- Record Label: Smalltown Superjazzz
- Release Date: Nov 15, 2011
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Dec 19, 2011Live at the South Bank is an artfully and spiritually satisfying coda to a long and criminally underappreciated career.
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Nov 28, 2011On South Bank--the most vital and essential document of Reid and Hebden's five-year partnership--it feels clear that, at least onstage, they were finally able to go the distance.
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UncutDec 1, 2011The synergy between electronics and organic instrumentation, sometimes an arid and baffling blend in improv, makes this a thrilling listen. [Dec 2011, p.87]
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Nov 28, 2011This is crossover free-jazz of a rare power.
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Nov 28, 2011Joined by the similarly un-categorizable Swedish reedman Mats Gustafsson, Live at the South Bank is an onslaught of sound.
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Nov 28, 2011Unapologetic, progressive and complex, it's adventurous, indulgent post jazz, brimming with spirit. Absolutely exhilarating.
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Nov 28, 2011Probably the last recording of Reid playing live, before his death in April 2010, it is a fittingly energetic and exuberant performance.
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Nov 28, 2011This two-CD set is now a welcome addition to what eventually became Reid's late-period re-emergence following decades of hip multi-genre collaborations amid a veil of semi-obscurity.
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Jan 10, 2012For either Reid or Hebden completists, Live at the South Bank is a useful and worthwhile artifact. For someone seeking entry to the catalogues of two vital artists, this is a thorny and difficult listen.
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Dec 12, 2011This scorching set of amplified electro-acoustic spiritualism between the pair and the mighty Mats is an effective snapshot of the potential for what could have been.