Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt - Rock BottomLimited edition 2010 reissue. A certified art rock classic, this 1974 LP was written in the months before and after the five story fall that broke Robert's spine and put him in the hospital for a while. Mike Oldfield, Caravan's Richard Sinclair and Soft Machine's Hugh Hopper guest, with none other than Pink Floyd's Nick Mason in the producer's chair but it's Wyatt's guitar, drums, keyboards, vocals and intoxicating songs that take center stage: Sea

Ihsahn re-wrote the rulebook on epic extreme music across a series of albums that are still widely regarded as classics

While their first two albums were commercially successful

she traced early drafts of Scrutiny's instrumentals on her laptop

documents their recent practice of starting each day in the studio with a 20-minute trio improvisation

" "Beings of Light" with it's blazing character reminds of the ground-breaking "Le secret

Lyrics on the record reflect this point in Lou's life: the need to return to a feeling of "home" and have the courage to change her mind

genre-blurring production

during breaks from touring with the likes of Elvis Depressedly

With songs addressing the decay of connections

The wheel was a pretty good invention-good luck getting anywhere without one

and programmed by Buford himself

Warning: this one’s not for the faint of heart