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Daniel Spicer

About Me

MUSIC:
CURRENTLY HAVING FUN WITH BOLIDE AWKWARDSTRA
http://www.myspace.com/bolideawkwardstra
WRITING:
JOURNALISM HAS APPEARED IN:
THE INDEPENDENT, THE GUARDIAN, THE WIRE, ROCK-A-ROLLA, PLAN B, JAZZWISE, SONGLINES, POPMATTERS.COM, ONEFINALNOTE.COM, GROOVESMAG.COM, ALLABOUTJAZZ.COM.
THE OCCASIONAL CARTOON, UNFINISHED STORIES, NOTES TO MY WIFE.
BROADCAST:
'THE MYSTERY LESSON' - PLAYING NEW RELEASES IN AVANT-GARDE JAZZ AND IMPROVISED MUSIC.
Hear the show streamed here:
http://www.totallyradio.com/show_pages/shows.php?show=109
(click on the 'listen' icon and then choose 'listen at low quality' to hear it for free)
Or hear it on the radio in the Brighton area, every Wednesday, 9pm at Radio Reverb 97.2FM - with simultaneous high-quality stream at radioreverb.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 23/02/2006
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

the mystery lesson part 38

Freedom sounds on The Mystery Lesson this week, featuring: spontaneous space-Prog from Scotland; Zappa-tinged free-jazz from Norway; avant-garde ballet soundtracks from Amsterdam; horrid puke-jazz ...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:19:00 GMT

the mystery lesson part 37

Step right up, the latest dip into The Mystery Lesson is now ready for streaming. I've got jazz, improv, drone, poetry, tape collage, psychedelic noise and a smooth, silky larynx. Now you can too.Feat...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:35:00 GMT

the mystery lesson part 36

I used to make mixtapes called things like My Imaginary Radio Show. I often used to wonder what it would be like to have a real radio show. Well, now I do. And you know what? Its fun. But, oh, so...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:45:00 GMT

the mystery lesson part 35

Would you like to hear some monstrous free jazz and assorted improvised madness? Well, now you can. This week's installment of The Mystery Lesson is now online and available for your listening pleasur...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:08:00 GMT

the mystery lesson part 34

Plug right in for hep global happenings on The Mystery Lesson, available for your listening pleasure right about now.Including: haircut-honk and free-noodle jazz from Brooklyn, NYC; Moomin-psych from ...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:07:00 GMT

the mystery lesson part 33

I may well be in in Norway...(look; ØøÆæÅåÅøøÆÆååå)I may well be durnk in the afternoon thanks to the Finnsh contingent...but that doesnt stop a new edition of The Mystery Lesson now being available f...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:41:00 GMT

the mystery lesson part 32

Ah grasshopper! Prepare to be boarded by another multi-national Mystery Lesson. Where else are you going to find brand new free-jazz from New York, Finnish free-folk, ersatz North African sufi ...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:18:00 GMT

the mystery lesson part 31

Hep hep!Big change afoot at the temple of The Mystery Lesson.The show is now fortnightly with a fresh hour of avant-jazz-Improv-weirdness available at www.totallyradio.com on the first and third Frida...
Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 08:52:00 GMT

the mystery lesson part 30

yo, yo and, may i say, yoPlenty of mindbending material from around the globe in this months Mystery Lesson: avant-jazz from Leeds; improv from Sheffield; guitar power-trio shapes from Norway; drones...
Posted by on Fri, 08 May 2009 10:29:00 GMT

the mystery lesson part 29

Man alive!Brand new heaviness from around the globe on The Mystery Lesson this month, including outrageous fire music, deep free jazz, misty field recordings, cosmic wanderings and harsh electric rumb...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:55:00 GMT