As of August 3rd, Domino will release a giant Robert Wyatt box-set to the world, just in case you were missing any of the mans massive solo discography. Nine studio albums, starting from his 1974 acclaim debut Rock Bottom and finishing at 1997's Shleep as well as 4 EPs including in-between LP singles and songs from movie soundtracks created by the man himself You can pre-order the box-set over
Tribut to Nizar Zreik. This instrumental version ( originally sung by Amal Murkus in arabic ) is reminiscent of the ethnic world-jazz of Atzmon, who is featured along with bandmate Stavi.
After former Soft Machine drummer, Robert Wyatt fell out of a third story window at a drunken party, he paralyzed himself from the waist down. His drumming career had abruptly ended, but he went on to make one of the most lauded albums of his career ??Rock Bottom??.The album is experimental and dense, but has a sweetness that grows on you with every listen. The album fluctuates between a melo...
After former Soft Machine drummer, Robert Wyatt fell out of a third story window at a drunken party, he paralyzed himself from the waist down. His drumming career had abruptly ended, but he went on to make one of the most lauded albums of his career ??Rock Bottom??.The album is experimental and dense, but has a sweetness that grows on you with every listen. The album fluctuates between a melo...
I just bought Robert Wyatt's Solar Flares Burn for You, because i really, really liked Comicopera, even if he's only doing print interviews and is much too busy and important for online writers (unless your zine is something that rhymes with bitch-dork, apparently). Anyway, no hard feelings, not really, so when I saw this one at the record store I picked it up. And this cover of the Monkees "...
While reading a Uncut (Oct. 1006) tonight, I ran across a new term, "wyatting". Wyatting is the act of purposely playing an annoying song on a jukebox as a prank. The term is credited as being coined by London blogger Carl Neville and is a reference to Robert Wyatt's 1991 jazz LP, Dondestan. Evidently not a very audibly pleasing album (at least to Carl). I didn't realize there was a word fo...