Description
European Primitive Guitar spans works directly influenced by and responding to Faheys approach to composition, alongside works by artists that arrived at similar conclusions independently. The music is, at once, both starkly traditional and contemporary.
This is no more evident than with the opening song on the compilation, Spanish guitarist Albert Gimnezs 1982 composition Conte Xins. The song draws on numerous idioms of music – flamenco, jazz, ambient music, and guitar soli – within its shimmering arpeggios, culminating as a decidedly Spanish music that has collected the ephemera of the guitars travels before returning home.
The compilation also explores wider ideas around experimentalism happening in Europe during the time of this anthology. German composer Hans Reichel not only developed new ways of playing the instrument, but also new ways of building guitars – pushing the boundary of what a guitar could be and how it could sound.
Ahead of its full release, listen/download materialfrom Maurizio Angeletti (Italy, 1983), Albert Gimnez (Spain, 1982) and Peter Finger (Germany, 1974).
The physical release is accompanied by an extended essay from The Hums Bradford Bailey.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.