V/A - Jazz Protein TAPE Slowcore in 2001 (recently re-issued on

in 2001 (recently re-issued on Thrill Jockey) and eventually the band’s Thrill Jockey debut

Originally born in Liverpool

was originally released on CD in Germany (Wergo

" a testament to change in difficult times

V/A - Jazz Protein TAPE Slowcore in 2001 (recently re-issued onCompiled by Los Angeles based artist and collector Kye Potter for PRE ECHO. Heres 14 tracks of instrumental music from the 80s and one each from 79, 92 and 09. The synthesizer is the common instrument but musically the common thread is a jazz lead, played mostly on saxophones, a trumpet and a few keyboards. The jumping off point was a top 10 list by James Moss, from 2017, of private or experimental smooth jazz he just called it Smooth. The opener is