On the cover : Klein : The South London musician, vocalist, playwright, game designer and film maker generates uncanny resonance via collage and subversion in new film Care and album Harmattan . By Abi Bliss. Plus: The Primer: Horace Tapscott & The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra : A user’s guide to the recorded legacy of the prolific US pianist, composer, bandleader, organiser and activist. By Francis Gooding. Black Dice : After almost a decade dormant the joyfully elastic noise trio make their return with a new album of effervescent edits and psychedelic humour. By Marc Masters. Invisible Jukebox: Alan & Sir Richard Bishop : The erstwhile Sun City Girls bask in the rays of a mystery record selection. Tested by each other. Also inside this issue: Tara Clerkin Trio ; L'Rain ; Mazaher ; Magda Mayas ; Global Ear in the Texas Llano Estacado flatlands ; Unlimited Editions We Jazz ; Unofficial Channels The Heat Warps ; Anthony Wood 1948&ndas
After 9 Years of Romanesque Debauchery, Temple Bar Officially Shuts Its Doors Jan 21, 2021 3:48 pm | 3 comments | 5169 reads
Temple opened the same year I started LiveBeijingMusic. I can still vividly recall my first night there in late December 2011, after wandering aimlessly on the streets of Gulou, stumbling in to catch Jurat T.T perform. Temple Bar was like a godsend, a sanctuary for no-frills rock and roll kicks that wasn t afraid to dive into the deep end of delirium. A blackhole of disorder, musical mayhem, unchecked temptation, and the most uproarious late-evenings best left out of the history books. My blood, sweat, and tears have been ingrained in the wood there, coffee shots still haunt me, and some of my favorite musical discoveries were unearthed within those hallowed halls. Simply put, there is no substitute for Temple Bar – which makes me sad to say that it is one of 2021’s first causalities.