Ah, how I miss dear old Svetonio. The place just ain't the same without him. I guess they locked the poor buggar up in one of the dungeons down below - not that far along the corridor from the collab zone - and just feed him bread and water twice a day to keep him alive. Of course, the collab zone has state of the art soundproofing on the walls to ensure optimum acoustic qualities for evaluation listenings, so no one can actually hear him screaming out "Jacob's Ladder for Prog Folk" at the top of his voice 24/7, as the effects of long-term isolation take their effect on his sanity.
But I digress...
Yeah, this album is far enough removed from the typical "hey-nonny-no" traditional folk fayre for me to be able to view it as Prog Folk from a purely personal point of view...but that doesn't mean the team will!
As Alan said previously, this is nice stuff - I'm surprised I couldn't find any reviews of it anywhere on the web (& not even a rating, never mind a review, on RYM). There is a dedicated website at http://www.jacobsladder.co.uk/" rel="nofollow - http://www.jacobsladder.co.uk/ which talks about their "...acclaimed debut album ‘KITE’...", but I guess that in 1998 there wasn't the widespread use of the Internet that we have today, so perhaps all the reviews that exist for the album are still in paper format? The album is a free download on bandcamp, no "name a price", or "give us yer email address", or anything at all required - just click "Free Download", and Bob's yer Uncle! - Even more of a mystery, therefore, why it's still apparently so little-known.
The old Kent Band Archive site (they still aren't on the new one) says this about the various members:
Ramona, Zinta and Andy also played in the more traditional Folk band CAMINE ( http://www.camine.co.uk" rel="nofollow - www.camine.co.uk ). Ramona also played in Folk duo LONGSTONE with former FIDDLER'S DRAM member Chris Taylor. Simon had previously played in 1980s Psychedelic Post-Punk act NORMIL HAWAIIANS. Andy had previously played in the Art-Folk act JUMP THE PIG.
Andy later formed RELIG ORAN ( http://www.religoran.co.uk" rel="nofollow - www.religoran.co.uk ).
Both Andy and Hugh had previously had hair...
An updated version of the Camine website is available via Ramona Egle's personal website: http://www.ramonamusic.co.uk/" rel="nofollow - http://www.ramonamusic.co.uk/ (click the 'Acts' tab). It's really strange, however, that as far as I can see, she doesn't mention Jacob's Ladder anywhere on her site.
It would indeed be nice to get this little gem up on PA, but as always, that's not my call.
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