Sleeve notes by Stew for this blistering live set by American-Dutch-Scandinavian free-improv quartet.
The Ex guitars meet Nilssen-Love/Vandermark Duo.
Lean Left throws together two explosive duos – the sax/drums collision course of Ken Vandermark and Paal Nilsson-Love with the piledriving guitarists from The Ex – to make up a positively apocalyptic quartet: an elemental musical force featuring Grade A international players zoning in and scrambling together rock, jazz, noise and blistering free improv into a highly-charged onstage assault, each member taking their sounds and bodies to the edge and often snapping out of the wilds and into glorious passages of regular rhythm. Recorded live at Café Oto, London in 2011.
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Stuart, Chortle
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk