Curved Air
Guildford Surrey University
Guildford, Surrey, England, U.K.
November 20, 1974
Soundboard Recording
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Cover Art Included
01 Marie Antoinette
02 Young Mother
03 Back Street Love
04 Phantasmagoria
05 Melinda More Or Less
06 Woman On A One Night Stand
07 Propositions
08 Stretch
09 Vivaldi
10 Everdance
Sonja Kristina – vocals
Phil Kohn – bass guitar
Francis Monkman – keyboards, guitar
Florian Pilkington-Miksa – drums
Darryl Way – violin, keyboards, backing vocals
Curved Air is another great British Progressive Rock band. Curved Air blends Rock with Classical & Folk musics with a good helping of Fusion & Psychedelia thrown in for good measure. 2 things set Curved Air apart from the rest are violinist Darryl Way and lead vocalist Sonja Kristina. Darryl Way, like Jean-Luc Ponty & Jerry Goodman, plays an electric violin. Darryl's violins were custom made by soundman Shaun Davis' father. The sound the man gets from his violin at times sounds more like a guitar being played with an E-bow. An electronic "bow" that fits in the palm an vibrates the stings as the guitar player uses a bowing type motion. Vocalist Sonja Kristina is also a unique performer. A former croupier at the London Playboy Club she was not afraid to use her sexuality as part of the performance. Dressed in lace, feathers, beads, fur with mini skirts and small tight shirts she looked the Mod Sex Symbol part. He voice is some times quiet and reflective. Sometimes soaring and passionate. Sometimes aggressive like a Prog-Rock Punk Princess pissed, ready to kick you in the balls. The music, the best I can describe is say members of Lindisfarne, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Focus walk into a pub, knock back a few pints and write some music.
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