Showing posts with label Rock Bottom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rock Bottom. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Rock Bottom interviews (Aymeric Leroy)
OK, I really am a bit slow, and hadn´t even subscribed to Canterbury expert Aymeric Leroy on YouTube.
Now he is posting a series of edited excerpts from a 2001 interview that deal with Robert's masterpiece "Rock Bottom" (part one embedded here).
And please check out The Canterbury Scene group on Facebook.
Thursday, July 4, 2019
Folly Bololey At Cafe Oto 27 June 2019
"Audience Recording of the succesful gig of North Sea Radio Orchestra with John Greaves and Annie Barbazza and Fred Frith as special guest At Cafe Oto 27 June 2019 presenting the Dark Companion album FOLLY BOLOLEY - Songs from Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom.
©2019 Dark Companion Records Ltd". (Youtube)
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
RIO 2019 : PRESENT, ROCK BOTTOM par THE NORTH SEA RADIO ORCHESTRA
RIO 2019 : PRESENT, ROCK BOTTOM par THE NORTH SEA RADIO ORCHESTRA
More info on the Rock In Opposition happening (11 May 2019) here
"This arrangement of Robert Wyatt’s masterpiece, Rock Bottom by Greg Fortman and his contemporary ensemble, as well as being critically acclaimed, will be the finale of this twelfth edition of the Rock In Opposition Festival. On this occasion, the group is enriched by the presence of the collaborator Wyatt, founder of Henry Cow: John Greaves on bass and vocals and a rising star: the singer Annie Barbazza".
More info on the Rock In Opposition happening (11 May 2019) here
"This arrangement of Robert Wyatt’s masterpiece, Rock Bottom by Greg Fortman and his contemporary ensemble, as well as being critically acclaimed, will be the finale of this twelfth edition of the Rock In Opposition Festival. On this occasion, the group is enriched by the presence of the collaborator Wyatt, founder of Henry Cow: John Greaves on bass and vocals and a rising star: the singer Annie Barbazza".
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Nicolas Roeg (RIP), Venice and Rock Bottom
Somebody (@MrPaulDuane) recently tweeted a link to a piece called "Two Intertwined Semi-Venetian Masterpieces" by Glenn Kenny (The Criterion Collection 2015).
I must have read it before but can´t see that I have posted it.
"Venice asserts itself as “a sinister presence” in Roeg’s film ((Don’t Look Now, 1973)) Robert Wyatt aptly notes in the liner notes to a 1998 reissue of his 1974 album Rock Bottom. Wyatt cites Don’t Look Now in his notes because the making of the film, particularly its six-week Venice shoot, is intimately intertwined with the genesis of his classic album—ranked alongside Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks by NME in the year of its release, when it was also awarded an international Grand Prix du Disque in France, and, according to biographer Marcus O’Dair, “still widely considered one of the finest albums ever made.”
Late in 1972, Wyatt’s then girlfriend and future wife, the artist Alfreda Benge, was hired as second assistant editor for the just-beginning Roeg production. Benge had met Roeg while he was shooting the concert doc Glastonbury Fayre, and was close friends with the film’s female lead,Julie Christie. The picture began filming around Christmas in England, and in January of 1973 moved to Venice for location shooting."
I must have read it before but can´t see that I have posted it.
"Venice asserts itself as “a sinister presence” in Roeg’s film ((Don’t Look Now, 1973)) Robert Wyatt aptly notes in the liner notes to a 1998 reissue of his 1974 album Rock Bottom. Wyatt cites Don’t Look Now in his notes because the making of the film, particularly its six-week Venice shoot, is intimately intertwined with the genesis of his classic album—ranked alongside Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks by NME in the year of its release, when it was also awarded an international Grand Prix du Disque in France, and, according to biographer Marcus O’Dair, “still widely considered one of the finest albums ever made.”
Late in 1972, Wyatt’s then girlfriend and future wife, the artist Alfreda Benge, was hired as second assistant editor for the just-beginning Roeg production. Benge had met Roeg while he was shooting the concert doc Glastonbury Fayre, and was close friends with the film’s female lead,Julie Christie. The picture began filming around Christmas in England, and in January of 1973 moved to Venice for location shooting."
Saturday, November 10, 2018
North Sea Radio Orchestra plays Rock Bottom
North Sea Radio Orchestra with John Greaves and Annie Barbazza plays Rock Bottom Friday 30 November 2018 - in Italy that is (Conservatorio di Musica G.Nicolini, Piacenza).
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Fi - Hi Podcast Ep 35 : Justin Trosper on Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom.
Follow link (unable to embed here) for Fidelity High podcast with Justin Trosper, frontman and founding member of the post-hardcore band Unwound, on Robert Wyatt and "Rock Bottom".
Originally aired during Fidelity High Radio on WXNA 101.5 FM Nashville - Sunday, April 16, 2017.
Originally aired during Fidelity High Radio on WXNA 101.5 FM Nashville - Sunday, April 16, 2017.
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