A refreshingly progressive take on jazz rock. Egg, Hatfield & the North influences are evident and sit comfortably in a boundary challenging melting pot of jazz, prog rock and an edgy post punk ethos.

16 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Progressive Rock, JAZZ: Progressive Jazz

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BIOGRAPHY:

Peter Ashby is a British composer and musician. He started in the late 70s with the bedroom punk band Frenzid Melon! A brief spell in the group Blank Screens followed. He then played bass guitar and composed with the 4AD band Spasmodic Caress in the early 80s, and after that went on to form the pioneering cassette culture band the insane picnic as a multi instrumentalist/composer with Barry Lamb and Owen Turley! He currently composes and records much solo work for the Six Armed Man and Falling A labels and also is a member of progressive band Ermin Grud. As well as recently appearing on Jasun Martzs The Pillory - The Battle CD, he is currently in collaboration with Italian minimalist composer Fabio Pigato of Art Disappears Completely and French artist/composer/singer Hilda Garman. At the moment he is very productive and new material is being recorded all the time. As well as his role as composer /musician Peter also produces and engineers for British experimental composer Barry Lambs solo recordings besides engineering, mastering and graphics work for the Falling A and Six Armed Man labels.

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Talented multi instrumentalist and composer Peter Ashby delivers his first fully-fledged solo album for Six Armed Man records. It is a refreshingly progressive take on jazzrock. Egg, Hatfield & the North influences are evident and sit comfortably in a boundary challenging melting pot of jazz, prog rock and an edgy post punk ethos.

Influenced by British freeform / jazz of the early 70 such as Ray Russell and Howard Riley. Keith Tippet .The influence of Debussy is occasionally evident especially in some of the piano work. Early King Crimson (on which Tippets piano featured )and the more avant garde elements of progressive music are there such as third ear band. Some influence of Airto Moreira , Opa and Brazillian progressive jazz. Bit of Faust and Can thrown in for good measure. Some industrial influence can be heard too.
- Curtis Bighammer


Question: What do you get when a visionary musician with roots in the cassette culture of the early 80's and influences as far reaching as Frank Zappa, 70's progressive rock, Debussy, avant-garde pioneers such as Pierre Henry and many who think outside the boxes of our culture and society.

Answer: A disturbingly fantastic album called "Disturbances in the ether".

Incredible instrumentation. This is a refreshing approach to progressive jazz rock. Zappa influences are evident but this goes beyond what you would expect. The music captures the concept perfectly and engages the listener in a journey of discovery that involves more than the notes that make the music, you'll appreciate the spaces between the notes and somewhere in the undertow of this album is a story. Rarely in these days of disposable pop music do you find something that resonates with as much depth as "Disturbances in the ether".
-Psychedelic Joe

"Disturbances In The Ether" is a truly remarkable album. At times it really reminded me of Egg (one of my all time favourite bands) and even Hatfield & The North with loads of other influences thrown in. Beautiful production.
- Tim Jones (Census of Hallucinations)