Ora, a novembre, il piacere di ritrovare la forza e la vitalità di settembre e ottobre insieme: Septober Energy, opera prima e unica della leggendaria creatura centopiedi concepita da Keith Tippett agli esordi degli anni Settanta, nella nuova versione siglata Esoteric Recordings/Cherry Red tratta dai nastri originali - e non dai vinili - dell'edizione Rca/Neon.
Celebrated free jazz pianist and composer Keith Tippett’s legendary jazz/progressive rock ensemble Centipede, a group of more than 50 musicians formed in 1970 to perform his extended work Septober Energy on the concert stage. The musicians involved were the finest performers in the worlds of British jazz and progressive rock and featured members of Soft Machine (Robert Wyatt, Elton Dean, Nick Evans, Mark Charig), Nucleus (Ian Carr, Karl Jenkins, Jeff Clyne, Roy Babbington, John Marshall) King Crimson (Robert Fripp, Ian McDonald, Boz Burrell) and Blossom Toes (Brian Godding, Brian Belshaw) and vocalist Julie Tippett. In April 1971 the group was signed to RCA Records’ “progressive” imprint Neon, and the album Septober Energy was recorded at Wessex Studios in London in June 1971. Robert Fripp would concentrate his talents solely on the role of producer of the sessions and a number of vocalists including Julie Tippett, Mike Patto, Zoot Money and Maggie Nichols would also bring their abilities to the sessions. The resulting album was issued in October 1971. This new Esoteric Recordings edition has been newly remastered from the original RCA Records master tapes and includes an illustrated booklet with a new essay by Sid Smith.