the weekend caught me getting double giddy over the fact that ye olde Canterbury psych rock godfathers Soft Machine's Kevin Ayers and Robert Wyatt are releasing new albums in September and October, respectively. i put up an earlier post on The Unfairground by Kevin Ayers, which came out around 0911. this followup post is on Comicopera by Robert Wyatt, coming out next month.where to begin... you...
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.
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