Posts Tagged ‘ECM’
A Man About A Horse–ECM bio pt. 1
Every piece in this new album is rich in color and landscape. There’s a plot, intention and meaning. Do I want anybody to know the specifics of plot, intention, and meaning? Definitely not.
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“When someone opened up a guitar case and pulled out a guitar they may as well have been pulling a sword out of a stone. The room was magnetized. This was not lost on me, the smallest and most sports-challenged kid in school.”
Read MoreThe Fall of Us All–ECM Bio
“Most reviews of Steve Tibbetts’s music describe it in the context of what it’s not; what it is, plain and simple, is Tibbettsian.”
Read MoreSelwa–Tricycle Magazine
“On Selwa, a Tibetan nun and American guitarist grant each other the space to move freely through their respective disciplines, and the result is a lesson in listening for anyone who is fortunate enough to come across the album.”
Read MoreA Man About A Horse–Guitar World / The Sensible Sound reviews
“when a new CD from Steve Tibbetts unexpectedly showed up in my mailbox a few weeks ago, I literally shouted for joy, pumped my fists in the air, and ran up the driveway so that I could get it into my CD player just as quickly as possible”
Read MoreA Man About A Horse–Downbeat Review
“A Man About A Horse embodies Tibbetts’ established strengths – feral electric guitar solos, complex percussion and meticulously detailed production.”
Read MoreA Man About a Horse–Isthmus
“Tibbetts is one of this city’s great, underappreciated native sons precisely because he deals in a potent magic that’s not easily understood”
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“Tibbetts also loves to rock: He recorded much of the searing guitar on “A Man About A Horse” in a single night, over frenetic Balinese drum samples colored and doubled by percussionists Marc Anderson and Marcus Wise.” -Rolling Stone
Read MoreA Man About a Horse–New Note Magazine
“Tibbetts operates a fine balance between sensitive acoustic shivers and heavily petted electric fuzz…”
Read MoreChö Part 5: Om Pana Phem
Recorded in New York City at the Knitting Factory, August 1999 · Chöying Drolma, Lodro, Sherab: voice and percussion; Steve Tibbetts: guitar and samples; Marc Anderson: percussion and samples
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