A GROUNDING IN NUMBERS

I´m a VdGG fan since my first acid trips way back in 1970 (H to He). Peter Hammill is one of my great idols of the decade (Hammill for the 70s / John Cale for the 80s / Richard Thompson for the 90s / John Coltrane for the noughties) and I still love his music and especially appreciate his continious developement. And exactly this is it: Grounding by Numbers is a step forward, something brave and exciting. Tell me one more of these old heroes (you discover 3 of them in the bracketts up here) who is able to emerge in this late bloom.

I´ve seen VdGG last month in Berlin and have to admit that I still painfully missed David Jackson (nevertheless it´s been a fantastic concert.) In the same way I grievously missed Hugh Banton in the era of Van der Graaf . But Hammill is still there and still going strong. Long may he live in health and good fortune and may he keep his creativity until the end. There are only a few of these old special growing heroes left (Woody Allen included). Without them the world would be a dreadful place. Beside all this bullshit of mine, the music on Grounding... is a slow burn. Believe me. I´ve just started to take Trisector into my heart.