Tuesday, 2 August 2016

THOM SENT THIS DAEVID ALLEN CLIPPING


A wonderful review from The Wire Magazine!

"Trust the eternally mischievous Daevid Allen to deliver an unexpected poke in the ear from beyond the grave... now, out of nowhere comes an album of new material, mastered with Allen's approval in early 2015."

- Daniel Spicer, Wire Magazine, issue 388.

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Australian beatnik Daevid Allen was a founder member of Britain's earliest psychedelic band, Soft Machine.He departed from the band after the release of their first classic single Love Makes Sweet Mus..


Australian poet and musician Daevid Allen, born in 1938, moved to Europe in 1960, inspired by the writings of the ‘Beat Generation.’ After a year or so in Paris he arrived in the UK in 196..



Whichever way you look at it, Daevid Allen is one of the most interesting and enigmatic characters in modern music. An Australian, he was working in a Melbourne book shop when he discovered the writin..

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