- Publisher: Faber
- Year: 2020
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 212pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 221x144mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.4kg
- ISBN: 9780571360512
- Product code: 518662
Side by Side
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An influential figure in the progressive Canterbury scene, Robert Wyatt embarked on a solo career in 1973. Over four decades, he collaborated with artists including Bjork, Brian Eno and Paul Weller but worked particularly closely with his wife Alfie Benge. Expressing ‘a humanist world view that is at once global and particular’, this selection of their poems and lyrics is introduced by Jarvis Cocker.
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The life's work of two of British music's most unique and timeless artists, with an introduction by Jarvis Cocker.
Whenever an aspiring musician asks me about songwriting I point them towards Robert and Alfie. Their work is so unusual, so perceptive, so playful and so grown-up. I don't think there's anyone to compare. If you want songs that touch your mind as well as your heart, these are the best. Wide distribution of this book could improve the state of music dramatically. - Brian Eno
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Selected and arranged by the authors themselves, and featuring an introduction by Jarvis Cocker, Side by Side presents the lyrics, poems, writings and drawings of innovative musician Robert Wyatt and his creative partner, English painter and songwriter Alfie Benge.
As a founding member of influential English rock bands Soft Machine and Matching Mole, and with a solo career which has lasted for over forty years and seen him collaborate with a diverse range of artists including Bjork, Brian Eno, Carla Bley, Paul Weller and David Gilmour, his own music remains unclassifiably personal.
Alfie Benge is a visual artist, songwriter and pioneering music manager, having managed Robert's career for fifty years. She is also married to Robert. Since 1982 they have collaborated on many of Robert's most well-known songs.
This unique volume celebrates one of the most enduring creative partnerships of the last half-century.
Whenever an aspiring musician asks me about songwriting I point them towards Robert and Alfie. Their work is so unusual, so perceptive, so playful and so grown-up. I don't think there's anyone to compare. If you want songs that touch your mind as well as your heart, these are the best. Wide distribution of this book could improve the state of music dramatically. - Brian Eno
***
Selected and arranged by the authors themselves, and featuring an introduction by Jarvis Cocker, Side by Side presents the lyrics, poems, writings and drawings of innovative musician Robert Wyatt and his creative partner, English painter and songwriter Alfie Benge.
As a founding member of influential English rock bands Soft Machine and Matching Mole, and with a solo career which has lasted for over forty years and seen him collaborate with a diverse range of artists including Bjork, Brian Eno, Carla Bley, Paul Weller and David Gilmour, his own music remains unclassifiably personal.
Alfie Benge is a visual artist, songwriter and pioneering music manager, having managed Robert's career for fifty years. She is also married to Robert. Since 1982 they have collaborated on many of Robert's most well-known songs.
This unique volume celebrates one of the most enduring creative partnerships of the last half-century.
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An influential figure in the progressive Canterbury scene, Robert Wyatt embarked on a solo career in 1973. Over four decades, he collaborated with artists including Bjork, Brian Eno and Paul Weller but worked particularly closely with his wife Alfie Benge. Expressing ‘a humanist world view that is at once global and particular’, this selection of their poems and lyrics is introduced by Jarvis Cocker.
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