Robert Wyatt Reflects on the Making of ’68

Robert Wyatt is interviewed by John Ephland for DownBeat Magazine.

Read "Robert Wyatt Reflects on the Making of ’68" here.
Has anyone seen this interview in the paper edition of DownBeat? March or April issue?

Wyatt on Jimi Hendrix:
"In some ways, he was even too modest. For example, he didn’t rate his own wonderful singing … “Somebody’s got to do it” seemed to be his attitude! So shy, behind the pyrotechnics".

As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still

Thanks to Hibou, Anemone & Bear who made me aware of Schnauser´s fine cover version of the Robert Wyatt / Mike Ratledge penned Soft Machine tune "As long as he lies perfectly still".

This one is now out on 7" vinyl on Fruits De Mer Records, backed with a cover of "Astral traveller" by Yes.

Schnauser is:
Alan Strawbridge - Guitars, Vocals
Holly McIntosh - Bass, Vocals
Duncan Gammon - Keyboards, Vocals
John Fowle - Drums

And they describe themselves like this:
"Welcome to the world of Schnauser - a place where Canterbury prog, 60s psych and melodic pop gently collide".

Check out their album "Where business meets fashion" from 2013 too, it´s sounding pretty good!

Evan Parker: Awkward

Evan Parker documentary made by Adam Brichto.

Arve Henriksen, Reykjavik, March 2014

Arve Henriksen from what seems to have been a solo show at Mengi, Reykjavik 27 March 2014.

Personal Best #4

Lasse Marhaug has let loose #4 of his fanzine "Personal Best". This year´s subtitle being "fanzine for noise, music and mic placement"!

Interviews from 2012 and 2013 with Jim O´Rourke, Norway´s Kai Kobi Mikalsen and Årabrot, Ray Ahn (The Hard-Ons), Okkyung Lee by C. Spencer Yeh (on film mostly), Kimihide Kusafuka, Marco Fusinato and Keith Fullerton Whitman (on running a mail order for weird music).

May be ordered from Marhaug Forlag, or bought from selected shops.

Check it out.

And visit Fullerton Whitman´s Mimaroglu Music Sales!

Swedish Azz

Swedish Azz are great! Here they are at NOZART Festival in Cologne on March 6, 2010.

Musicians:
Mats Gustafsson -- saxophones, electronics
Per-Åke Holmlander -- tuba, cimbasso
Kjell Nordeson -- vibraphone
dieb13 -- turntables, electronics
Eric Carlsson -- drums

This summer (14 July) they are playing at Moldejazz in sweet Molde.

Let me also recommend their two 10" albums on Not Two Records: "Erik Carlsson & All Stars. Volym 1 & 2" (2013).

Let´s Fuck It Up!

Writer and illustrator Sian Pattenden has posted a preview of a framed Robert Wyatt watercolour painting on Raw Art.

The motto: "Let´s Fuck It Up".

Now I´m quite sure Robert Wyatt does not want to be God, but the artist claims: "Mr Wyatt is God, as we know, so he looks down, God-like".
A fan talking, I guess.