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The following is a list of all entries from the Guitar category.
New track ‘Moloch’
Filed in Guitar,Music,Righard Kapp, July 29, 2010, 10:12 amHaving admittedly been quiet on music front over the last couple of months, I thought it might be worth showing that i have in fact been writing some new music, and hope to be recording a new album soon. I’ve been playing ‘Moloch’ live recently, so there’s a chance you may know it, here is [...]
Two Great Guitar albums Pt3 (clean and NOT serene): Ahleuchatistas & Sajjanu
Filed in Guitar,Music,Writing, July 14, 2010, 1:13 pmRighto, i’m not even going to pretend not to have dropped the ball completely over the last couple of months, let’s just say that i’ve been a bit jaded as far as music is concerned. If there was one thing i did cultivate a keen appreciation for, musically, i would say that it’s a kind [...]
From the Vaults: Skrummasjien
Filed in Guitar,Music,Righard Kapp, August 18, 2009, 12:40 pmSkrummasjien: (l) Mark – Drummasjien, (r) Righard – Strummasjien Skrummasjien was a two-piece noise rock outfit consisting of myself on guitar and Mark Van Niekerk on drums. The central idea was to fixate on an almost comical heaviosity based on power chord riffs, thrash metal drumming and feedback, coupled with noise loops.We liked the idea [...]
Two Great Guitar Albums pt.2: Andre v Rensburg,Nels Cline
Filed in Albums,Guitar,Music,Writing, July 20, 2009, 9:10 pmIt seems to be becoming a habit of mine to write about guitar albums – no surprise there – but also to tackle them in pairs. If you missed my previous lyrical waxing about Marc Ribot and Fred Frith, you can find it here. Andre van Rensburg – Unfinished Cities (South of the Border, 2008) [...]
Two Great Guitar Albums: Marc Ribot, Fred Frith
Filed in Albums,Guitar,Music,Writing, October 29, 2008, 5:10 pmMarc Ribot and Fred Frith are similar guitarists in that they dabble in both austere minimalism (see Marc Ribot’s “Exercises in Futility” – Tzadik, 2008) and frenzied, choppy chaos (see Fred Frith’s work with Bill Laswell and This Heat drummer Charles Hayward in the group Massacre – esp. “Funny Valentine” – also on Tzadik, 1998) [...]
