Discography

Fueled by Charles Bullen’s expertise in unusual production techniques and by his love for African music and reggae, the music of Circadian Rhythms is an open and intricate mixture of polyrhythms, keyboards and electronics, spiced up with live instruments such as guitars, percussion and horns (saxes, flutes and trombone).At times it might be described as a post-techno, post-d’n’b version of early-70’s spaced-out Latin/African-tinged jazz excursions (Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane, Strata East Records), but most of the time it simply sounds like nothing else…For ‘Internal Clock’ Charles Bullen has enlisted a series of collaborators, including Gwen J. (who DJ’d with Coldcut), and Jean-Dominique Nkishi (who plays flute on the album, but was also the drummer with Mouse On Mars).

“This trio, quite intuitively (because I never spelt out what I hoped would happen) works in a subtle, attentive way: examining what the music is and where it is going all within the process of playing; feeling the sound to be complementary and in contrast to other sounds; feeling the stuff of the instruments, and sensing the presence of other creative beings. This is part of the extraordinary and gloriously uncertain matrix of what making and listening to music should be about” – Eddie Prévost

Eddie Prévost – drums

John Edwards – double bass

Tom Chant – soprano saxophone

Another installment of stirring stuff, perhaps not as groundbreaking as vol 3 but features some cracking stuff.

24 tracks; twisted science,peter kraut, the sycophants, luke vibert, david kristian, cujo, wormhole, burzootie ( seminal hip hop producer with a track originally released on def jam in 1985), voafose, hood, barbed, the mellowtrons, fish out of water feat. robert wyatt (yes the robert wyatt), the underdog, ganger, richard thomas, chasm (robert hampson of main in break beat mode), bedouin ascent, thurston moore/eugene chadboune, 2 player/ dj vadim, freezer (fridge incognito)

A classic concoction of post rock and electronics with some free jazz, lo fi, easy listening, hip hop, noise and drum and bass too. one of my favourites this one, this really mixed everything up but it still hangs together really well. ahead of its time for sure.

19 tracks from: barbed, luke vibert, the sycophants, springheel jack, the mellowtrons, wormhole, david kristian, tortoise, margoo,thurston moore/infrastructure, ui/ luke vibert, newt, mike flowers vs the aphex twin, stick basin (features barry andrews of xtc,shriekback,league of gentleman)