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Selected Tracks: Evolving amorphously from the New Folk tradition inspired by Takoma Records artists John Fahey, Peter Lang and especially Robbie Basho, Berlin's most enigmatic steel-string guitarist Steffen Basho-Junghans exorcises radically new voices and perspectives out of the acoustic steel string guitar. Possessing an impeccable instinct and insatiable curiosity, this innovative guitar master is on a constant search to discover new possibilities for the instrument. What truly sets Steffen Basho- Junghans apart is his willingness to eschew years of hard-won technique for the sake of emotional and compositional purity. |
Waters
In Azure Steffen Basho-Junghans of Berlin, Germany is certainly the most expansive guitarist working solely within the medium of solo acoustic steel string guitar today. Waters in Azure is an album of sound sculptures, coursing through themes of structure, space and state. Experimenting with technique, form, and sound by merging minimalist composition, Eastern raga and the acoustic steel string/folk tradition pioneered by Robbie Basho, John Fahey and Sandy Bull, indifferent to the inherent disparity between those genres, Steffen Basho-Junghans transcends any easy pigeonholing to sit perched high atop a musical plane entirely of his own vision. Water is Azure is his latest volley at the gods and goddesses of sound, pelting them mercilessly with his elaborately foreign, yet utterly beautiful brand of minimalist solo guitar. Comes highly recommended. Total playing time 51:49 minutes. :::>>> Tell A Friend About This CD From Drimala If you like this cd, you might also enjoy listening to: Inside (Junghans) Song of the Earth (Junghans) Figure (Philip Tomasic) White Fog (Sylvia Hallett) Cerebus (Erik Hinds) Triple Expression (Rotcod Zzaj, Ernesto Diaz-Infante, and Pat Harmon) Singularity (Joe Morris) With(in) Communicado (David Dvorin) |
