Digging Deep

Prog caught up with Kaprekar’s Constant bassist/lyricist Nick Jefferson and guitarist/principal composer Al Nicholson on Friday September 20. While the timing was entirely by chance, it turned out to be an auspicious day to be having our conversation, as it coincided with the official release date of the band’s second album, Depth Of Field.

At a time when physical sales have been declining, to embark on the not inconsiderable challenge of writing material, corralling a team of busy musicians to record the music, and then release the results on CD into an uncertain and chronically overcrowded marketplace could be seen either as an act of heroic endeavour or hubristic folly. Jefferson and Nicholson, who’ve been friends and colleagues since the early 1970s, accept that in truth