Spiritualized

Great research going on here!

Probably stating the obvious that some similarities with Terry Riley

I remember the Jason interview now re Eno/Broken Heart. I always wondered if that was why the bluesy harmonica intro is used, even when there are strings available e.g. RFH in November.

Glad people like it; one of the YT comments says the melody is based on a mantra. I don't know if that's true but it has something. Someone on the site said that Jason's music has a healing quality to it, and the best of it definitely does for me.

Came across this 1975 track by Don Cherry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls1ddrT7HPc

Inspiration for PP Electric Mainline maybe?

Well it was great, the experience envelopes you, wish I could go again tonight. I really like the Barbican too. Was there a mic problem in Think I'm in Love? Anyone know who was in the band lineup? I could tell KB on drums but was a bit far away to id the others except Doggen. Should have gone to sp...

I thought Electric Mainline was the best version I've ever heard, I got lost in it.

I like it; agree with the previous post, the old days are gone but they're still looking for new ideas. I love that thing Wilco sometimes do where Jeff Tweedy's vocals are closely matched by a falsetto, the bass player I think.

Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere but a friend pointed me to a nice Richard Williams review of Jason's score for the showing at the Barbican on Saturday. Might be a tough watch though. What with the Kenzo track, Jason seems to be on a roll at the moment... http://thebluemoment.com/2015/07/0...

Insomnia led me to R4 at 6am Sunday morning, to hear John McCarthy investigating the phenomena of agony turning into euphoria, and his own dreadful/ecstatic experience as a hostage. He referenced Jason's bout with serious illness and played a couple of bars of Soul on Fire. Not sure if the link work...