Phil Durrant / John Butcher / John Russell
© harald mannsberger - nickelsdorf konfrontationen, austria
cds
The Scenic Route ::
Concert Moves
lp
Conceits
read
Richard Cook's
x-mas 1987 Sunday Times piece
Phil Durrant and John Butcher met, in 1984, at one of Phil Wachsmann's Saturday afternoon Morley College workshops.
They then began rehearsing with John Russell, and playing on the largely musician-run circuit of London venues.
ACTA records was set up to release their 1987 LP Conceits.
A reviewer at an early concert in Zürich wrote "Just as no-one understands the British humour, no-one understood this trio's music". Fortunately he was wrong, and the trio continued performing, touring and developing for more than another 10 years.
A powerful zero-degree music that doesn't know how to pander, even to itself.
New Musical Express
The Scenic Route
Concert Moves
German concert recordings.Conceits
Recorded at South Hill Park Studio: 1987