Posts Tagged ‘Exploded View’
The Fall of Us All–Atlantic Monthly
“Tibbetts’s guitar-from-beyond-the-solar-system will take you to realms hitherto glimpsed only by the Hubble space telescope and will offer several plausible explanations of dark matter.”
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.”
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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 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 MoreThe 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–Minneapolis Star-Tribune 3/87
“Tibbetts does it with impeccable taste and economy…”
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.”
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