a r t i s t : Paul Metzger
t i t l e : Deliverance
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : locust
g e n r e : Instrumental
r l s. d a t e : Nov/2007
t r a c k s : 03
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 62,9 MB
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Metzger is a self taught musician who has called st. paul,
minnesota home for a very long time. Roaring on the live
circuit as a part of the twin cities cult fave group TVBC
during minneapolis' halcyon days of 80s scumrock inbreeding
that gave birth to acts like the cows, the bastards, the god
bullies, et. al., Paul was recognized as the spellbinding
shredder of the trio. In later years, Paul took a decidedly
inward turn and began plumbing the depths of a variety of the
wooden guitar and banjo and developing a singular style.
In a time where an increasing deluge of acoustically-oriented
recordings are
being pumped up with words like "Iconoclastic" or
"transcendental," it can sometimes be
difficult for the adventurous listener to have any clue as to
how to separate the wheat from
the chaff. Hype and hyperbole be damned; this is the real
deal. Metzger's title "modified banjo"
could tend to confuse even the most discerning among us.
While it is indeed true that a visual inspection will reveal
an instrument so mutated that it bears
little resemblance to that simultaneously venerated and
reviled backwoods icon that it once was
(he has added more than a dozen strings, a sitar bridge and
otherwise mutated a traditionally
limiting instrument into something entirely unique), it is
ultimately one's ears that will yield the
most incredulous reactions and ask the hardest questions after
being fed their particular set of
stimuli, as it is ultimately Metzger's approach to the
instrument and the sounds and melodies he
wrenches from it that are the greatest and most significant
modifications being made here.
Metzger's singular, irreverent approach and fluid dexterity in
attack are made evident in his
seamless hybrids of North Indian and Asian influences, jazz
and folk forms through a vehicle
that typically ruts its wheels in Americana hill country and
are truly unprecedented. Recorded
within the acoustically resonant confines of Duluth's Sacred
Heart studio (itself once a church),
his three lengthy improvisations venture into the meditative
sublime, a deeply cognitive set of
compositions that exit miles beyond what one normally expects
from the banjo.
(http://www.locustmusic.com)
artist's site:
(http://www.paulmetzger.net)
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01-Orans [14:05]
02-Bright Red Stone [09:32]
03-Deliverance [31:06]
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54:43 min