Jakko Giveaway

Posted by Sid Smith
5 Feb 2010

Given his recent appearances in Robert's diary we thought it might be timely to run a fabbo DGM giveaway featuring Jakko Jakszyk. Those nice people at Panegyric have made available the reissue of Jakko's  album, The Bruised Romantic Glee Club.

Originally released in 2006 this is a double disc album which features contributions from Robert Fripp, Mel Collins, Gavin Harrison, Ian Wallace, Ian McDonald to name but a few Crims. And if that's not enough to tempt there's Canterbury legends, Dave Stewart, Hugh Hopper and Clive Brooks.

Spread across two discs (disc 1 being all original material whilst disc 2 provides some intriguing cover versions of King Crimson tracks and numbers by Henry Cow and Soft Machine), John Kelman at All About Jazz, wrote "The first disc focuses on Jakszyk's own writing—a series of largely autobiographical songs whose complexity and diverse instrumentation place them firmly in the progressive camp, but with a refreshing pop sensibility and utter lack of pretension. Jakszyk's voice conveys deeply felt emotions without resorting to extravagance or melodrama. The arrangements are detailed, but not at the expense of a melodism that reflects Jakszyk's longstanding interest and occasional participation in the Canterbury scene.

Jakszyk's guitar work on this disc is even more impressive than his playing with 21CSB, because here he reveals more of himself. There are elements of Fripp, Allan Holdsworth and even a touch of Phil Miller, but all subsumed in an approach that leans towards greater overall lyricism. He's a virtuosic player, capable of ranging from the powerful intensity of "Catley's Ashes" to the David Sylvian-like ambience of "When We Go Home."



The album is reissued in its original deluxe gatefold format with expansive sleeve notes on each track by Jakszyk (pronounced Jak-chik) himself.

To get your hands on this all you have to do is send an email to competitions@dgmlive.com with JAKKO in the title (lest ye be consigned to the spam bin of history). A lucky winner will be announced on Tuesday 9th February. You can read my take on the album over on the blog.



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