Having wet-nursed the experimental ambitions of upwardly mobile rock bands, such as Wilco and Sonic Youth, Chicago’s irrepressible musical explorer Jim O’Rourke split to Japan in 2006 to rediscover the personal voice he’d subsumed somewhat into star names’ signature sounds. The Swedish free jazz saxophonist Mats Gustafson’s Fire! trio came to Tokyo and invited him to plug in his guitar. Low bellyache blowing, Goth rock electric bass throb, and unexpectedly martial Zeppelin style drum thwacks menace throughout, while O’Rourke terraforms plateaus of feedback into the inhospitable terrain of four improvisations. A closing seventeen minute blow-out is equal parts ecstatic jazz and nihilist noise.
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Idrie, Youtube
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Stuart, Chortle
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Bosco239, youtube
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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World Without End, Twitter
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Z-factor, Twitter.
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Hiewy, Youtube
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John Robins, Comedian
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Brighton Argus
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com