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Michael Gregory Jackson – Karmonic Suite

Huh? I was a young youth at the time, but whatever 1990s culture industry spigot I was drinking from at the time led me to believe that Sergio Mendes was "cool". I had an image in my head of him as some sort of Alain Delon figure. An exemplar of the 1960s high culture chic. I remember being pretty shocked when streaming happened, and I first actually heard Brazil '66 for myself. Turns out Mendes was never in fact "cool". Good records though. Some of the best in that zone. RIP.

Currently spinning various Paris era AEC records whilst drinking red wine.

Tim Berne's Caos Totale - Pace Yourself

Another Cecil.

The four year old is starting to learn piano at the moment. She is clearly very inspired by Cecil Taylor's percussive approach. Quite derivative at times, but hopefully she will find her own voice.

Cecil Taylor - Silent Tongues Breakfast listen.

Caravan – If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You Having just finished: Kraan – Live

Hugh Hopper – Hopper Tunity Box This is some good stuff. A lot of bite to this one.

Wow. I completely understand forgot that record..

May well be. My six year old is currently requesting the Sex Pistols and the Clash a lot, whilst we are driving. Can't say I like that music much either. To be honest I might prefer it if he were to request Van der Graaf Generator.

My understanding is that its most "beloved" record is their third, Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh, when Vander's excessive "Zeuhl" sound really gets going, and then the records that follow through to the end of the 1970s. That seems to be the period that Magma fans like the most. I had thought that the first two records were regarded as the albums when Magma was finding its feet and hadn't yet developed its signature sound, which may also be why I like them. I should add that all of this is just going by the internet. I have never met a real life Magma fan. I've been streaming a lot of prog rock this past fortnight, listening to records that seemed legendarily inaccessible to me as a teenager, but which are now easily available. Mostly I am being reminded that I don't like progressive rock very much at all, but there have been lots of cool finds at the same time, and particularly at the jazzier end of things.

Magma - 2: 1001° Centigrades I am by no means a fan of classic era Magma, which seems to me to represent the worst of every known kind of music. But I do occasionally stream their first two records, which, along with Canterbury bands like Soft Machine, are among the more successful attempts to merge jazz and European style progressive rock.

I hope that you are reclining whilst wearing some sort of ivy crown.

Yep. I

I like Spleen, particularly the first track although as a record it is a little uneven.

Popul Vuh - Letzte Tage – Letzte Nächte

You're right, and I apologise. I was replacing "shofar" with "ram's horn" without thinking. A yemenite shofar is not made of ram's horn, as you say, but kudu's. It is however suitable for halakhic purposes and can be found in synagogues, just not Ashkenazi or Sephardic rite synagogues. Interesting what you say about the very different sound: I have only ever heard a ram horn blown.

Gong – Flying Teapot

I think so. Or a variety of shells. It's a ram's horn for the Yemeni rite. I think you'd only see them in a Temani synagogue. Not Ashkenazi or mainstream Sephardic. Those Yemenite shofars are popular with non Jews (e.g. Hebraising protestant Christian denominations). Probably because they look cool. That might be why Curran is using it there.

Oh no. RIP

Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage

I was meaning to post about the 90s Yass stuff, but haven't had the opportunity due to work. Some excellent records.

Irving Joseph – Murder, Inc. First listen to this one. I am surprised it is not more well known as an example of "crime jazz" or "jazz noir" or whatever microgenre we want to call it.

Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra – Witchcraft!