a r t i s t : Loren Connors
t i t l e : The Hymn of the North Star
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Family Vineyard
c a t : FV47LP
s o u r c e : Vinyl
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : 2007-11-15
t r a c k s : 6
b i t r a t e : 191 kbps avg
s i z e : 42.17MB
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Deluxe LP presentation of a new cycle of extremely sorrowful electric
wraith-like blues from one of the absolute masters of American primitive
form alongside Jandek (who he has recently worked with) and John Fahey. This
record is pressed on heavy 180 gram vinyl and is presented in an edition of
499 copies. Recorded at home in his Brooklyn apartment this is one of his
most beautiful recordings to date, heavy with a poignant sense of time and
place. Connors plays with fuzz and F/X in a way that is extremely painterly,
leaving long minutes of slowly expiring notes to just weep in the air before
engulfing them in huge sheets of black feedback. Indeed, Keiji HainoÆs Black
Blues might be the closest comparison to the kind of emotional high-wire
feel of much of this recording. On the final track Connors is joined by Alan
Licht on second guitar with a recording taken from their heart-stopping
performance at the Instal festival in Glasgow in 2005. A major statement
from one of the key individual outside-thinkers of the past few decades,
highly recommended.
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A1-Part 1 [ 6:40 ]
A2-Part 2 [ 6:35 ]
A3-Part 3 [ 3:10 ]
B1-Part 4 (featuring Alan Licht) [ 6:14 ]
B2-Part 5 [ 5:01 ]
B3-Part 6 [ 1:32 ]
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29:12 min