a r t i s t : Tim Catlin
t i t l e : Radio Ghosts
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : 23five (23five 011)
g e n r e : Ambient
r l s. d a t e : Jun/2007
t r a c k s : 06
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 47,3 MB
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Rhys Chatham and Glenn Branca had to start somewhere, somehow,
before they had the clout to recruit for their guitar
battalions in a quest to generate his minimalist / maximalist
mantras of transcendent noise. Fellow avant-guitarist Tim
Catlin has yet to branch out into territories of large
ensemble guitar compositions, yet it's certainly exciting to
witness the birth of an artist who will undoubtedly join the
ranks of Chatham and Branca as one of the premier avant-guitar
composers.
A few years back, we bellowed loudly about the debut recording
from Mr. Catlin, an unassumingly great album of mechanically
attacked guitar vibrations entitled Slow Twitch; and now, we
are just as thrilled by Catlin's second disc, the equally
exquisite Radio Ghosts.
At the moment, Catlin prefers the prepared guitar, laid flat
on the table Keith Rowe style, and then agitates the entire
body of his instrument with any number of mechanical and
magnetic means. Fan blades, E-bows, and battery-powered motors
are each set up in a variety of strategies to create a complex
set of droning vibrations whose multiple overtones send
shockwaves of contaminated frequencies across the wood,
strings, and metal of the guitar. These sounds are
immaculately recorded and given only the bare minimum of
mastering to heighten the exhilarating drones. Here on Radio
Ghosts, Catlin fabricates the same harmonic dissonance through
sustained drones that one might hear in LaMonte Young's dream
theatrics or Tony Conrad's blistering violin screech or
Organum's cacophonic metallic chorus or Rhys Chatham's
billowing mass from 400 guitarists. Yeah, this is pretty much
the pinnacle of '60s holy minimalism catapulted 40 years into
the future; the only difference is that you've probably never
heard of Tim Catlin. Do not miss out on this fucking brilliant
album!
http://www.aquariusrecords.org/
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01-Hysterisis [07:37]
02-Zumbido [10:23]
03-Black Magnet [05:50]
04-Radio Ghosts [06:01]
05-Everything Must Go [06:49]
06-Mirage [12:02]
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48:42 min