andy butler - livelooping (cd)
The debut solo CD from guitarist Andy Butler showcases an accomplished and mature talent.
Utilising Echoplex looping systems, the highly structured and composed pieces were recorded in real time, with no subsequent overdubs added.
Occasionally recalling the experimental solo guitar work of Phil Manzanera, Robert Fripp and Andy Summers, as well as drawing on complex gamelan rhythms, Butler's intriguing compositions avoid much of the improvised indulgence associated with the contemporary looping scene.
More information and downloads available from www.andybutler.com
Tracks
1. Backwater (3:35)
2. Hanging Garden (5:43)
3. Moonset (2:45)
4. Gargoyle (3:06)
5. Rag Kasaundi (6:15)
6. Tripwire (4:49)
7. Interlude (5:40)
8. Altitude (6:38)
9. Tachycardia (5:09)
10. Mill with Slowly Turning and Falling Marbles (3:42)
11. Persistance (4:59)
(Total Time 53:34)
Credits
Each track is a single unedited performance recorded in the studio using live-looping techniques, all the sounds came from the same guitar.
all composition/arrangement by Andy Butler
Notes
11 tracks of looped guitar, each exploring a different possibility, and each a single unedited performance. Angular melodies, world-beat rhythms, lush chords in classical type harmony, trance sequences, abstract electronica, all woven into a cohesive album of compelling music.
LiveLooping music is a way of extending the musical possibilities of instruments without resorting to the use of pre-recorded material. Sounds can be layered, altered, mixed and edited on the fly as the music is performed. Andy Butler produces a wide range of sounds from his guitar by use of special techniques, and by electronic modification. Melodies, rhythms and a whole range of distinctive guitar and 'non-guitar' tones.
