Geoff Leigh

Geoff Leigh / Yumi Hara: Upstream

by Nic Jones
January 17, 2010

The former Yumi Hara Cawkwell is obviously intent on fashioning her own musical territory, if this and her previous Moonjune release --Dune (2008), as one half of a duo with the late bassist Hugh Hopper--are anything to go by. Her partner here is one-time Henry Cow member Geoff Leigh, whose concentration on the flute for a lot of the music presented here adds a layer of meaning to a shared aesthetic, one in which the meditative is kept at bay ...