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Hatfield & The North were a Canterbury Scene supergroup comprising former members of Gong, Caravan and Matching Mole. The music on this debut album has been described as jazz-rock fusion.
“This band meant business and were in effect a culmination of all the Canterbury styles that came before. A sifted, refined and filtrated jazz-rock-fusion enigma that still sends shockwaves into the first-time listener by impregnating the casual progressive rock lover’s ears with music that is flirtatious and sublime.”
“Hatfield were the jazziest band of the Canterbury scene, but where much could be foreboding, noisy and intense, Hatfield are light, playful and noodling”
“This Canterbury scene supergroup was formed by guys who had already experience fplaying in big names such as Gong and Caravan. This first album features a very jazz influenced, progressive rock style.”
“A true Canterbury supergroup, Hatfield & The North brought together the qualities of various members previous bands, combining the whimsicality of Gong, the sense of humour of Caravan, the jazz-rock of Matching Mole and the complexity and flair of Egg. The group blend all of their musical styles perfectly to create a whole that is far greater than the sum of their parts, with a mood that ranges from the tranquil to the frenetic.”
“They recorded what is considered to be the ultimate Canterbury masterpiece. The album represents everything that the genre stands for: brilliant melodies, strange harmonies, superb musicianship, quirk rhythmic patterns and British humour.”
“The music on this debut is arranged in a large suite comprised of 15 parts, which includes lengthy instrumental sections interspersed with a vocals by Robert Wyatt, excellent singing by The Northettes, and of course proper vocals by Richard Sinclair. Stylistically, a great deal of the music on is superficially in keeping with the rhythmic and harmonic practices of jazz-rock, yet there are sections that are more in line with what most people would consider to be progressive rock proper.”
“This debut falls somewhere in between heavy handed instrumental jazz fusion and whimsical post-psychedelic progressive rock.”
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