Blutopia Ron Caines & Martin Archer Axis

• 1 Street Drums 02:52
• 2 Glyphx 04:00
• 3 Bell 02:53
• 4 Hunting Horns 04:30
• 5 Acrylic 02:11
• 6 Ornette's Leap 05:04
• 7 Reverie 04:09
• 8 Ancient & Modern 13:30
• 9 Pale Alto 01:22
• 10 Parole 05:25
• 11 Random 02:03
• 12 Portland 03:27
• 13 Morocco Rose 02:39
• 14 Blutopia 04:00
• 15 Marcel 03:21
• 16 Spike Island 06:09
• 17 Pepper Spray 04:13
• Total Runtime 01:11:48

Info for Blutopia

For this fourth collaboration between saxophonists Ron Caines and Martin Archer, they've concentrated on the pure, raw jazz feel of Ron's playing - a rawness which reflects Charles Parker filtered through the prism of British jazz from the 70s or thru AACM music, rather than then more polished sound of many of today's players.

A sequence of short tracks mixes every possible combination of the players from solo through to full ensemble, with instrumental colours scattered around the canvas of what is effectively a concerto with Ron's highly individual sound at its centre.

Ron Caines, soprano, alto & tenor saxophones
Martin Archer, sopranino & baritone saxophones, clarinet, flute
Graham Clark, violin
Laura Cole, piano
Charlotte Keeffe, trumpet
Chris Sharkey, electric guitar
Gus Garside, double bass
Johnny Hunter, drums

Ron Caines
is a saxophonist, composer and painter based in Brighton UK. After masterminding the groundbreaking early recordings of the group East Of Eden in the late 1960s, he concentrated on jazz composition and playing in the subsequent decades. His long overdue return to the studio is to welcomed.

Martin Archer
Sopranino, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, clarinets, recorders, keyboards, software instruments. Archer is a composer and improviser equally at home on stage or in the studio, dividing his energies between jazz and non jazz projects. His principle work is the series of CD releases for his own Discus Music label.

His current groups include his long standing duo with vocalist Julie Tippetts, the 14 piece AACM influenced big band Engine Room Favourites, 3 piece nu-jazz and electronics trio Inclusion Principle, improvising leftfield rock group Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere, and 30 voice performance art choir Juxtavoices. All of these and more are represented on Discus Music CDs

This album contains no booklet.