall, Voices Off by
9am
Mon 13 Oct - Greenfield, Nr Oldham with Darren
Poyzer
Tue 14 Oct - Yorkshire Arts Circus all day Poetry
Workshop
Wed 15 Oct - Wakefield Schools
Thr 16 Oct - Wakefield, Cathedral Acess Poets
Fri 17 Oct - Glossop, Labour Club with Darren Poyzer
Sat 18 Oct - Leeds, possible workshop
Sun 19 Oct - Leeds gig 7-10pm
20-24 Oct - Sheffield Festival with matt black
Wed 22 Oct - Bradford, Love Apple
Thr 23 Oct - Bradford, World Café
24/27 Oct - Free!
Fri 28 Oct - Sheffield, Bukowskis Piano Bar Buk Off
Sat 29 Oct - Free!
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GONG VIRGIN/EMI REISSUES
Today Friday 10th there was a meeting within EMI's legal
department to 'finally' decide about going ahead with the planned
Gong re-mastered re-issue series and the expanded 'Live Etc'
boxset. As soon as I know the results I'll let you know. Fingers
crossed.
RECORDING NEWS
Daevid and the University of Errors are presently
recording an album of the famous '67 Soft Machine demos. Perhaps
then they will be engergetically re-claimed from the night (how
many times have those originals been re-packaged and sold to us?).
Expect an "it lives!" result with the Errors transmitting a bolt
of their own unique electricity to the temporal lobes of some
familiar tracks - who better to do it?
Here & Now started work on their next studio album.
Steffe, Keith Missile, Steve Cassidy and Joie of Eat Static spent
last weekend in the Glastonbury Studios laying down the basis of 5
tracks. If all goes well they are hoping for a Spring release and
maybe some live dates as well.
Gilli has just been in San Francisco finishing the Gong
Matrices album under the aegis of well known producer Mark Pistel
taking time off from his current big production of Spearhead with
Michael Franti... very political, very anti-George Bush. Gong
Matrices is composed of Gilli, Pierce McDowell (Bass), James
Rotundi (Synth. & guitar), Aryeh Frankfurter (electric violin,
Irish Harp, flute), and Stephan Junca (percussion) and did a
magical gig at the Hush Hush Club during the recordings.,which
flowed like honey.
Gilli and Pierce then went to New York and gigged in
Woodstock and Troy, with N.Y. musicians John Agusa (flute) and
Rich Goodhart (percussion and middle Eastern instruments)...gigs
which were videoed in order to come out as a live Gong Matrices on
DVD, shortly after the studio album.
And high in his Somerset eyrie Graham Hinton and I
continue to rescue ancient Gong tapes before they turn into a
clear spool of plastic and a small pile of red dust - some were
that close. Hari hari David Id's Mum's garage for being the home
to these tapes for 28 years.
Until the next time
Jonny x
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http://canterbury.free.fr
==> Kevin AYERS
<========================================================
Nov 16 - LONDON, Astoria [Progeny Festival] / Nov 17 -
LIVERPOOL, Cavern Club / Nov 18 - ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Witchwood /
Nov 19 - SHEFFIELD, Boardwalk / Nov 20 - SHREWSBURY, Buttermarket
/ Nov 23 - LONDON, Borderline / Nov 24 - BRIGHTON, Concorde 2
==> CARAVAN
<============================================================
Oct 27 - WORCESTER, Marrs Bar / Oct 28 - WOLVERHAMPTON,
Robin 2 / Nov 12 - LIVERPOOL, Cavern Club / Nov 13 - LEEDS, Irish
Centre / Nov 15 - EDINBURGH, Liquid Rooms / Nov 16 - NEWCASTLE,
Opera House / Nov 21 - MILTON KEYNES, The Stables / Nov 22 -
LEICESTER, The Charlotte / Nov 23 - NORWICH, The Waterfront / Nov
27 - BRISTOL, The Fleece & Firkin / Nov 28 - SOUTHAMPTON, The
Brook / Nov 30 - LONDON, Bloomsbury Theatre, London (35th
Anniversary Show with guests Jimmy Hastings and Colin Bass)
Dec 12 - ZOETERMEER (Netherlands), De Borderij / Dec 13 -
HELMOND (Netherlands), Plato / Dec 14 - VERVIERS (Belgium), Spirit
Of '66
Line-up: Pye Hastings, Jan Schelhaas, Richard Coughlan,
Geoff
Richardson, Doug Boyle, Jim Leverton, Simon Bentall
More info/updates at http://www.caravan-info.co.uk
==> GONG & CO
<==========================================================
Oct 21 - LONDON, Royal Festival Hall ( Mind Your Head
3:Sacred Music)
Acid Mothers Gong : Daevid Allen (vocals & glissando
guitar), Gilli Smyth (space whisper), Didier Malherbe (sax &
flute), Tatsuya Yoshida (drums & vocals), Hiroshi Higashi
(synth & theremin), Cotton Casino (synth & vocals),
Kawabata Makoto (guitar) & Josh Pollock (guitar)
More info/updates at http://www.planetgong.co.uk
==> John GREAVES
<=======================================================
Nov 27 - PARIS (France), New Morning / Dec 06 - POITIERS
(France), Maison des 3 Quartiers / Dec 13 - BELFORT (France), Le
Granit (Nuit du Violoncelle)
with Sophia Domancich (piano) & Vincent Courtois
(cello)
==> Hugh HOPPER
<========================================================
Hugh will be playing in London on November 17th, with
Japanese drummer Tatsuya Yoshida - exact line-up and venue to be
announced...
==> IN CAHOOTS
<=========================================================
Oct 23 - LONDON, Vortex Jazz Bar / Oct 31 - LITCHFIELD,
Garrick Theatre / Nov 15 - LONDON, Astoria [Progeny Festival]
Line-up: Phil Miller, Elton Dean, Jim Dvorak, Peter Lemer,
Fred Baker, Mark Fletcher
==> Didier MALHERBE
<====================================================
Oct 14 - PARIS (France), Satellit Café / Oct 18 -
St.GIRONS (09) (France), Site Prat-Bonrepaux / Oct 25 - ROTTERDAM
(Netherlands), Festival de Doelen / Nov 01 - MARRAKESH (Morocco),
Institut Français / Nov 04 - CASABLANCA (Morocco), Institut
Français
HADOUK TRIO : Didier Malherbe, Loy Ehrlich, Steve Shehan
Nov 13 - TROYES (France), Espace de la Cité / Nov 15 -
St.JEAN-AUX-BOIS [nr Compiègne] (France), Les Naïades
DM TRIO : Didier Malherbe, Patrice Meyer, Philippe Foch
More info/updates at http://www.didiermalherbe.com
==> Richard SINCLAIR
<===================================================
Nov 15 - LONDON, Astoria [Progeny Festival] [RS duo with
T.Travis]
==> SOFTWORKS
<==========================================================
Mar 03-05 - MEXICALI, CA (USA/Mexico), Baja Prog 2004
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GIGS...
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==> CAMEL
<==============================================================
Oct 12 - BARCELONA (Spain), Bikini / Oct 14 - PARIS
(France), Elysée-Montmartre / Oct 19 - ROTTERDAM (Netherlands),
Nighttown / Oct 20 - AMSTERDAM (Netherlands), Paradiso / Oct 21 -
UTRECHT (Netherlands), Tivoli / Oct 22 - MAASTRICHT (Netherlands),
Platte Zaol / Oct 23 - TILBURG (Netherlands), 013 / Oct 24 -
RIJSSEN (Netherlands), Lucky / Oct 25 - VERVIERS (Belgium), Spirit
Of '66 / Oct 28 - LONDON, Astoria
More info at http://www.camelproductions.com
==> Allan HOLDSWORTH
<===================================================
Oct 15/16 - ROME (Italy), Big Mama / Oct 17 -
GROTTAZZOLINA (AP) (Italy), Teatro Novelli / Oct 19 - WARSAW
(Poland), Congress Hall / Oct 21 - PONDERANO (Italy), Babylonia /
Oct 22 - MAROSTICA (VI) (Italy), Panic Jazz Club / Oct 23 -
CORMONS (Italy), Teatro Comunale / Oct 25 - BRIG (Switzerland),
Parreizentrum / Oct 27 - GORINCHEM (Netherlands), Peerescoop / Oct
28 - VERVIERS (Belgium), Spirit Of '66 / Oct 29 - ZOETERMEER
(Holland), Boerderij / Oct 30/31 & Nov 01 - ATHENS (Greece),
Athina Club
==> KING CRIMSON
<=======================================================
Oct 27 - PHOENIX, AZ, Orpheum Theatre / Oct 28 - ANAHEIM,
CA, House Of Blues / Oct 29/30 - W. HOLLYWOOD, CA, House Of Blues
/ Oct 31/Nov 01 - SAN DIEGO, CA, tba / Nov 02 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA,
The Warfield / Nov 04 - SALT LAKE CITY, tba / Nov 05 - DENVER, CO,
Fillmore / Nov 07 - MINNEAPOLIS, MN, Medina Centre/Quest Club /
Nov 08/09 - CHICAGO, IL, Park West / Nov 11 - MONTREAL (Canada),
Theatre St Denis / Nov 12 - BOSTON, MA, Avalon / Nov 13 or 14 -
OAKDALE, CT, Oakdale Theatre / Nov 15 - NEW YORK CITY, NY, Beacon
Theatre / Nov 16 - PHILADELPHIA, PA, Electric Factory / Nov 17 -
WASHINGTON, DC, State Theatre / Nov 21/22 - MEXICO CITY (Mexico),
Metropolitan Theatre
==> MAGMA
<==============================================================
Oct 15 - NANCY (France), Nancy Jazz Pulsations (Magma +
Offering double-bill) / Oct 17 - PARIS (France), La Cigale (JVC
Jazz Festival) / Oct 18 - BOBIGNY [nr Paris] (France), Festival
des Percussives Canal 93 / Oct 22 - MONTAUBAN (France), venue tbc
/ Oct 23 - BORDEAUX (France), Festival Musique de Nuit / Oct 24 -
SAN SEBASTIAN (Spain), Jazz Festival / Oct 25 - TARBES (France),
La Gespe / Oct 26 - BERGERAC (France), venue tbc / Nov 01 -
QUIMPERLE (France), venue tbc
Line-up: Christian Vander, Stella Vander, Emmanuel Borghi,
James McGaw,
Frederic
D'Oelsnitz, Philippe Bussonnet, Isabelle Feuillebois,
Antoine
Paganotti, Himiko Paganotti
==> Keith TIPPETT / MUJICIAN
<===========================================
Oct 19 - VIENNA (Austria), Porgy & Bess / Oct 21 -
ZAGREB (Croatia) / Dec 06 - COIMBRA (Portugal) / Feb 10 - CARDIFF
University
==> TUNNELS
<============================================================
Oct 14 - ANN ARBOR, MI, The Blind Pig / Oct 15 - DAYTON,
OH, U. of Dayton / Oct 16 - CHICAGO, IL, Schuba's / Oct 17 -
MILWAUKEE, WI, Vnuk's / Oct 19 - DES MOINES, IA, Jazzy Willy's /
Oct 22 - INDIANAPOLIS, IN, Radio Radio / Oct 23 - LOUISVILLE, KY,
Rudyard Kipling / Oct 24 - NASHVILLE, TN, Blue Sky Court / Oct 25
- ATLANTA, GA, Eyedrum / Oct 28 - BIRMINGHAM, AL, The Mill / Oct
29 - TAMPA, FL, New World Brewery / Oct 30/31 - FORT LAUDERDALE,
FL, Alligator Alley / Nov 01 - COLUMBIA, SC, The New Brookline /
Nov 02 - WILMINGTON, NC, The Rusty Nail / Nov 04 - CHAPEL HILL,
NC, Local 506 / Nov 05 - PITTSBURGH, PA, Quiet Storm / Nov 06 -
COLUMBUS, OH, Lager house / Nov 08 - BALTIMORE, MD, Orion Sound
Studios
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