WHAT IS FACELIFT?
- a fanzine which produced 19 issues between 1989 and 1999, containing interviews, reviews, biographies and news of all the key players within what is known as the ‘Canterbury scene’. Over 10 years it produced 1000 pages and in excess of 300,000 mostly original words about the genre.
- Since 2016 it has taken the form of a regular blog, all of which you can see at the menus on the right. The blog takes a more anecdotal path but will hopefully also pass on current information about the scene, which is still amazingly vibrant.
- A Facebook group aiming to publicise all current activities (gigs, albums, books, articles) of artists relating to the Canterbury scene
- Facelift is also the home to research for the forthcoming Hugh Hopper biography, ‘Dedicated To You But You Weren’t Listening’ to be published by Jazz in Britain
Both fanzine and blog aim(ed) to cover bands such as Soft Machine, Caravan, Gong, Hatfield and the North, National Health as well as musicians such as Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Steve Hillage.
Parts of the fanzine’s 19 issues have been digitised here, alongside some unpublished material intended for issue 20. You can also buy box sets or individual issues of the magazine here.
FACELIFT BLOG FEATURED POST:
Canterbury 2.0 – a series of interviews examining the second generation of Canterbury scene music
At the start of 2024, Facelift began a series of features with mainly international musicians who despite having no geographical connections with Canterbury, are becoming associated with its musical genre. In the Canterbury 2.0 series we interview 10 bands and musicians.
Canterbury 2.1 – Tom Penaguin (France)
Canterbury 2.2 – Lunophone (Ireland/Italy)
Canterbury 2.3 – Fabio Golfetti (Brazil)
Canterbury 2.4 – Amoeba Split (Spain)
Canterbury 2.5 – Carla Diratz (France)
Canterbury 2.6 – Zopp (UK)
Canterbury 2.7 – Homunculus Res (Italy)
Canterbury 2.8 – Magick Brother Mystic Sister (Spain)
The Canterbury scene(zine) continued.... 