| Bishop, Sir Richard / Intermezzo |
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| Album: | Intermezzo | Collection: | General 12" | |
| Artist: | Bishop, Sir Richard | Added: | 07/2012 | |
| Label: | Editions Mego | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-07-15 | Pull Date: | 2012-09-16 |
| Week Ending: | 2 Sep | 26 Aug | 19 Aug | 12 Aug | 29 Jul | 22 Jul |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 27, 2012: | Catharsis Inner Redoubt, Dance Of The Cedars | 4. | Sep 20, 2012: | minimum entropy ii Inner Redoubt | |
| 2. | Sep 26, 2012: | The Sunset Life Khajuraho | 5. | Sep 19, 2012: | maximum entropy Dust & Spurs | |
| 3. | Sep 25, 2012: | Songs: Cantan Inner Redoubt | 6. | Aug 30, 2012: | Catharsis Dance Of The Cedars |
| Album Review |
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| Lestrygonian Reviewed 2012-07-11 | ||
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The unknighted Sir Richard Bishop is a folk guitar virtuoso whose solo work after Sun City Girls has spanned a broad range of worldwide influences. His keen ear for harmony provides even his most repetitive motifs with colorful complexity. On this record, the almost entirely unaccompanied Bishop delves into a blend of Indian raga, Saharan music, American folk, and even jazz, with a humble yet vibrant approach, prompting comparisons as diverse as Chet Atkins, Jack Rose, David Gilmour, Steve Gunn, and Omar Khorshid. Most tracks are beautiful; those that aren’t are fascinating nonetheless. 33rpm A1. Bright and energetic Arabic-flavored tune, deep and hypnotic ostinatos A2. A drifting electric haze of vaguely raga-esque half melodies wandering around, aimless but entrancing A3. A joyful and bombastic Saharan jam, definitely sounds like an oud + some Berber percussion A4. Epic acoustic raga contemplation, pure meditation bliss… if Steve Gunn wrote a lullaby, it might sound like this. B1. Cheesy, old timey bluesy jazz romp, total Chet Atkins / Les Paul worship with a rich, surf-like electric tone B2. Haunting electric meditations, sparse and melancholy. David Gilmour suffering from altitude sickness in a Tibetan monastery. B3. Gentle, dreamy ballad. Delicate, bittersweet arpeggios stumbling in a somnambulant haze. B4. Frantic, cluttered dissonance—totally incoherent sliding up and down the frets. B5. Shimmering raga textures—some exotic scales over sparse, droning bliss | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Dust & Spurs | 5. | Hump Tulip | |||
| 2. | Reversionary Tactics | 6. | Dhumavati | |||
| 3. | Dance Of The Cedars | 7. | Molasses | |||
| 4. | Inner Redoubt | 8. | Cranial Tap | |||
| 9. | Khajuraho | |||||