Here we have a live recording of Phil Mison at the Cafe Del Mar in August 1994 in full on mellow balearic mode and very good it is too. Here comes the sun. Download
Z Records yesterday released the above compilation ‘Overdose Of The Holy Ghost’ – a compilation of gospel based disco and boogie disco tracks – compiled by David Hill.
I wanted to find someone to do a slow and hard mix somewhere around 110bpm-115bpm and after having a think asked Semtek as I thought he’d be perfect for the job.
Starting out in Blues and Jazz, as a tour manager for the likes of Muddy Waters and Stan Getz, Joe Boyd, was there, and indeed helped, when Dylan went electric in Newport in 1965.
Terry Farley, alongside Roaul Galloway, has been working on a book project, ‘Before Jack Had A Groove’, telling the story running up to Acid House starting in 1988.
The original has Syd Barrett`s “Dark Globe” above a slow but powerful pulse of a bass-line and fighting peaks of feedback. Bubblegum harmonies struggling to cut in like clarity.
Land of Light (London-based collaborators Kyle Martin and Jonny Nash) play a rare live set in London this Friday 5th April at the Grosvenor in Stockwell so the chaps from Field Work caught up with Kyle to talk about influences, making music and the live show.