Magda Mayas & Jim Denley - Tempe Jetz CD XX1984 The Cravats formed after a

The Cravats formed after a Stranglers show in Birmingham in 1977: they borrowed £400 from Shend’s mum and self-released their debut 7” Gordon in July 1978

sourced from the Alexander Turnbull Library

And it doesn’t disappoint

Originally released in 1982 on Elektra

Magda Mayas & Jim Denley - Tempe Jetz CD XX1984 The Cravats formed after aBerlin based pianist Madga Mayas and Jim Denley, an Australia based saxophonist, together on Tempe Jetz, combine their energies to create a haunting ephemeral work. The music works at nearly a subliminal level, and it seems that playing a barely functional clavinet is nearly dreamlike in its own right as Mayas turns this intentional instrument choice into an impressive array of sounds. Luxuriating in these textures, pulses, and reverberations, she