Artist : Greg Davis
Title : Midpoint
Genre : Ambient
Year : 2009
Date : 10/2009
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 02
Label : Home Normal
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 58:27 min
Size : 81,8 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Bellingham, Washington (12/01/06) 23:33
02.Burlington, Vermont (05/12/09) 34:54
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58:27 min
My first foray into Greg DavisÆs work
was through his excellent debut on
Carpark æArbourÆ in the summer of 2002 I
believe. As I sat with my friend who was
playing it on his big stereo I was
really just taken aback by how detailed,
melodic and organic the work was. I
became an instant fan, yet despite this
was still taken aback further when I
first met Greg and saw him playing live
at the Bellingham Electronic Arts
Festival on the first of December 2006.
The show took a while to sink in as I
had never really heard anything quite
like it before. I guess in many ways it
was an entry for me into ædroneÆ work
although this term (as always) is rather
disingenuous as there is so much more to
GregÆs work than the dictionary
definition of ædroneÆ. I think it was
the sheer size of the sound in the
smallish area he played in. Either way,
it was both enormous sounding and
micro-detailed all in one.
So nearly 6 years after that show I
asked Greg if he fancied releasing this
as a CD as a kind of comparison to his
newer live work. We ended up agreeing on
his performance at Higher Ground in May
of this year as it seemed like a nice
comparison, yet what we got was
essentially two live shows which come
together seamlessly to create
æMidpointÆ. Its a whole other side to
GregÆs work that many have yet to
experience and perhaps in a small way we
can show just how amazing GregÆs body of
work is. From violin to bells,
synthesizer to stomp boxes, analog to
digital, it just highlights his natural
ability to create improvised and amazing
sound-scapes. At once minimal, slowly-
evolving and rich, youÆll also find
yourself entranced by rhythms and bleeps
you never thought could exist within
ædroneÆ works, if thats how we really
must define this. This experimentation
and indeed, playful side to his work, is
classic Greg Davis. Its what first drew
me to his work and which brings a smile
to my face as I listen and try to write
these pithy words.
Ian Hawgood
http://www.homenormal.com