John Hawthorn

CD cover. Colour photograph of exotic trees and a street sign. The Bliss - Of Bliss Pat Thomas in white lettering on the front.

Back of CD. Black text on white reads: The Bliss - Of Bliss Pat Thomas (piano) 01 The Bliss of Bliss 41:27 02 Twilight. 02:53 03 Soco Time. 03:09 Recorded live at Cave 12 by Nadan Rojnic 31.03.2024 Mixed & Mastered at KSL by Nicolas Field Liner notes by Percy Zvomuya Graphic design by Alternative Photos by Nicolas Field Thanks to: Cave 12, Marion and Sixto for hosting Konnekt and Pat, Nadan for the sound and the recording- Produced by Konnekt -konnekt.co

2 panel inner. Left panel is colour photo as per front cover. Left panel is black text on white, it reads: If the great 13th century Arab-Andalusian Sufi philosopher Mohyuddin Ibn 'Arabi could time travel to the present to listen to the Oxford-born pianist and composer Pat Thomas, a Sufi himself, the sage might nod knowingly and remind us of his verse: "My heart has become capable of every form: It is a pasture for gazelles and convent for Christian monks, And a temple for idols and the pilgrim's Kaaba and the tables of the Torah and the books of the Qu'ran./ I follow the religion of love: whatever way Love's camels take, that is my religion and When Thomas says, "I see myself as a traditional player who's just open to things," he is marking out the jazz piano, specifically Oscar "O.P." Peterson's, as his departure point back when he was growing up in Oxford in the 1970s. From O.P., Thomas began treading a sinuous path that took him to Cecil Taylor (a fan of Pat Thomas' music). Thelonious Monk, Sun Ra, a journey going back to the master himself, Duke Ellington. Thomas is like the figure who sees lightning in the east but instead ventures west. He didn't linger too long in the confines of the classical jazz tradition, but travelled far out into regions unimaginable and unknown that some in the genre in which he started off would look askance at him, and his virtuoso sonic experiments. When the maestro sits behind a piano, the idioms he is open to are as vast as the beautiful sounds his fingers (and gadgets) conjure. He might decide on an album to explore, say, jazz, reggae, funk, drum and bass, even jungle - every single one of them sounds created in the smithy of the Black experience. Yet every time he sits down to create in whatever mode, there is one totalizing vision at the heart of it all: improvisation. It is as if he is obeying the edict of a savage deity: Thou shalt improvise. "I try to play in as many different contexts as possible, but there's always going …

3 panel inner. Colour photography of exotic landscaped trees and hedges, a path/road, a barbed wire fence with a small hut dwarfed by larger trees.

#CDFriday
Pat Thomas - The Bliss - Of Bliss
Konnekt CD 2025
#jazzsky

(By emielscartoons on IG)

The inside of a cello is a real vibe.

Farmers “Nag Nag Nag”, brewed especially for Sheffield Beer Week in tribute to Sheffield's sonic & synth musical heritage; inspired by the city’s own Cabaret Voltaire hit, & a nod to our brewery tap Nags Head!

Bradfield Brewery out of Sheffield UK wins all my accolades for releasing the 'Nag Nag Nag' cold brew coffee porter to honour Cabaret Voltaire for Sheffield Beer Week. 🍻

Inquisitive ears

Coil ‎– Love's Secret Domain (Infinite Fog Productions, Austria 2021) – Not my pics of #PeterChristopherson, but I did stand next to photographer… reminded via “X” Peter would be 71 today… time for some Coil 😉
In Full: infinitefog.bandcamp.com/album/loves-...

10” record in a white sleeve with a small photocopied square photo in the middle

#nowplaying
Still House Plants - S/T 10”
Bison Records 2026
4 track vinyl reissue of 2016 GLARC cassette

Released on this day in 1970:
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage | Italy | Dario Argento

Tourist Sam Dalmas witnesses the attempted murder of an art gallery owner's wife, instantly making him the target of the sadistic murderer...

#birdwiththecrystalplumage #animalstrilogy #giallo #darioargento

#reggaesky FFS!

Front cover of CD Red/yellow/white screened head shot of Phil Pratt. Text on right reads: PHIL PRATT THING Featuring: Big Youth Al Campbell Dennis Brown Bobby Kalphat Pat Kelly The Heptones Ken Boothe Dillinger

Back cover of CD. Same red/yellow/white colouring as the front. Image of the corner of a building on the right hand side. There are 2 signs outside. The legible one reads: AD-MAJOREM DEI-GLORIAM SCIENTIFIC CHRISTIANITY. The track listing is printed on the back of the cover in black, it reads: 1. Ken Boothe - I'm not for Sale 2. Big Youth - Keep your Dread 3. Bobby Kalphat - Raw Roots 4. Sunshot Band • Roots Raw 5. Al Campbell - Going the wrong way 6. Discomix 7. Big Youth - Love Jah Jah Children 8. Heptones - Party Time 9. Bobby Kalphat - Sound of now Dub 10. Bobby Kalphat - Counter Punch 11. Big Youth - Phil Pratt Thing 12. Al Campbell - Take these Shackles 13. Sunshot Band-Shackles dis yah dub 14. Pat Kelly/Dillinger - Talk about love 12" Discomix 15. Al Campbell • Every man say 16. Ken Boothe - Who gets your love 17. Dennis Brown - Let Love in 18. Dillinger - Big Score

Open CD case. Booklet on the left shows 4 record labels for 7” singles by Bobby Kalphat and Ken Boothe and an unnamed one that just says VERSION on a white background. The CD on the right is red with white lettering which reads: TERMINAL PHIL PRATT THING. The PRESSURE SOUNDS logo is on the right hand side.

#CDFriday
Phil Pratt Thing - Various Artists
Pressure Sounds CD 2000
RIP Phil #teggaesky

:Zoviet*France: at London's Cafe Oto, 26th February 2026.

:Zoviet*France: conjuring up an electromagnetic storm during an epic set at Cafe Oto.

Didn’t they just…

Hoping that’s not a euphemism…🤠

Stuck in the office but so nice to have all the windows open for the first time in what feels like forever…

And him looking incredibly bored as Jaco Pastorius goes off on another bass ‘adventure’…

Young people today……

It’s a skill I’ve never mastered myself!

That’s a blast from the past! Michael Franti went on to become Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy before he completely mellowed out…

Regan Bowering – A Technology of Feeling (Infant Tree / A Cheeseboard Production, UK 2026) - @mrjohn23.bsky.social – According to my “X” spots… the LP has reached Japan & sold out… nice review at the link in Japanese… high-fives all round… what ever U do don’t sell my copy before I can collect it 😉

He could have tried harder with the name…

Front cover of CD. A woman’s painted face, it looks like she has scales, a red butterfly shape sticker on the outer CD jewel case obscuring her eyes with the words “AN ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL MORRICONOGRAPHY” Mike Patton in white letters on it. ENNIO MORRICONE - CRIME AND DISSONANCE IN WHITE UPPER CASE LETTERS.

Back of CD, the same face painted woman’s face, exotic foliage surrounds her. A large red circle in the middle reads: Ennio Morricone is probably the most famous film composer of the 20th Century and if you share our passion for his brilliance, this 30-track double disc set will bring you into a spare and extremely beautiful world. Crime And Dissonance presents the Maestro at his dark-tinged and experimental best. A realm of driving spooky scores, wordless and haunting vocals. angular string passages, spaced-out sounds, dark rhythmic structures and eerie whistling makes this set a collection of incredibly subtle beauty. Killer late 60s and early 70s Morricone tracks culled from more than twenty rare soundtracks of perfect vintage including Veruschka, Un Uomo Da Rispettace Una Lucertola Con La Pelle Di Donna, Gli Occhi Frederi Della Paura and many others Compiled by Alan Bishop with liner notes by John Zorn.

Middle of CD booklet. A woman painted yellow and black on all fours with a woodland background.

Photo from inner CD tray. A woman’s face painted silver and purple gazing out from a cage.

#CDFriday
Ennio Morricone - Crime And Dissonance
2 x CD Ipecac Recordings 2005
Compiled by Alan Bishop
Produced by Mike Patton
Sleeve notes by John Zorn
#giallo

I used to stick the spine stickers from minidiscs on them to help differentiate..

Coincidentally Michel Henritzi from Dustbreeders is support to Makoto Kawashima @ Oto tonight.

Piper Maru - Monopoly Child. 2007, Pacific City Sound Visions. I think its the first solo Spencer Clarke and I have the tape somewhere but I cannot find though they do all look the same and sound the same #nowplaying #5DebutAlbums0509

😂😂😂😂I have a couple of boxes of Skaters related tapes. I dread that one day the contents will spill out and I’ll never be able to match them up correctly again!

Yes indeed. Quite crackly on side 2. Definitely not 3 quid!

Live In New York LP in front of a pile of records. The cover has 2 colour photos on the front. Abdul Wadud bowing a cello. Julius Hemphill blowing a saxophone.

#nowplaying
Julius Hemphill/Abdul K. Wadud - Live In New York
Red Record 1978
#jazzsky

Guitar Music From The Western Sahara - Group Doueh. 2007, Sublime Frequencies. Some raw Arabic workouts #NowPlaying #5debutalbums0509