I wrote about ten of my favourite records – including Morton Feldman, Peter Brötzmann and Richard Youngs – for Cyclic Defrost:
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Charlemagne Palestine | St Giles in the Field 06.10.08
I arrived at St Giles shortly after Charlemagne Palestine had begun his 6-hour version of Schlingen Blangen and walked into the near empty church. I’d expected to be locked into a hard on the arse pew and had been kicking myself on the way for having forgotten to bring a cushion. Instead it felt like I had the place to myself and found a nice spot about 2/3 of the way down from the organ where I could lie on the floor Shavasana, stretched out and ready for some serious listening.