Posts Tagged ‘Safe Journey’
Hellbound Train – MOJO Magazine
Tibbetts has been an ECM artist [since 1982], pursuing a movable crossroads of modal psychedelia, dreamscape electronics and ceremonial rhythms across the eight albums anthologised in this set. If you are new to Tibbetts, Hellbound Train is an exciting introduction – with an epic journey on the other side of the door.
Read MoreThings I Did (Press resources for “Life Of.”)
Press page with rough bio is here Things I Did 2009-16 1. Sent Messages With Foxes 2013 2. Curated a Playlist for ECM 2017 3. Had Brain Scanned for Science 2012 4. Gave a Transplant …
Read MoreLife Of–Bio & Press Page
I like the physicality of playing 12-string. I don’t use a pick. If I’m drifting off to sleep at night and feel my fingertips throbbing I know I had a good day.
Read MoreMyECM
I curated a playlist for ECM as part of their venture into the world of streaming (an article from Pitchfork is here). My annotations for the playlist are below, and a more concise version is on ECM’s website here. The playlist is now up at Tidal and Spotify. Steve’s ECM playlist I curated selections from (mostly)…
Read MoreExploded View–Car Stereo Review 3/95
“Ever wish you could take a ride on the Space Shuttle? Here’s the alternative: Pick up Steve Tibbetts’ The Fall of Us All instead. It’ll transport you to places in the cosmos you never knew existed.”
Read MoreThe 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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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
Read MoreSafe Journey–Musician Magazine 8/84
“there is a sobering purity about Tibbetts’ alien mix that shakes you up in some wondrous ways” -David Fricke
Read MoreSafe Journey–Downbeat
“there is a sobering purity about Tibbetts’ alien mix that shakes you up in some wondrous ways.” -David Fricke, Musician Magazine
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