Archive For The “Fusion” Category
A matter of days after the US Challenger Space Shuttle disaster, this explosive collaboration between Keith LeBlanc and Adrian Sherwood was released, single handedly defining the parameters of a completely different approach to record production. Taking as a starting position the ‘hard’ electro blueprint pioneered by ‘Tommy Boy’ records, this visceral mash up of samples 
The coolest band in rock, absolutely no question. Of all their impeccable albums, Countdown to Ecstasy, along with Gaucho is the one I return to most. In retrospect, the most staggering thing about Steely Dan was the fact that year on year they released album after album, each one building on the achievements of its 
At £20 per ticket, this event deserved a better sound system, but overhearing an earnest debate on who performed the original “Burning Down The House” – Talking Heads or Tom Jones? was worth the price of admission alone. Tony Allen of course played on neither version, but as Brian Eno pointed out in his introduction, 
