Aeternal Flux II

THE GASLIGHT AND THE POWER LIE: An Exercise in Elevated Doggerel    The Gaslight and the Power Lie set out for space in a puke-splattered boat designed by Claire Denis, “The way it looks flat, so that must be that,” said Gassius Clay, the Seer.   Powli was nonplussed, at the greyscale nonsense being gushed by his proof-challenged friend on the left. “I tell you I’m right, so that’s it for the night,” as they spun laughing through a hole.   Ol’ Holey spat them out.  Singularly put out, said,  “ Nil carborundum and fiddly dee. “I know I’m voracious for light and all else, But your garbage is too much for me. ”   “ Look, it’s not my place to give advice, At least not without charge, Given that my sole purpose is to suck without fee, But you should give up the ghost, Summon the host, And let the poor little monkeys go free. And thank your lucky stars I’m not woke! ”   (C) Copyright 2020 JK

MARCOS VILLALTA – QUICK EXOPLANET STOPOVER Melbourne-based multi-instrumentalist Marcos Villalta’s fifth album  Quick Exoplanet Stopover  delivers on the sleeve art/SF title's promise of stylistic hybridity. It’s a 33-minute hyperreal mystery tour that’s ideal for people who loathe fusion’s extended soloing, but like melodic/harmonic complexity and proto-ambient ECM soundscapes. The South American-Australian jazz composer blends Latin rhythms boldly with flavours of Mwandishi-era Herbie Hancock’s astro-jazz/Fourth World neo-exotica, the humour of Chick Corea’s  Children’s Songs/Spain , Carlos Bonilla Chávez’s lyricism, Hermeto Pascoal’s jubilant dissidence ( Brasil / Universo ), and the programmatic expressionism of Miles Davis/Gil Evans' 1960s productions. Villalta's recording career so far demonstrates continuous if erratic progression and a thematic proclivity for the surreal. The  Pregdalia  project - two volumes of GarageBand-captured solo synthesizer and guitar pieces

Baxter Honeybrook MIUC 12-5-2009 Vale Sean Baxter 1970-2020: For Those About to Junk-Grind, We Salute You Sean Baxter (drums) Lloyd Honeybrook (alto saxophone) Make It Up Club Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival  12th May 2009   In memorium Sean Baxter: the man, the instant composer, the gleeful violator of idiomatic conventions, the fierce advocate for deep listening; the curator, the punk MC and champion swearer, the junk percussionist, the jazz virtuoso, the educator and essayist, the not only good but prize-winning egg. Here in free blast mode with saxophonist Lloyd Honeybrook. In the tradition of Ali and Coltrane, DeJohnette and Surman, Brotzmann and Bennink, Flaherty and Corsano … Graves and Zorn.   Sean’s ghost notes and rolls provoke Honeybrook into Ayler-esque action like futuristic tattoos. The kit and its extensions freed from beat rigidity to engage with texture, the horn to explore a sonoverse of avian mimicry and hominid protest.  For over 20 years, Sean help