Beatty's collaborative relationship with Murata has spawned some of his strongest work to date
as well as occasional use of basic electronic sources
the musical influences here are much more Germanic than anything Japanese
On opener ‘Legend Status: Denied’
"I came up with the title 'He would come home through the window
Joe McPhee – Tenor [LP] Extreme / Noise / Free Sound Beatty's collaborative relationship with Murata"There are lots of outstanding Joe McPhee LPs. Nation Time being chief among them, but theres also Pieces Of Light, Oleo and Topology. The Poughkeepsie, New York based multi instrumentalist, by now an international star of free music, has amassed a daunting discography, no doubt. If you want to peer deeply into the soul of Joe McPhee, however, theres no way around it, you need to spend some quality time with Tenor. Tenor is McPhees first solo record.