{"product_id":"5051078011325-threnodies-and-ad-hocs","title":"Threnodies and Ad Hocs","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMzylkypop's debut release on Discus Music, \"Kiedy Wilki Zawyja?\" was reviewed in The Wire by Dickon Edwards: \"This giddy avant pop affair is rather more avant than pop, with a large backing band of musicians steeped in the stylings of early 1970s psychedelia, mutant prog, free jazz saxophone solos, slinky blues and moody spy soundtracks\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Threnodies and Ad hocs', with Michael Somerset Ward once more firmly at the helm, follows a similarly individual and beautifully crafted path, but this time around, while the striking Polish chanteuse Sylwia Anna Drwal features on the opening \"Threnodies\" song cycle, the following \"Ad hocs\" sequence is voiced by a who's who of avant pop characters: Adi Newton (Clock DVA), David Was (Was Not Was), Stephen Mallinder (Cabaret Voltaire) and Pete Hope (The Box) are heard on a succession of tracks all of which genuinely push the sonic and structural boundaries of what we call \"pop\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Somerset: vocals, keys, woodwind, percussion\u003cbr\u003eSylwia Anna Drwal, Adi Newton, Pete Hope, Stephen Mallinder, David Was, Julia Calvo, Vina Figueroa: vocals\u003cbr\u003eRachel Edmonson: vocals, tenor saxophone\u003cbr\u003eDavid Lewin: keys, guitar, drums\u003cbr\u003eMatt Bourne: electra-piano\u003cbr\u003eDave Kuratsu: keys\u003cbr\u003eDean Honer: synthesizer\u003cbr\u003ePhilippe Clegg: bass guitar\u003cbr\u003eSeth Bennett: double bass\u003cbr\u003ePeter Fairclough, Adam Fairclough: drums\u003cbr\u003eMartin Archer: tenor sax, saxello\u003cbr\u003eAndres Figueroa: tenor sax, flute\u003cbr\u003eMaarten Ornstein: bass clarinet\u003cbr\u003eCharlie Collins: percussion\u003cbr\u003eKarl D'Silva , Tom Wax: guitar\u003cbr\u003eBeatrix Ward Fernandez: violin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41619075465313,"sku":"5051078011325","price":12.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_11991202_959011.jpg?v=1714058249","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/5051078011325-threnodies-and-ad-hocs","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}