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26 November 2018

Soft Mountain - Soft Mountain - Hux Records 2003

After leaving Soft Machine, Elton Dean and Hugh Hopper tried to recreate groups in the same spirit like Soft Head or Soft Heap. All of these groups were interesting but none of them managed to reach the level of energy and creativity of Soft Machine Third. When I first listened to Soft Mountain I immediately felt that the energy of this band and its power was clearly close to the great era of Soft Machine even though the music is different. Tatsuya Yoshida and Hugh Hopper are particularly impressive during this powerful session.


-Part 1 : 30.40 mn
-Part 2 : 27.55 mn


-Hugh Hopper : bass
-Tatsuya Yoshida : drums
-Hoppy Kamiyama : keyboards 
-Elton Dean : alto saxophone, saxcello

Recorded in Tokyo august 10, 2003

Hux records hux084 cd rip

14 September 2014

KAZUE SAWAI - TA-WA-GO (GOD MOUNTAIN, 1995)



1. Crack Pot
2. Scared Straight
3. Anata no Tsuyu ni Naritai / Flamingo
4. Titicut Follies
5. Red Dye
6. (YxDan) HELGA
7. BOZO
8. Transcendental Masturbation
9. Cn + Co = In + Io


Kazue Sawai, 13-string and 17-string kotos
Junji Hirose, saxophone, hand-made noise machine
Hoppy Kamiyama, prepared piano, samples, gram-pot

God Mountain - GMCD 017

CD Rip