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"Slider"
Modern music fans recognize Bruce Kaphan's name from his work with
American Music Club, Chris Isaak, REM, Black Crowes, John Lee Hooker
and David Byrne. It's a rare treat to get an instrumental album
from such an accomplished sideman. This collection of instrumental
"new age" music was recorded for the prestigious Hearts
Of Space label, and its tone is consistent with the sound of
their popular radio show.
The tunes are dreamy, multi-layered steel tracks, dripping with
echoes and punctuated with diamond edges. Bruce Kaphan combines
his D-10, the recording studio, and a few tasty acoustic instruments
to create beautiful ambient tapestries. This CD is on the leading
edge of steel guitar art music. It's one of my personal favorites.
Update July 2005: It was out of print for a while, but Bruce has
now obtained rights to this CD and reissued it with his own cover
(pictured).
-b0b-
- clouds
- country & eastern
- high desert
- big brain small brain
- sideways carousel
- outpost
- arc of flight
- homage (pour la grande fromage)
- undeserved ending
- shinn pond
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