a r t i s t : Jack Rose & Silvester Anfang
t i t l e : Split
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Funeral Folk
c a t : FF015
s o u r c e : 7 Inch
g e n r e : Folk
r l s. d a t e : 2007-11-15
t r a c k s : 3
b i t r a t e : 196 kbps avg
s i z e : 13.10MB
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Jack Rose has often been compared to the great John Fahey and it's no secret
he is a big fan; even his MySpace page openly credits the late guitarist as
an influence. It's apt then, that Rose has chosen to cover Fahey's How Green
Was My Valley on this stunning split 7" with Silvester Anfang for
Aim-records.
Sticking to the original recording, How Green Was My Valley is again
performed on pedal-steel and with rapid, drastically changing chords it has
a strange pitch-shifting effect. The fast finger-picked Buckdancers Theme (a
cover of Sam McGee), also by Rose is more urgent; scrappily captured live in
a single take, with a rough-around-the edges home-spun recording. Both
tracks prove yet again why Jack Rose is considered by many to be one of the
greatest living guitarists.
Flip over for something radically different; Silvester Anfang offer seven
minutes of gruelling, doom-laden noise that will have the followers of Sloow
Tapes, Type and Digitalis Industries giddy with glee. Not since Svarte
Greiner released the spine-tingling Depardieu late last year have I heard
anything as sinister - as whaling vocals of tortured souls drone over cymbal
crashes, loose tribal drums and shackle percussion. This is a band who
clearly could be inundated with horror soundtrack work.
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A1-Jack Rose - How Green Was My Valley [ 1:30 ]
A2-Jack Rose - Buckdancers Theme [ 1:47 ]
B1-Silvester Anfang - Geen Vlaemsch, Genn Senzen [ 5:17 ]
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