Hans Reichel - Bonobo Beach - FMP0830
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Description
Visionary solo guitar music (or more accurately, guitar-based music) from 1981. Guitar-based because the instruments used are not standard guitars, but rather guitar-like inventions of Reichel's own creation in which the frets, bridges, and other parts have been modified, rearranged, and/or removed. He uses traditional picking and strumming techniques, along with some more unorthodox methods such as percussively tapping the strings. Whatever the technique, the resulting sounds are noticeably different from what a standard guitar produces.
"Two Small Pieces Announced By a Cigar Box," features some animalistic noises that prefigure his later invention, the daxophone ("dax" being German for "badger"). When he switches over to electric guitar, Reichel often summons up layers of ringing overtones, volume swells, and carefully controlled drones that don't seem physically possible for one person to achieve in real time without any effects, but the credits state that this is, in fact, the case. However, for all of the technical innovation and potential novelty value, what makes this music really work are Reichel's well-developed (and rather good-natured) musical instincts. While associated with the European avant-garde free improv community -- the FMP label is, after all, one of the field's most significant labels -- he does not shy away from tonal harmony, sing-able melodies, or pre-composed material. Some of the music does have a disorienting, alien effect, but there is a hard-to-place folk music feel to most of the tracks, which keeps them somewhat grounded. ~ William York
Vinyl: Excellent, clean shiny vinyl, has only very few hairline marks (no scratches), very little lessening in sound quality, clean labels.
Cover: VG+ to Excellent, shows some light wear on the sides.
This week I'm selling the rest of my old vinyl on the FMP label dating back to the early 1970s. I've posted rips of some tracks at http://bjorsq.net/fmp/ so you can check out the sound before purchasing - if you have any specific questions about the quality and condition of individual LPs, please contact me.
Featured artists include Fred Van Hove, Han Bennink, Yoshi Wada, Sven-Ake Johansson, Phil Minton, Albert Mangelsdorff, Gunther Sommer, Harrry Miller, Louis Moholo, Alex Schlippenbach, Willem Breuker, Rudiger Carl, Irene Schweizer and Peter Kowald.
Postage to non-european countries is £6.00 for the first L.P. and £3.00 for each subsequent L.P.
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