Big Block 454 Hebden Bridge, UK
Since the late 80s, Big Block 454 has been making exploratory, highly individual music that encompasses rock, funk,
electronica, folk music, Dadaist collage and much more besides.
Each band member is a multi-instrumentalist, but Big Block 454’s approach also encompasses the creation of sound on instruments they don’t know how to play, and those that hadn’t been invented before the band made them.
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Past Life
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Richard Knutson - a man from Minnesota, transported to Bolton. Can you guess what sort of music he'll make? No? You'd better have a listen then.
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Bela Lugosi's Dad
by Jumble Hole Clough
"a splendid album by the splendid Jumble Hole Clough... Courtesy of the extremely prolific and yet strangely enigmatic and attractive Colin Robinson..."
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The kitchen is full of marimbas
by Churn Milk Joan
Music created by American Richard Knutson (Plum Flower Embroidery. Neutral Sons, The Chacers) and Englishman Colin Robinson (Big Block 454).
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With their blend of playfulness and graduate-level instrumentation, Dorcha deftly prove that improvisational zeal and conservatory-level precision aren't mutually exclusive.
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I Was Electrocuted Seven Times and Now I Can See the Future
by Jesse and Forever
The title is an attention-getter to be sure, but this collection of trippy psych-pop more than earns it with its wavy, acid-laced melodies.
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