JOE MCPHEE - The Willisau Concert LP Metal There’s an urgency in its

There’s an urgency in its repetitive dirge

The loud parts and quiet parts are like waves

is a unique and modern take on Japanese environmental music

at the other end

Soundgarden) and features a mix of noisy

JOE MCPHEE - The Willisau Concert LP Metal There’s an urgency in itsJoe McPhee's first international release, Black Magic Man, was issued on the newly formed Hat Hut imprint in 1975. It was a watershed moment for the 35 year old musician. Based in Poughkeepsie, New York, he was too far away from Manhattan to have participated extensively in the Loft Jazz happenings of the decade. European exposure, however, would give McPhee an alternative circuit, something of an escape route from the trappings of American cultural