Posts Tagged ‘Exploded View’
The Fall of Us All–CD Review & Baltimore Sun
“the best thing about “The Fall of Us All” is the astonishing fluidity of Tibbetts’ guitar work, which can be as percussive as a tabla pattern or as liquid and lyrical as a Hendrix solo”
Read MoreThe Fall of Us All–Downbeat
“The Fall Of Us All ranks with his best and wildest work (alongside Yr and Exploded View), because it smoothly reconciles Tibbetts’ volatile mood swings with his developing interest in the music of Indonesia and Tibet.”
Read MoreThe Fall of Us All–Guitar Player, 7/94
“Veering from ambient dreamscapes to violent, post-industrial rave-ups, from spellbinding acoustic fretwork to apocalyptic electric fret burn, Tibbetts’ first album in five years is an emotional and sonic tour-de-force.”
Read MoreExploded View–Downbeat, 6/87
“Steve Tibbetts seems intent on producing music that doesn’t have a name. It ain’t Third Stream, though he mixes lots of acoustic guitar and wordless vocals a la Steve Reich in his typically lengthy structures. It ain’t New Age, because it’s got balls and ideas. “
Read MoreExploded View–Guitar Player, 3/87
“weaves through two sides, running the emotional gamut from serene to violent, always intense. This is truly unclassifiable, but then, it’s not searching for a compartment.”
Read MoreExploded View–Minneapolis Star-Tribune 3/87
“Tibbetts does it with impeccable taste and economy…”
Read MoreExploded View–College Media Journal, 2/87
“the drums pound, the guitar riffs flutter and fly, tapes mess around, the energy flows, and somehow it all falls together”
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“Marc Anderson’s forceful percussion has an animated, almost conversational quality, and Tibbetts’ striking fret work runs the gamut from meditative solo passages to heartstopping blasts of rainbow feedback” -Rolling Stone
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1985 · Bob Hughes: bass; Marc Anderson: percussion; Steve Tibbetts: guitar and kalimba
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1985 · Bob Hughes: bass; Marc Anderson: percussion; Steve Tibbetts: guitar and kalimba
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