{"id":2062,"date":"1990-02-12T22:34:57","date_gmt":"1990-02-13T04:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/?page_id=2062"},"modified":"2022-06-11T19:21:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T00:21:40","slug":"map_review_downbeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/map_review_downbeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Map&#8211;Downbeat, February 1990"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Map_BackCover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2436 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CDMap.jpg\" alt=\"Big Map by Steve Tibbetts\" width=\"220\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CDMap.jpg 220w, https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CDMap-150x147.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the first things I noticed about this music was the absence of that &#8220;ECM sound&#8221; that many of us have come to know.\u00a0 Maybe it has something to do with the fact that it was recorded in Minnesota instead of Norway. \u00a0Replacing the typically spacious, &#8220;empty hall&#8221; sound is a more intimate, textured one. \u00a0Good thing, for amidst all the twanging, tablas, and tapping there exists a genuine sense of artistry here, one better suited to warmer environs: cosmic guitar meanderings vaguely reminiscent of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnfahey.com\">John Fahey<\/a> (folk-combining-New Age sensibilities) and sonics approaching <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ralphtowner.com\/\">Ralph Towner<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Connors\">Bill Connors<\/a>; even a redone &#8220;rocker&#8221; (with tablas on both versions) from Led Zeppelin&#8217;s Jimmy Page.\u00a0 Less dramatic than the &#8217;88 reissue, Yr, Tibbetts takes a more soothing, delicate route on Big Map Idea.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t trendy fusion music, slapping together worldly instruments in an attempt to sound cultured or &#8220;contemporary.&#8221; Rather, the tunes&#8211;all but one either written or co-written by Tibbetts&#8211;weave a seemingly seamless tapestry from beginning to end, providing various settings for his almost classical-sounding guitars, etc. This set lacks the fierce wailing of a more robust Tibbetts. \u00a0In its place, we hear original sounds produced from the elements of World Music, intelligent sounds that caress the ear and stir the imagination.<\/p>\n<p>This is dream music. But don&#8217;t let that lull you into a false sense of repose; the distinctions from track to track may be subtle, but well worth your concentrated effort. \u00a0Selective use of percussion&#8211;with tasteful, longtime collaborator Marc Anderson providing most of the punch&#8211;gives this music bite and some delightful punctuations.\u00a0 Electronics play a limited role here. As Tibbetts states, &#8220;Sounds in general are my biggest influence&#8221;; so the electronically reproduced sounds of, for example, the actual singing of children in &#8220;3 Letters&#8221; play a part in the overall cinematic soundscape we hear&#8211;not the muddied synthesizer filler found on lesser albums with similar designs.<\/p>\n<p>The melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic constructions don&#8217;t appear to be too adventurous. But when all the parts are assembled, the strengths of this music lie not in any attempts to be assertive or &#8220;in your face&#8221;; rather, Tibbett&#8217;s tasteful, economical, and intelligent orchestration, the internal logic and consistency, and the album\u2019s ability to draw attention to itself through the deft means of subtlety and the telling of a story, perhaps one&#8217;s own story&#8211;these are the qualities that give it muscle and staying power. Engaging, this music affirms even as it delights.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/downbeat.com\/site\/author\/john-ephland\">John Ephland<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;we hear original sounds produced from the elements of World Music, intelligent sounds that caress the ear and stir the imagination&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[13,101,15,16,45,46,47,62,72],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Big Map--Downbeat, February 1990 &#183; Steve Tibbetts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/map_review_downbeat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Big Map--Downbeat, February 1990 &#183; 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