See Radiohead Side Project the Smile Perform New Song 'We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings'

the perilous process of improvisation, to stumble upon form through musical adventuring.

darling of the avant-garde. Yoko Ono was always saying to me, “If only I could be as famous as you.” So I had an affair with Yoko and did a music series at her loft, and I put a warning on the very first flyer: THE PURPOSE OF THIS SERIES IS NOT ENTERTAINMENT. I was one of the first people to destroy an instrument onstage. I burned a violin at the Y

“I really like the instrument and I really like to play,” he added, “but when the responsibility for running the business rests on my shoulders, there isn’t any time to practise.” Nor did he feel the need to wear it on-stage all the time. “I’m not a very good singer and I don’t have very good breath control. And the weight of the guitar on your sho

Bodysong sounds very much like the ultimate sideman’s record. The pieces don’t really register as songs, but as evocative assemblages of incredible sounds—there’s some heart-stopping classical music in the style of Krzysztof Penderecki, some Bitches Brew jazz, a bit of skronky guitar, and a whole lot of irregular electronic beats.