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Isotope

Isotope were one of the major (and earliest) British jazz-rock bands of the 1970s, coming along chronologically only just behind Soft Machine and Nucleus, the two UK pioneer bands in the genre. Isotope was formed by guitarist Gary Boyle in 1972. After about a year, the band signed with a major U.K. management company who got the band signed to a independent label which was owned by a film company and things really took off. By the time of their second and best-known album, Illusion, the band consisted of Gary, ex-Soft Machine bassist Hugh Hopper keyboardist Laurence Scott and drummer Nigel Morris

Isotope

March 18, 2024

Album: Recorda Me: Remembering Joe Henderson
By Lori Bell
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Duration: 04:42

1974: King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham and Miles Davis

by Len Davis
January 19, 2024

1974, fifty years ago with King Crimson, Isotope, Larry Coryell, Miles Davis, Billy Cobham, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Return To Forever, Joe Farrell, Jerry Goodman with Jan Hammer, the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Jaco Pastorius with Pat Metheny, Bruce Ditmas and Paul Bley. Playlist King Crimson “Red" from Red (Island Records) 00:00 Isotope “Rangoon Creeper" ...

A nostalgic visit to early Jazz-Rock-Fusion 1973-1982

by Len Davis
June 24, 2022

A nostalgic trip to the years 1973-1982 with Pat Metheny Group, Weather Report, Brand X, Isotope, Didier Lockwood, Gary Boyle, Jean-Luc Ponty and the Mahavishnu Orchestra.Playlist Pat Metheny Group “The Epic" from American Garage (ECM) 00:00 Weather Report “Dara Factor One" from Weather Report (CBS) 09:41 Brand X “Dance Of The Illegal Aliens" from ...

Billy Cobham, Larry Coryell, John Scofield, Gary Boyle and much more

by Len Davis
June 25, 2021

On today's program we dial it back to the '70s, with Billy Cobham, Jean-Luc Ponty and a feature on British jazz-rock from Gary Boyle and Isotope. Playlist Billy Cobham “Nickels and Dimes" from Inner Conflicts (Atlantic) 00:00 Larry Coryell “The Last Peavey" from Larry Coryell's Last swing with Ireland (Angel Air) 07:18 Jean-Luc Ponty ...

Classic '70s Fusion

by Len Davis
April 23, 2021

This week we visit the '70's for some classic fusion from Alphonse Mouzon, Michal Urbaniak as well as a couple of fairly obscure gems from Europe. Playlist Alphonse Mouzon “Nightmare" from In Search Of A Dream (MPS) 00:00 Michal Urbaniak “Deep Mountain" from Fusion (Columbia) 14:01 Isotope “Deep End" from Deep End (Gull) 22:13 ...

Brand X: Locked & Loaded

by John Kelman
May 26, 2018

There are a great many bands whose lineups have been so fluid that keeping track of who was in the band when is no mean feat. Few bands have, however, had as complicated a history as Brand X. Even in its latest re-reincarnation, there's been a lineup shift between the high octane fusion group's January, 2017 ...

Hugh Hopper: The Gift of Purpose

by Mark Redlefsen
October 10, 2010

Posthumously released under the name of late ex-Soft Machine/Soft Machine Legacy bassist Hugh Hopper, The Gift of Purpose captures a live studio performance from early 2008, featuring a trio project called Bone, along with guitarist Nick Didkovsky and drummer John Roulat. Rreleased as a benefit for Hopper's family--to which all proceeds of the sale of the ...

Golden Section

By Isotope

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Illusion; Rangoon Creeper; Attila; Spanish Sun; Crunch Cake; Mr. M's Picture; Frog; Attila; Spanish Sun; Lily Kong; Edorian; Golden Section; Illusion.

Isotope: Golden Section

by Andrey Henkin
August 6, 2009

It is with great sadness that the recent passing of electric bassist Hugh Hopper (1945-2009), one of the most original stylists on his instrument, is mourned. Hopper is best known for his tenure in Soft Machine (part of the Canterbury scene, lumped in with progressive rockers like King Crimson and Frank Zappa, and ...