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"HiGH ▀ iNTELLiGeNCE tRoLLS"
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a r t i s t : The Richard Leo Johnson Trio
t i t l e : Poetry of Appliance
d a t e : 2004
l a b e l : Cuneiform Records RUNE 198
g e n r e : Instrumental
r l s. d a t e : Nov/2004
t r a c k s : 08
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 77,1 MB
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Richard Leo Johnson is one of the most innovative and inspired
acoustic guitarists on the current American music scene.
JohnsonÆs style, characterized by complexity, exhilarating
speed, and hauntingly unfamiliar harmonies created through
æfoundÆ tunings, marks this self-taught player apart. Richard
was raised in AmericaÆs deep South, in a small Arkansas town in
the Mississippi Delta. A good indication of Richard is about is
captured when he recalls that his ôreal jumping off pointö was
a home-made cassette he received as a teenager, which featured
The Mahavishnu OrchestraÆs Inner Mounting Flame on one side,
and Leo KottkeÆs Greenhouse on the other; ôI thought both sides
were by the same artist! The initial impact was that it was
somehow possible to make something happen that fused the linear
liquidity of McLaughlin and the dense harmonic structure and
drive of Kottke.ö Practicing incessantly on his own, Johnson
developed an idiosyncratic playing style which combined
plucking and strumming, alternating between 6, 12, and 18
strings (a 2-necked McCullum guitar with 6 and 12 strings),
using all parts of the guitar, and employing 30 tunings he
devised. The Richard Leo Johnson Trio is his first ever 'band'
and it fuses elements of Americana, rock, ambient and folk
music with the sensibilities of classical color and structure,
reflecting an eclectic, modern outlook on chamber music. With
the collaboration of the classically trained and former
symphony musicians Andrew Ripley (wind instruments and
electronics) and Ricardo A. Ochoa (strings and theremin),
Richard Leo Johnson brings a fresh new focus and additional
instrumental orchestrations to his own brand of guitar-centric
instrumental poetry, making for a music that is both beautiful
and deep.
Trio:
Richard Leo Johnson: Acoustic 12 String, Acoustic Double Neck 6
& 12 String, Electric String
Ricardo Ochoa: Electric and Acoustic Violoi, Theremin
Andrew Ripley: Yamaha WX5, Melodica, Frostwave Resonator
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01-Highway 420 revisited [04:44]
02-Charmin' Carmen *Meditation On Hymn* [08:12]
03-Her To Hymn [04:21]
04-Glide Path [05:30]
05-Eulogy [05:58]
06-Haploid Springs [03:49]
07-4 Months, 4 Days [04:25]
08-The Moon is a Sky Thing [07:58]
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44:57 min
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