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All the albums feature spontaneous collective improvisation. | All the albums feature spontaneous collective improvisation. | ||
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==[[Creating Imaginary Backdrops (Innerviews 1993)]]== | ==[[Creating Imaginary Backdrops (Innerviews 1993)]]== | ||
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==[[No Secrets (Facelift 1994)]]== | ==[[No Secrets (Facelift 1994)]]== | ||
It has always struck me as astonishing that Holdsworth’s work with UK, a real prototype supergroup of the Asia variety, could exist so closely chronologically alongside the John '''Stevens''' albums involving him from the same era. The records which appeared under John '''Stevens'''’ name (‘Touching On’ and ‘Retouch’) are challenging, unstructured blurs of instrumentation, but for all that, not without appeal. But, when I asked Allan about what he could remember about the free work with '''Stevens''', he had this to say: | It has always struck me as astonishing that Holdsworth’s work with UK, a real prototype supergroup of the Asia variety, could exist so closely chronologically alongside the John '''Stevens''' albums involving him from the same era. The records which appeared under John '''Stevens'''’ name (‘Touching On’ and ‘Retouch’) are challenging, unstructured blurs of instrumentation, but for all that, not without appeal. But, when I asked Allan about what he could remember about the free work with '''Stevens''', he had this to say: | ||
