Strange Fruit

crawf@dcs.gla.ac.uk
Wed, 5 Jul 1995 13:10:59 +0000


The jazz scene in glasgow has not been at its most vibrant of late, with
our one regular club closing. However the jazz festival kicked off on
saturday with an experimental club night 'strange fruit' hoping to cover
the nu skool vibes...

First DJ of the night was one of the pillars of the glasgow scene Nick
Peacock with a solid jazz set.

First live act up was dj domster, nick and mc l-tone from our very own
INfusion doing a short set of beats, rhymes and turntable skills. This was
an excellent set especially when nick the keyboard player took up his
violin alongside some heavy beats. INfusion are a band to watch right now,
having just recorded a 4 track EP, the final mixes of which will soon be
completed...

Another local outfit came later - Greg Kane (ex of hue and cry) and the
prodigal sons, playing on more of a straight jazzy tip and including a
decent cover of 'joyous' by pleasure.

The most interesting live act, however, had to be David Carron. Apparently
soon to be recording for Mo Wax his knob twiddling MIDI set epitomised the
current crossover of mellow techno/electro with hip hop and future jazz
influences.

Top of the bill, though was Gilles Peterson - playing an enthusiastically
received set which covered the whole spectrum through cypress hill, UFO,
sweet brazilian, crazy percussion... Few other Djs could play Josh Wink's
'Higher States of Consciousness' (tweekin acid funk mix) out of the much
sought after indian madness of anandar shankar's 'dancing drums'.

An inspiring night, but sadly not much else to look forward to in the jazz
festival calendar.

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