A work for 100 electric guitars. Not bad, am I right? Try to imagine the sound, beautiful, massive, and at the same time cheerful, playful, immediate. The idea for this music made by Rhys Chatham […]
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Review of Pablo Marquez, Musica del Delphin, ECM, 2007
Pablo Marquez is a classic Argentinean guitarist whose skills and virtuosity were made available to different situations, collaborations and musical backgrounds. He has played with groups such as Ensemble Intercontemporain, as well as with traditional […]
Review of Marco Cappelli, Yun Mu (2001)
I looked for this record far and wide for more than two years before I could get it requesting it directly to the author. This rarity is a real pity because this recording is a […]
Review of Marc Ribot, John Zorn The Book of Heads, 1995 Tzadik
Marc Ribot, John Zorn The Book of Heads, 1995 Tzadik An absolutely paradoxical record, a unique and complex open opera, as is its composer, John Zorn, saxophonist, composer, sound’s investigator, soundtracks’ author for essay films, […]
Review of Turning Towards The Light by Adam Rudolph Go: Organic Guitar Orchestra, Cuneiform Records, 2015
Review of Turning Towards The Light by Adam Rudolph Go: Organic Guitar Orchestra, Cuneiform Records, 2015 http://www.metarecords.com/adam.html#anchorreviews%5B…%5D
#Review of PointCounterPoint, Harvey Valdes, 2016 on#neuguitars #blog
I like the title of this record that plays with the meaning of counterpoint, a cd made by the trio Harvey Valdes (Guitar / Compositions), Sana Nagano (Violin) and Joe Hertenstein (Drums) that seems to […]
#Review of Clementi Works with Guitar di Geoffrey Morris ELISION Ensemble, Mode Records, 2007 on #neuguitars #blog
We talked about the Australian guitarist Geoffrey Morris during the interview with Maurizio Pisati as involved in his Teathre of a Dawn’s project, now we meet him again in this monographic CD released on Mode […]
Solstice by Ralph Towner, ECM 1975
Ralph Towner is great man. Great in everything: composer, improviser, multi-instrumentalist, pianist, guitarist, band leader. Just think about that legendary group called Orengon which anticipated that at least twenty years, the fashion of the music […]
#Review of Metlframe by Mary Halvorson, Firehouse 12, 2015 on #neuguitars #blog
“Everyone plays the guitar . It’s a great instrument to play because it is not genre-specific, it can be heard in context from classical to folk, to jazz, to rock, and beyond. One’s options are […]
Americans by Scott Johnson, Tzadik, 2010
“Americans all look the same to me, same to me…” Americans is Scott Johnson’s new album for the prestigious Tzadik, John Zorn project. A new record that adds new chapters to his personal adventure […]
De Fossa Trois Quatuors op.19 by Lorenzo Micheli, Stradivarius, 2009
Review of De Fossa Trois Quatuors op.19 by Lorenzo Micheli, Stradivarius, 2009 Singular character, Francois de Fossa (Perpignan 1775 – Paris 1849), son of a noted historian and lawyer, a professional soldier for the Spanish first […]
#Review of John Somebody by Scott Johnson, Tzadik, 2004 on #neuguitars #blog
Should be blessed the used cds’ shops, Ebay and those who sell their discoteques because thanks to them every fan has the opportunity to integrate and recover cds which he has maybe only heard about […]
Singularity by Joe Morris, 2001 AUM Fidelity
Review of Singularity by Joe Morris, 2001 AUM Fidelity Joe Morris, American, has begun to play the guitar in 1969, 14 year-old age. He did the usual autodidactic training: playing in different groups, listening to […]
Die Donnergötter by Rhys Chatham, Dossier Records, 1988
“For an art music audience, both ‘Guitar Trio’ and ‘Drastic Classicism’ were vigorous new strains of overtone-based minimalism, lyrical in content and structurally austere, which synthesized two different musics to arrive at a striking new […]
A Crimson Grail di Rhys Chatham, Table Of The Elements, 2007
Four hundred electric guitars that sing a hymn to the eternal music. Four hundred electric guitars on the steps of Sacre Coeur in Paris, the night of the first October 2005. 2400 strings that vibrate […]
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