Friday 26 October 2007

THE NECKS

in association with VPRO Radio

Chris Abrahams-piano, Lloyd Swanton-bass, Tony Buck-drums

The Necks is the ultimate Australian cult band. The music of this trio contains an unclassifiable sound investigation that would bring out the most extreme comparisons of the critics: from Kraut rock group Can to American avant-garde composer LaMonte Young. ‘[The Necks] produce a post-jazz, post-rock, post-everything sonic experience that has few parallels or rivals. They may teach us to listen in a new way, but they communicate a fierce energy and warmth at the same time. (…) Like seeing a world in a grain of sand, [they] permit us to hear a whole new world of music in a sliver of sound.’ (The Guardian)

Celebrating jazz since 1974