Browse by Artist: ISOTOPE

Artist:	ISOTOPE
Title:	Golden Section
Label:	CUNEIFORM
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUNE 273CD

"Isotope was formed by British guitarist Gary Boyle in 1972. Having previously played with Dusty Springfield, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger and the Trinity and Brit-jazz figures like Mike Gibbs, Keith Tippett and Mike Westbrook, Gary decided to form his own ensemble to explore the new worlds of jazz-rock. The band signed with a large UK management company and label and immediately began playing constantly - 4-5 times per week at clubs throughout England and Europe. In May, 1974, bassist and composer Hugh Hopper, formerly of Soft Machine, joined the group and stayed nearly 2 years. Golden Section is over an hour of previously unreleased recordings from 1974-1975, all recorded with Hugh. Isotope's music combined the flavors of contemporary, early 1970's jazz-rock with a distinctive British sound and Hugh's immediately recognizable fuzz-bass sound. The personnel is Gary Boyle (guitar), Hugh Hopper (bass), Nigel Morris (drums), Laurence Scott (keyboards), with Aureo de Souza added on percussion on half of the program. For fans of: Brand X, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, Soft Machine, and Weather Report."

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