Wizards of Twiddly

Assembled by bass player Andy Frizell, The Upendium features previously unreleased tracks from 1990 to the present, including unreleased favourites, home demos of Twiddly classics and insane, half-forgotten, outtakes.

Ex-Mother Jimmy Carl Black guests.

In December 2004, Liverpudlian legends The Wizards Of Twiddly reformed for a triumphant gig at Liverpool's Zanzibar Club.

Recorded absolutely live, it features powerful versions of tunes from their two studio albums, plus two previously unavailable songs, 'People with Purpose' & 'Cardboard Banjo'

A superb document of a justifiably lauded live band.

Three years in the making, the new Wizards of Twiddly album, 'People With Purpose' features material penned since the band reconvened in 2004, as well as material first aired on the band's live appearances with Kevin Ayers in the mid 1990's.

The late, great Jimmy Carl Black (Zappa's Mothers of Invention / Beefheart's Magic Band) provides vocals on 'Hooverman' & 'Ping Pong Head'.


'Warning - Wizards of Twiddly are on top form.' The Organ

'A mid-way point between Soft Machine and the Dadaist dementia of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band.' Losing Today

Three years in the making, the new Wizards of Twiddly album, 'People With Purpose' marks the first release since the band reformed in 2004. It also features material premiered on the band's live appearances with Kevin Ayers in the mid 1990's.

The late, great Jimmy Carl Black (Zappa's Mothers of Invention / Beefheart's Magic Band) provides vocals on 'Hooverman' & 'Ping Pong Head'.

"'The best band to ever come out of Liverpool"
Steve Davis BBC 6 Music 10th July 2011

'Warning - Wizards of Twiddly are on top form.' The Organ

'A mid-way point between Soft Machine and the Dadaist dementia of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band.' Losing Today

'Mad, bad and dangerously addictive.' Steven Reid seaoftranquility.org

An eclectic and aurally (and possibly orally) tasty collection of instrumental tunes both old and new from the Wizard of Twiddly guitarist, loving crafted and cooked in the Crazy Bedroom of his imagination.

Assembled by bass player Andy Frizell, The Upendium features previously unreleased tracks from 1990 to the present, including unreleased favourites, home demos of Twiddly classics and insane, half-forgotten, outtakes.

Ex-Mother Jimmy Carl Black guests.

In December 2004, Liverpudlian legends The Wizards Of Twiddly reformed for a triumphant gig at Liverpool's Zanzibar Club.

Recorded absolutely live, it features powerful versions of tunes from their two studio albums, plus two previously unavailable songs, 'People with Purpose' & 'Cardboard Banjo'

A superb document of a justifiably lauded live band.

The second Twiddly album, from 1994, saw the band continuing to uniquely combine elements of jazz, metal and punk.

However, the writing and performances were considerably more ambitious than on their debut, with the extended outro of 'Large Geographical Features', the Bowie fronts Crimson mayhem of 'Man Made Self', and the Kurt Weil flavoured 'Abnormal Man' (where the band are joined by Liverpool's Brasshoppers providing extra brass for a stirring close to the album) suggesting powerful new directions.

The album was highly acclaimed by Vivian Stanshall ('The Best Thing I've heard All Year' MOJO) and Canterbury legend, Kevin Ayers (who toured with the band throughout 1995).

'...a collection that includes jazzy TV themes gone haywire, yobboik punk numbers, outrageous guitar heroics and the most blissful sixties-drenched pop' - Facelift Magazine

With its eye boggling red and green sleeve, this unclassifiable and startling debut from Liverpool treasures, The Wizards Of Twiddly, received major local and national airplay on its 1992 release (including a memorable Mark Radcliffe session).

Voted Facelift' Magazine's 'The Canterbury Scene & Beyond' album of the year.