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Generally speaking, listening to a self-aggrandising peer saying, “You like [influential band]? Well, you should really listen to [obscure band]” tends more towards an act of generosity and patience than an educational experience.
I Start Counting ‘My Translucent Hands’ (Mute, 1986)
"Of the various musical guises assumed by David Baker and Simon Leonard, it was arguably their first – I Start Counting – which saw them at their most multifarious"
John Fahey ‘Requia’ (Vanguard, 1968)
“If you’re very good I’ll invite you for tea and play ‘The Death Of The Clayton Peacock’, which would be the nicest thing that could possibly happen, and then we’ll go and feed the ducks.”
Baffo Banfi ‘Ma, Dolce Vita’ (Innovative Communication, 1979)
"Looking back, I see now that I spent my mid-90s university years in Colchester buying excessive amounts of music as a defence against a largely miserable existence"
Holger Czukay & Rolf Dammers ‘Canaxis’ (Music Factory, 1969, reissued on Spoon, 1982 and 1998)
I heard rumours of this album’s existence – originally released privately as ‘Canaxis 5’ in 1969 and credited to Technical Space Composer’s Crew – in the days before the internet.
Ananda Shankar ‘Ananda Shankar’ (Reprise, 1970)
In Ananda Shankar’s relatively short lifetime, the Indian sitar player was never afraid to push boundaries.