STYLE... Avant Instrumental

Bret Hart: slack-string guitar, hosebone, tube-flute, folks fiddle (S. Korea), banjo-ukelele, moon lute (Vietnam), electronics. John Jasnoch: electric guitar, lap steel, soprano electric 12-string guitar, fretless baritone guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, mandolin, tenor banjo, oud. Recorded 7/11/01 in Eden, NC, USA and Sheffield, UK

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REVIEWS...

"Bret and British guitarist John Jasnoch offer up 28 short tracks of Frith/Bailey styled improv guitar, but add lots of extra textures like electronics, dashes of noise, and percussives to keep things varied and interesting. Many of the tracks are less than a minute, but everything flows so seamlessly from beginning to end that I was oblivious to the fact that this wasn't one continuous performance. The subtlety of the playing is striking, and only attentive listening reveals some of the most proficient musicianship of the series. The musicians dance like ballerinas across the fretboards, the shred guitarists of free-improv. Yet exploring, discovering, and sharing a range of sounds, tones, and textures is as much a part of the adventure as the splendid playing. Jasnoch kicks out runs that are both frenetic and considered, and played against Bret's harsher guitar and electronics at times sound like the afore-mentioned Frith and Bailey teaming up with the electronic trip pioneers of early 70's Germany. But there are also tracks where both do the serious guitar thing, each dueling furiously with the other to create some of the most impressive improv guitar works I've heard in some time. Bret warned me that Jasnoch is a monster musician and indeed this disc is one that fans of avant-garde improv guitar will surely enjoy." --Jerry Kranitz, Aural-Innovations

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