BENEATH DISCORDANT SKIES (vinyl)

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BETWEEN PUNK, FREE JAZZ AND ART-ROCKTED MILTONVOCALS, ALTO SAXOPHONESTEVE EAGLES: GUITARDAVE AYLWARD: DRUMSThe legendary trio from Stroud, Gloucestershire, Blurt was formedin 1979, amidst the punk explosion. Its leader, Ted Milton,manhandles his saxophone between free jazz and art-rock. Blurt'smusic, often presented as the British counterpart ofNew York's no-wave, is actually more experimental. It's close topunk in its guitar-drums blend that accompanies Ted's vocals and sax.Don Cherry, after seeing Blurt play, once told Ted that he remindedhim of the good old days of the Ornette Coleman Quartet.From 1981, when their first LP In Berlin was released, to 1989, thebandreleased about ten albums. A serious competitor to Mark E. Smith ofThe Fall, Ted has released over thirty albums to date.A multi-talented artist, Ted Milton released his first book in Italy in1963, then his poems were published in various magazines, includingParis Review. He then became a puppeteer, which led him tocollaborate with Terry Gilliam on his film Jabberwocky (1977). Healso created artist's books in the 1990s, which wereexhibited at the Bibliothèque nationale de Paris and the British Library.In 2001, Ted created a tribute to Daniil Kharms, an absurdist Russianauthor, in a performance where puppets, poetry, andelectronic music mingled.