Once, John Butcher pitched saxophone improvisations into the unknown acoustics of highland caves and offshore oil tanks.
Here he engages with the percussionist Mark Sanders, a human arguably more inspiring, it appears, than a vast empty space.
Most popular music takes place en plein soleil. Butcher maintains that Ropelight, the thirty minute live recording that opens the album, where Sanders’ rumbling spatial sculptures subside into sustained soprano tones, was influenced by shafts of sunlight passing through drifting overhead clouds, and down through Conway Hall’s occluded glass roof. Butcher and Sanders’ sympathetic dialogues echo that same interplay of light and air.
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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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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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Stuart, Chortle
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Idrie, Youtube
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Brighton Argus
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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World Without End, Twitter
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Bosco239, youtube
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Al Murray, Comedian
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Z-factor, Twitter.
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Etienne, Chortle.com