Gilli's Got Tallent

I'm just an old hippy that likes more than the three minute pop song so it was with a certain degree of trepidation and scepticism that I put on an album performed and produced by one of the BJMC members. Gilli Bloodaxe, known to frequent the Wednesday free improvisation sessions at The Open House, has produced and album called This Is Bon Bon. And it does have a hippy vibe. It is 22 short poems with accompanied by some excellent improvisation and electronic effects. Every tack is different and I have to admit to laughing out loud and thoroughly enjoying it.

Ho would I describe it? Quirky, imaginative, warm, very funny, a recording that would give Ivor Cutler some very serious competition, and not just because there is no harmonium! Gilli narrates the poems and plays drums. The fablous Geoff Hearn plays saxes, Monty Oxymoron - keys and the strangely named Adrian Newton - electronics. Check this album out - www.myspace.com/gillibloodaxe or
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003O0WEL6/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1284710410&sr=8-1-catcorr but it is cheaper to buy the album directly from Gilli. Recommended track, The Curve of Your Neck.