Walter & Sabrina

Hot on the heels of the recent triple CD Chioma SuperNormal, the hardest working man of the moment Walter Cardew (son of avant-garde composer Cornelius) offers another set, a three-song and one movie piece entitled Rock 'n' Roll Darkness. And much like his previous output this is just about the strangest piece of music you are likely to hear. Stripped down and with severely avant-garde tendencies, the pieces - part spoken word, part singalong and mostly built around flutes, clarinets and the like - have few points of comparison, all delivered with a dark sexual imagery on the cover art and the accompanying film that makes matters even more confusing. Nudity, spoken word, nipple rings - ultimately, any discussion as to what exactly is going on here are fruitless, and maybe that's the whole point.