Black Carrot
"This British midlands based outfit are an adventurous improvising group...Brackley's apparently extemporised vocals seem to flirt with the cadences of composed songforms in a manner indebted to Can's Damo Suzuki, but with an almost psychotic edge. The music, meanwhile, builds and recedes according to its own logic, but retains a fetching intimacy and warmth." Keith Moline - The Wire Magazine
"As febrile and hostile as Van Der Graaf Generator, as pounding and grainy as Faust, as instinctive and mercurial as Can, this is one far-out combo." Pat Fish/The Jazz Butcher
"A crisp and sharp trio, comprising drums, both double and electric bass, electric piano and tenor sax and assorted woodwind instruments. Dedicated to the virtues of improvisation, it is hard to actually categorise them easily – which is to the good. This is music that has the rigour of improvisation done well but also is accessiblevia the jazzy rhythms, at times they reminiscent of a New York-style band like Defunct or James Chance and the Contortions from the punk jazz/loft side of the no-wave days.” Rod Warner/Plexus
Sites
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Tin Angel Records
