Immense fuzz bass!!!!

[The Twickerman]

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The session starts at around 24 mins.

Fast forward to 38mins for the fuzz shredding!!!!

And if you've not yet discovered Hatfield and the North - now you have! Circa 18974, they're a peculiar blend of pop, jazz, prog and general English quirkiness.

[dannybuoy]

[quote name='The Twickerman' post='1044798' date='Dec 2 2010, 10:48 AM']Circa [b]18974[/b], they're a peculiar blend of pop, jazz, prog and general English quirkiness.[/quote]

Their music was way ahead of their time.

[The Twickerman]

[quote name='dannybuoy' post='1046946' date='Dec 3 2010, 11:26 PM']Their music was way ahead of their time.[/quote]

Ha ha ha! Ooops. 1974.

[Grand Wazoo]

There's a definite Frank Zappa's influence in this music, I dig it, wonder why I had never heard of them, being a very avid Zappa fan.

Thanks for the link, I shall now investigate their music to find out more.

[The Twickerman]

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='1047225' date='Dec 4 2010, 11:54 AM']There's a definite Frank Zappa's influence in this music, I dig it, wonder why I had never heard of them, being a very avid Zappa fan.

Thanks for the link, I shall now investigate their music to find out more.[/quote]

As a Zappa fan, you should be aware of The Wizards of Twiddly. Are you?

[Wud]

Also along similar lines to early Soft Machine

[The Twickerman]

[quote name='Wud' post='1050900' date='Dec 7 2010, 07:13 PM']Also along similar lines to early Soft Machine[/quote]


Definitely! You can be sure, in his use of fuzz, Sinclair was heavily influenced by the late fuzz-bass hero Hugh Hopper.

Have you heard Hughscore? Their "Delta Flora" is a classic.

[Wud]

I always heard a lot of Hatfield and the North as a large influence for the likes of Gong/Steve Hillage, more with the guitar though.

[The Twickerman]

[quote name='Wud' post='1052154' date='Dec 8 2010, 09:47 PM']I always heard a lot of Hatfield and the North as a large influence for the likes of Gong/Steve Hillage, more with the guitar though.[/quote]

Well, they were all part of the same family tree! No? So that is a family resemblance!

Hillage had been in Uriel with Hatfield's keyboard player Dave Stewart (who subsequently played on Hillage's Fish Rising), and Pip Pyle was Gong's drummer on Camembert Electrique.