Womadelaide 2009 review by Bob Baker Fish and Adam Skinner
Womadelaide 2009 Son of Fela was the reason we drove 9 and a half hours…
Author Bob Baker Fish
Bob Baker Fish
Bob is the features editor of Cyclic Defrost. He is also evil. You should not trust the opinions of evil people.
Gotan Project – Live (Ya Basta!/Filter)
Paris based Gotan Project have been applying the fusion blowtorch to tango since the late…
Various Artists – Consume: Psy -Harmonics Volume 6 (Psy-Harmonics)
Psy-Harmonics are pitching themselves as the soundtrack to the 21st Century. We’ve arrived at a…
Seun Kuti interview by Bob Baker Fish
This is an interview I did in inpress with Seun Kuti, the 26 year old…
Alva Noto – Xerrox Vol.2 (Raster Noton/ Stomp)
The second volume in Alva Noto’s Xerrox series is majestic widescreen sound art. The kind…
Experimental Music: Audio Explorations in Australia (UNSW Press) Edited by Gail Priest
Gail Priest is a sound artist and associate editor of Real Time. She’s edited a…
Sven Libaek – Inner Space (Votary)
It seems ridiculous, yet it’s genius. For the soundtrack to Ron & Val Taylor’s 1973…
Juarez – Revontulet (Sabbatical)
The opening piece Favourite purposely pisses you off, a low repetitive cyclical drone begins, forcing…
Ennio Morricone Peace Notes: Live at Piazza San Marco, Venice (Ovation/ DV1)
There are more than a few kinds of Ennio Morricone. Firstly there’s the the seedy…
Fennesz – Black Sea (Touch/ Fuse)
Press play and within seconds Austrian electronic artist Christian Fennesz gently ushers you you into…
Fanfare Ciorcarlia/Gypsy Queens and Kings – Hamer Hall (Arts Centre) Melbourne
Okay. I can pinch myself now. And breathe a little. I’ve just witnessed one of…
Matthew Herbert Big Band – Live Hamer Hall Melbourne
Tonight Matthew Herbert is a ham. He’s Buster Keaton, awkwardly stumbling swinging and grooving around,…
Interview with Tony Buck by Bob Baker Fish
This is a quick interview I did with Tony Buck for Inpress in Melbourne. It’s…
Neil Young – Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968 (Reprise/ Warner)
This is Neil Young young, fresh faced talkative, months before he dropped his first self…
The Antripodean Collective – Funcall (Extreme)
It’s very difficult to find any kind of handles on Funcall, as anything familiar or…