Posts Tagged ‘Loud’
The Fall of Us All–Philadelpia Inquirer
“he adds droning guitar textures that shift in slow-motion to create gripping, ever-changing polychords. And atop those come his solos, which fracture every guitar cliche”
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“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–Lawrence Journal World
“if you’ve grown weary of the Viennese confections underscoring large chunks of Stanley Kubrick’s “2001,” tune out the Strauss and plug in the Tibbetts, and ponder the monolith once again”
Read MoreThe Fall of Us All–RollingStone
“a trip of another, more explosive and enriching kind, a dynamic study of Eastern modality and universal spiritualism driven by rock & roll ambition” -Rolling Stone
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–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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