Nico Georis - A Rainbow In Curved AirIt was never supposed to happen. No one was supposed to reimagine Terry Rileys A Rainbow In Curved Aira piece of music that, until now, has existed in its own class of expression. No one was supposed to scale the perilous heights of the citadel and come back with another document of the strange festival scenes within. With the release of Nico Georiss A Rainbow In Curved Air its clear now that this piece of music is a place that you can go to, a kind

Michael Head leads his Red Elastic Band into a fresh chapter with optimism and some of the best music of his career

A1/Oscillations A2/Lovefingers A3/Program A4/Velvet Cave A5/Whirly-Bird A6/Ruby B1/Misty Mountain B2/You And I B3/Gypsy Love B4/I Have Known Love B5/A Pox On You B6/Anthem (Performed With Jimi Hendrix)

the natural environment he grew up surrounded by

housed in a full colour single sleeve with download included

comic vignettes and strung out synths coming together to present one man‰۪s wry take on the battle with existence

a swirl of quiet melody and imagined landscapes

yet simultaneously deeply original – all the pieces are arranged in new ways

Catalogue number D-UHF-D19

Located an hour from Tokyo in Sayama

YMO's sound included various influences from its three members but there is no denying Thousand Knives paved the way for the group's Computer Music sound

and the songs become meditations on the reality of pain

with lush arrangements that breathe and breaststroke their way gracefully through the open air