Off: Damo Suzuki's Network

[Alastair]

Hi,
I saw Damo Suzuki's Network on Friday night at the Borderline in London.
Both times that I have seen him, with totally different musicians, he has
been absolutely superb. It's incredible to watch the musicians bounce off
each other while improvising to create unique peaks in the music. At one
stage the guitarist started playing a really off-the-wall sounding riff.
Mike Howlett on bass seemed to struggle to get into it for a minute, but
eventually found his feet and pulled off an absolutely blindingly intense
tune. Apparently Damo doesn't record in the studio anymore. Everything is
based around creating a unique live atmosphere through improvisation with
hand-picked musicians. And it works. Everyone danced and Damo looked happy
as Larry at the end.

Alastair.