samples from 'IN THE MOMENT' The second album from The Michael Giles MAD Band featuring pianist Keith Tippett.   Sometimes challenging, sometimes lyrical, and sometimes playfully humorous, In The Moment is a collection of contemporary improvised music, which moves skillfully between Free Jazz and Free Rock territory.   "In a spirit of freedom, The MAD Band explores the universe of sound, silence, space and time."  M G

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 "The Adventures of" is the first CD in a series of open and honest explorations into the unknown. The production was completed with a bare minimum of edits and overdubs, and honours all the natural acoustics, raw sounds, dynamics, noises-off, humour and textural intimacy of the live sessions. The music reveals some amazing incidents of coincidence arising from the unlimited creative freedom that exists beyond the boundaries of conventional music making. Mad Band activities are also in happy coincidence with King Crimson's 40th Birthday celebrations. "Mad Band music is made in the moment without composition, arrangements, rehearsals or great expectations. The only idea is to have no ideas and be completely spontaneous. In a spirit of freedom the Mad Band explores the universe of sound, silence, space and time."

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