Gavin Bryars: “I always found jazz to be rather like a highly sophisticated chamber ensemble…” Interview by Bob Baker Fish
Gavin Bryars is something of the ‘can do’ composer, more often than not actively involved…
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.
Bird Traps – The Colour Fields (Independent)
Melbourne’s Marcus Skinner, previously known as Winterville, now going under the moniker Bird Traps creates…
William Ryan Fritch – Revisionist (Lost Tribe Sound)
It’s been fascinating to bear witness to the continuing development of US multi instrumentalist, film…
Ennio Morricone and Gruppo Di Improvisazione Nuova Consonanza – A Quiet Place in the Country OST (The Roundtable)
Italian film composer Ennio Morricone has always displayed avant-garde tendencies, yet usually contextualized them within…
Aphex Twin – Syro (Warp/ Inertia)
A new Aphex Twin album, his first in 13 or so years (unless you count…
Tim Hecker – Howler – Melbourne 14th of Jan 2015
Spilt Silo, dressed in black staring intently at his laptop sounds like he’s performing behind…
Blue Note: Uncompromising Expression – Richard Havers (Thames & Hudson)
Since 1939 Blue Note has established a reputation as the jazz purists label. For artists,…
The Nels Cline Singers – Macroscope (CryptoGramophone/ Planet Company)
Nels Cline is probably best known for his weirdo axe wielding in Wilco, though prior…
Berto Pisano and Jacques Chaumont- Kill OST (Roundtable/ Omni)
Kill is a 1971 film starring Jean Seberg (Joan of Arc) and James Mason, internationally…
Cyclic Defrost Writers Top 5’s of 2014
Well it’s that time again, as the sun sets on 2014 our scribes scratch their…
Francisco Lopez – Obatalia – Ibofanga: The Epoche Collection Vol.3 (Nowhere Worldwide)
After the dynamism of his previous two self released untreated volumes of field recordings it’s…
Cyclic Selects: Steve Maxwell Von Braund
Steve Maxwell Von Braund was the Australian connection. Whilst living in London in the late…
Cured Pink – II Put Aside (Another Dark Age)
The last time I saw Brisbane experimental artist Cured Pink live he terrified me. It…
Andrew Thomas Wilson – The Chain Reaction OST (Dual Planet)
The Chain Reaction, released in 1980, is the quintessential Australian doomsday piece, a slick nuclear…
Brian May – Turkey Shoot OST (Dual Planet)
Turkey Shoot is an infamous 1982 Australian shocker from Brian Trenchard Smith, a frequent cinematic…