First Rehearsal Tapes (Vinyle) Leon Gast Now Akira’s on a mission

Now Akira’s on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he

it seems as if a faint sense of sympathy has developed between the two

Reluctantly

through Saddle Creek Records

Steve Lacy

First Rehearsal Tapes (Vinyle) Leon Gast Now Akira’s on a missionCaptured in 1975 on Alan Vega's two track recorder in a basement under Lower Manhattan's Greene Street, these recordings were built around Martin Rev's newly acquired Seeburg Rhythm Prince drum machine, whose primitive Latin style pulses formed the bedrock of the tracks. Rather than a sketchpad of semi formed ideas, the tapes serve as an audio diary of two artists measuring themselves as they headed further into uncharted territory, a raw, essential