Phallictite (it’s like Helictite but longer, thicker and moister) 

Bandcamp: https://paulstephentaylor.bandcamp.com/

Paul Taylor is an accomplished pianist and keyboard player specialising in improvisation. The music is evocative, alluring and unique; combining unusual harmonies and sonorities with an original and fluid technique.

aurally  plunging soundscrapes inspired by Laurie Anderson, David Lynch, Dr Fiora Tirenzi, Boris, Helen Money, Eno's music for airports, Antonio Delbenes, and Cristinky.    :: :: :: upcycling forgotten sounds. repurposing lost bits among the cobwebs. turning the down low in to the up high. Big ups to all ways always.

Wafts of Voodoo Techno, stabs of electro blues, inner space sci-fi effects and thick synth melodies coming on like tar flavoured honey. The twisted
noir-pop of the Guessmen confounds expectations.

Their recent album "Back From The Bins" has been hailed as a masterpiece by some and un-listenable by those of a delicate disposition. Whilst shifting
from gnarly hobo disco to jazz infused electro, the songs manage to hang together with enough identifiable cohesion to keep things from being on the wrong side of random, maintaining the all important GROOVE as the centre of their world.

With extremely physical shows, Guessmen are an outfit to thoroughly involve
yourself with in a live setting. They're "absolutely wild!... passionate,
energetic, gifted, committed, dangerous and full of life." Tom Robinson, BBC 6Music.

They have even reportedly induced labour at one show.

"If you like your music odd, you will appreciate this recordŠ Like a homicidal Hot Chip, The Guessmen will f**k you up! On the dancefloor!
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The Long Lonesome Go

In full flight, The Long Lonesome Go draw on influences from Autechre to Alice Coltrane, Talk Talk to Can to conjure a searching brew that leads to continual denials of a secret prog rock ambitions. At their best, this drums/bass/keyboards trio forge an unprecedented link between Artificial Intelligence-era electronica and the questing and grandiose glories of Goblin and Mahavishnu Orchestra.

The LLG rhythm section excited many a Northern stage as two-thirds of the criminally under-heard The Unit Ama, where they honed their extended free-rock chops before taking a line-up diversion and hooking with piano composer and improvisor Paul Taylor. Taylor greatly expands his palette in this setting, and the collective richness of their individual playing – drums forging a connection between Milford Graves and Klaus Dinger, and throbbing, fluid, often dubby and sparse bass vying with Taylor's man-machine smorgasbord – brings some divine evolutions from the minimal to maximal and back.

"TLLG seem to appreciate that music isn't about filling a silent space until it spills over - there's space, silence, an appreciation of the loveliness of sound, and of the possibilities of immersing yourself in a journey." - NARC Magazine June 2010
PHOTOGRAPH: KEN DREW, NOVEMBER 2015



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