Robert Wyatt | DNO206 | Released: 12/08/09
Convening something of a supergroup to play through Rock Bottom upon its release in 1974, the cast Wyatt assembled is testament both to the high regard he has always been held in - along with his natural ability to blur boundaries between such constraints as the mainstream and the avant-garde. Here the assorted heavyweights: Mike Oldfield and Pink Floyd's Nick Mason lock with the avant jazz sensibilities of Mongezi Feza, Julie Tippetts and Fred Frith. The result is a glorious sound that frequently edges towards chaos and back with Wyatt’s scat falsetto soaring above proceedings like a dove. The Rock Bottom tracks take on a dreamy physical shape, "Alifi B" starts with Wyatt miaowing before the band begin turning Drury Lane into the Fillmore West. Listening to Wyatt and Tippetts duetting on "I’m A Believer" as all hell breaks loose around them is to be transported into the front row to witness a very kind of Robert Wyatt magic.
- 01. Introduction By John Peel
- 02. Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening
- 03. Memories
- 04. A Sea Song
- 05. A Last Straw
- 06. Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road
- 07. Alife
- 08. Alifib
- 09. Mind Of A Child
- 10. Instant Pussy
- 11. Signed Curtain
- 12. Calyx
- 13. Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road
- 14. I'm A Believer





