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The 1960s was a time of major revolution and opening up in western music. Electronics made all sounds possible, free improvisation grew out of jazz, musicians expressed radical social ideas to young audiences. And as David Toop demonstrates in curating this great 2-CD package, England was one of the hotbeds of experimentation! In fact, these CDs are, to quote Toop, "documentation of an extraordinary burst of musical experimentation that touches upon the overlapping practices of live electronics, improvisation, free jazz, free rock, tape music, experimental and revolutionary composition, sound sculpture, sound poetry, minimalism and a few pieces that refuse to confine themselves even to these unruly categories in order to explore the outer limits of free folk blues, symbolic table tennis, and similar improbabilities." And who are the musicians? Cornelius Cardew, Daphne Oram, Hugh Davies, Michael Nyman, Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Michael Parsons, Max Eastley, AMM, The Scratch Orchestra, Intermodulation, The People Band, Gentle Fire, are but a few of the fabulous musicians and groups represented in this 2-CD package.