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canīt wait to hear it, Bernhard lets swap man! By the way i also recomend Andy Butlers CD,wonderful live looping compositions,i heard it 3 times in a row and every time i play it i discover a different trick! full of surprises and fantasies,highly recomended! cheers Luis --- "loop.pool" <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote: > I had an amazing musical week.................taking > in Goth night with new > DJs; seeing Nine Inch Nails > rip it up at the Santa Cruz Civic; performing live > looping with video > accompaniement at Gavilan College's New Digital > Media Center; > playing acoustic traditional jazz with really good > musicians in Pebble > Beach. > > The week was full of a huge variety of really > excellent music and I rented a > car with a fantastic stereo > to get to everything. > > My constant companion on those long drives to and > from the gigs was the > brilliant new CD by Bernhard Wagner, > the talented guitarist from Zurich, Switzerland. > > After listening to all that > music....................going out > clubbing............seeing NIN rage at the Civic, I > cannot > get the title track to "The Fourth Night" out of my > head. It's as > compelling a piece of music as I've heard > in a good long while and it really attests to the > excellence of this first > output by Bernhard that it sticks in > my head so much. > > I've seen Bernhard play a few times now and so it > was a pleasant surprise to > hear him sing on (only ) the title track. > He has a really nice voice and I truly hope he > continues to sing on > subsequent outings. I can't say enough good things > about this1st track. I simply love it. > > "The Fourth Night" is also a perfect late night > driving home > CD...................and by the time you are > completely lulled by > the minor scales and the polyrhythmic interplay of > long fading delay lines > that make the record so trippy and delicious > Bernhard will suddenly change up and bring really > fascinating and > challenging new music timbres into the mix. > > This is my kind of late night > listening.................there are definite > ambient qualities to the music but it is constantly > morphing > into new and unheard territory. > > In the center suite of tunes that run from track 3 > through 6.............it > is not until several minutes into the fifth track > that the guitar > tones suddenly add distortions and then takes a > sudden left turn with > glitchy replacements of the original piece. > The tracks have individual names here but these > three piece really read as > one long piece. > > Track 7, "Le Menhir" takes the most chances on the > record and is one of my > favorite pieces. Bernhard's use of the > replacement functions in the Gibson EDP is really > exquisite on this piece. > Challenging the ear of the listener but never > completely alienating nor losing site of the melody > and mood of the piece. > It's really a great track. > > Track 8, "La Lueur" hits a loop at around 8 > minutes that is what Peter > Gabriel should be including in his most recent > outputs > (instead of what he is).................This loop > would make a fantastic pop > song if developed along those > lines.................or maybe > Gabriel should just hire Bernhard Wagner to play in > his band. It would be a > fitting place for this expansive and talented > guitarist. > > That's another thing I love about this recording: > There are constantly > times where I could hear really good pop songs > coming from loops or passages > that he plays and yet the CD is not a pop record in > the slightest. > > Right at the end of the record on Track 9, "Math > Town" it suddenly changes > up and gets the most funky and almost dance oriented > that the whole record > has to offer. It's cool piece and as a drummer, I > was itching to lay down > some fat groove over it. > > Bernhard finishes off the CD with a brief reprise of > the wonderful title > track....................playing the CD on > continuous play I went through > the whole thing twice a couple of times and it just > all flowed perfectly. > > What's wonderful about this record is that at > several points it hints at > being a different project.................ambient, > experimental, pop, > funk............and yet, it all remains a cohesive > whole. It is really > rhythmic and yet, there isn't a drum set to be heard > on the whole thing. > > It's really an impressive first outing and I can't > wait to hear what > Bernhard Wagner has up his sleeve for his next CD. > > Go out and buy this CD for yourself or a loved one > for Christmas. You'll be > glad you did. > > Rick Walker > loop.pool > > www.luis-angulo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com