A group you should know about...

Setun · 2008-06-23 18:53:46

...The Necks - anyone else like them? Was introduced to them about a year ago, and have been consistently blown away by them on every listen. They often work in an hour-long form, where an initial motif is stated, and each of the musicians ellaborate and improvise in minute detail on this. This is a clip of them playing…

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...The Necks - anyone else like them? Was introduced to them about a year ago, and have been consistently blown away by them on every listen. They often work in an hour-long form, where an initial motif is stated, and each of the musicians ellaborate and improvise in minute detail on this.

This is a clip of them playing live:

Interesting group, particularly in light of that discussion on Steve Reich's 18 Musicians a while back. If you like trancey/ambient/improv then a purchase is definitely worthwhile.

Has anyone else given them a listen/seen them live?

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