Tim Brady: GO [Guitar Obsession] (CD): description

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GO [Guitar Obsession]

Tim Brady

GO [Guitar Obsession]

Ambiances Magnétiques | AM 156 | 2006

CD 25.00 CAD

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Composers: Tim BradyAlexandre BurtonLaurence CraneJean-François LaporteTristan Murail
Performer: Tim Brady

While Brady’s three previous Ambiances Magnétiques releases were all focused more on his work as a composer, GO [Guitar Obsession] brings the guitar back to centre stage, making it clear why Guitar Player Magazine has named the Montréal-based composer and musician “one of the 30 most important guitarists for the future of the instrument”.

The goal of the CD was to create a recording focused primarily on Brady’s guitar playing and composing, rather than on complex studio technology. Overdubbing, looping and computer processing were part of the production process, but they always take a back seat to the sound and texture of a solo guitar performance.

The first three pieces on the CD are updated versions of pieces which Brady composed over 20 years ago. GO [Guitar Obsession] is a fast, jazz-tinged loop piece; Yellow, Add Green is a deconstructed blues with overdubs and While Softly Sounds is a beautiful solo guitar ballad. Frame 22: Switch is a new work, for guitar and live electronics, moving from rock-tinged clusters to abstract electronics to a haunting, melismatic melody.

The work of four other composers is also an important part of this recording, underscoring Brady’s strong commitment to developing his vision of the electric guitar as a solo instrument in collaboration with other artists. Le Chants des baleines by Jean-François Laporte and unplugged by Alexander Burton where both commissioned by Brady, while Vampyr!, by French Tristan Murail, is a work dating from 1986. The CD ends with the quiet, reflective work Bobby J, by British composer Laurence Crane.

1

GO (Brady) (1984-2006)

8m47s
2

Yellow, Add Green (Brady) (1984-2006)

6m18s
3

As Softly Sounds (Brady) (1984-2006)

3m08s
4

24 Frames: Switch (Brady) (2006)

11m20s
4

Seconds

1m57s
5

Liquid

2m44s
6

Leaps

2m36s
7

Singularity

1m48s
8

Melismatic

2m21s
9

Le Chant des baleines (Laporte) (2002)

11m04s
10

Unplugged (Burton) (2002)

10m48s
11

Vampyr! (Murail) (1986)

5m30s
12

Bobby J (Crane) (1999)

8m24s

Total duration

65m54s

UCC 771028115624

Tim Brady: GO [Guitar Obsession] (CD): description

Prices are in Canadian dollars — 1.00 CAD ~ 0.94 USA ~ 0.74 EUR ~ 0.61 GBP ~ 79.6 JPY ~ 1.5 AUD ~ 5.51 DKK ~ 5.91 NOK ~ 6.93 SEK — and include handling, shipping and applicable taxes.


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