MELT-BANANA:
Something extraodinary happened last night in the
back room of a Cambridge pub. It wasn’t on the radio
or on the front pages of the weekend glossies even
though it was fabulous, visceral, exciting, profound,
the presence of the unswerving love of music.
Melt-Banana rolled on into the night, Southampton today,
Brighton tomorrow, 13 shows in 14 days. Travelling in
a splitter van, sleeping where they can, unloading,
loading, setting up & breaking down in front of their
audiences, single minded dedication. One of the most
powerful performances I’ve ever seen from a band.
Last night, though I was still trashed from months
of travel I was lifted, energised, buoyed on waves of
electric pure-joy, back against the wall, their grooves
coursing through my body. This is a band that John Peel
loved and last night I understood why, his presence in the
room last night was tangible.
Now I want to hear them back in session on the BBC.
(K)
Karl Hyde 
three of my favourite musicians in the same room! imagining what an underworld/melt-banana collab would sound like