Julian Koster, Heather McIntosh, Gary Olson on New Kevin Ayers

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Julian Koster, Heather McIntosh, Gary Olson on New Kevin Ayers

Published Friday, August 03, 2007 by Jeff | E-mail this post

Kevin Ayers, best known for his work with Soft Machine in the 60's and his solo work in the early 70's, is about to release his first album in fifteen years, The Unfairground. What makes it newsworthy here are the guests who turn up on the album: Julian Koster (The Music Tapes), Heather McIntosh (The Instruments), and Gary Olson, Jeff Baron, and the late San Fadyl (all of The Ladybug Transistor). Members of Teenage Fanclub, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, Roxy Music, Trashcan Sinatras, and Architecture in Helsinki also pop up. Olson, who co-produced the album, and whose band first collaborated with Ayers for a track on the French-pop tribute album Pop Romantique, says that the album's been coming together for a very long time, though the last two years have finally seen recording sessions in Brooklyn (Marlborough Farms), Tucson, Glasgow, and London. The Unfairground will drop on September 3rd from LO-MAX Records.