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Planet Battagon
Battagon Symphony

Album 2018 on On The Corner Records label
Electronic and Jazz (Abstract, Avant-garde Jazz, Free Improvisation)

Planet Battagon are innovators in Droid Jazz. Electronics, jazz and outer-national sounds ain't no new thing. But following in the extra terrestrial sounds and cosmic mythology of Sun Ra, Planet Battagon are not reaching for the cosmos but simply made of it. Droid consciousness is the starting point but what's consciousness got to do with it. The droid's need culture, music and art and of the highest and most experimental of that lies Droid Jazz. Originating on Lord Battagon's home planet the group are documenting the folklore and jazz stylings of the Trans-neptunia neighbourhood out on the edgelands of the solar system. This debut release follows on from a Lord Battagon outing on the Atlantic Jaxx label. 'Who's out on Quaoar' is taken from the Ltd Ed 12' 'Battagon Symphony', part one of 'The Rough Guide to Trans-Neptunia'. The release also features 'Salacians of Neptunia', a homage to the early droid cultural pioneers and the chant like 'Moon of Dysnomia' that is played ceremonially to temper the erratic saline tides of the aforementioned moon especially during its retrograde period. Droids and saline do not mix well and OntheCorner are releasing these 'Rough Guides to Trans-Neptunia' after intercepting distressed transmissions prior to a devastating saline tide. The Noise Droids of Planet Battagon are: Jack Baker - Acoustic Drums Martin Slattery - Bass Clarinet,Alto Sax & FX Oli Savill - Percussion Mickey Ball - Trumpet Nathan Curran (Tugg) - Synth Bass, Syn Drums, FX & Conductor

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