Unfortunately
I was not well enough
to compile my annual festive 40 last Christmas
so have nearly two years of
releases to reflect on. I will, God willing,
update with anything from now to
the end of 2013. A few places left, possibly for
the new Jonathon Wilson and Midlake which
I haven’t heard yet and any I may have
forgotten. Lots of great music also on
Aural Innovations Space Rock Radio internet
show to follow up! Thanks to all
labels and promoters for sending stuff.
Although I have cut down on reviewing I
am still very active! Anyone interested in
trading CDs and vinyl please contact
phil@paradoxone.co.uk
as my ears are
always open!
THE
2012/2013
PLAYLIST Joanne Shaw Taylor: blues album of
2012
JAZZ
LP OF 2012
jazz LP of 2012
THE
FLOWER
KINGS: Banks of Eden (Inside Out)
BOB
DYLAN:
Tempest (Sony Columbia)
SQUACKETT:
A
Life Within A Day (Esoteric Antenna)
BRUCE
SPRINGSTEEN:
Wrecking Ball (Sony Columbia)
XPTS
(THE PRETTY
THINGS):Parachute Reborn (Esoteric
Antenna)
OHEAD:
Visitor
(HLB)
JULIAN
SAS:
Bound To Roll (Cavalier) (blues)
ERGO:
If Not
Inertia (Cuneiform) (jazz)
17
PYGMIES:
THE BOOK OF CELESTINA PART 3 (private)
NEIL
YOUNG
Psychedelic Pill
OTIS
GRAND:
Blues ‘65 (Ruf) (blues)
PIXEL:
Reminder
(Cuneiform) (jazz)
HASN
THEESINK/
EVANS: Delta Time (Blue Groove)
JOHANN
SHAW
TAYLOR: Almost Always Never (Ruf) (blues)
PETER
LACEY:
World’s End Amateur Melodramatic Society (Pink
Hedgehog) (album
title
of the year!)
BOB
BROZMAN
(R.I.P.): Fire in the Mind (Ruf)- will
be sadly missed, went out with
his best yet.
TOM
BANCROFT‘Trio Red’ (Interrupto) (saw
them at
the Jazz Club in Edinburgh)
FRANS
BAK
‘The Killing’ OST (DR Universal) (love
those broody Scandi
soundtracks)
NEAL
MORSE
Momentum (Inside Out)
Retrospectives
SOLUTION:
Divergence(Esoteric)
BILL
NESLON:
The Practice of Everyday Life(box set)
(Esoteric) très
magnifique!
FUZZY
DUCK:
Fuzzy Duck (Esoteric) a lost gem
(reissue of the year)
KAYAK:
Kayak (Esoteric)
IAN
MATTHEWS
If You Saw Through My Eyes (Esoteric)
ORESUND
SPACE
COLLECTIVE Give Your Brain A Rest from the
Matrix (Space Rock Productions) (improvisational
album
of the year)
2013
ROY
HARPER
‘Man and Myth’ (Bella Union) comeback
of the year!
RIVERSIDE
‘Shrine
of New generation Slaves’ (Inside Out)
BIFFY
CLYRO
‘Opposites’ (14th Floor)
SPACE
DEBRIS
She’s A Temple (Breitklang Stereo)
LAURA
MARLING
Once I was An Eagle (Virgin)
DAVID
BOWIE
‘The Next Day’ (Sony)
CENSUS
OF
HALLUCINATIONS ‘Spirit of Yellow’ (Stone
Premonitions)
MEG
OKURA AND
THE PAN ASIAN CHAMBER JAZZ ENSEMBLE ‘Music of
Ryuchi Sakamoto’ (private)
THE
SACHAL
STUDIOS ORCHESTRA ‘Jazz And All That: In
Memory of Dave Brubeck’ (Sachal Music)
VAN
DYKE
PARKS ‘Songs Cycled’ (Bella Union)
THE
WRONG
OBJECT ‘After The Exhibition’ (Moon June) jazz
album of the year
CHAPTER
ONE
‘I Know You Well, Miss Clara’ (Moon June)
eastern promise (jazz)
DEWA
BUDJANA
‘Dawai in Paradise’ (Moon June) (jazz)
RETROSPECTIVES:
prog reissue of the year
QUATERMASS
‘Quatermass’
(Esoteric)
.
Please contact phil@paradoxone.co.uk if you require information on
any of the above.
