Scott
Horscroft - 8 Guitars
8 Guitars is a totally absorbing and trance-inducing work of psychedelic beauty.
Here eight guitarists are patched to a computer; recorded and manipulated live
with no overdubs. Each player observes strict, unchanging rhythmic patterns over
the course of the recording. However, the dense, shifting rhythms in 8 Guitars
are derived not from the physical attack of the performers, but through the complex
interaction of the overtones and harmonic characteristics of the instruments
themselves. This makes for one of the most unique and compelling works for electric
guitars in recent memory.
8 Guitars is a finely balanced exploration
of restraint and delicacy and is at the same time a full-blown
raucous electro-catharsis. The sort of work that will satisfy
not only the chin-stroking lovers of abstract electronica
but also power-chord enthusiasts.
8 Guitars is the first release by young composer Scott
Horscroft from Sydney/Australia.
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