Mcauley, Jim / Gongfarmer 36
Album: Gongfarmer 36   Collection:General
Artist:Mcauley, Jim   Added:Nov 2012
Label:Long Song Records  

Album Review
Giancarlo M
Reviewed 2013-02-16
Mcauley, Jim/Gongfarmer 36
Label: Long Song
Experimental, solo acoustic guitar. Chaotic, a bit difficult, at other points harmonically and rhythmically interesting.

Favorites: Blues for John Carter, The Eyelids of Buddha, Saltarello/Jumpstart, nika’s Waltz.

1. (5:21) Second Blooming – Classical guitar; noodling in the beginning and then interesting Segovia-esque melodies.
2. *(7:02) Blues for John Carter – Steel string, playing lots of blues-ish noodling; really nice modal melodies.
3. (5:01) Another November Night – Very bizarre, atonal noodling; uses a tuning fork to make the guitar strings vibrate strangely.
4. (2:23) What part of maybe (don’t you understand?) – Slide guitar noodling in bursts, very trebly. Kind of atonal at points.
5. (8:22) Una Lunga Canzone – Extended Spanish guitar noodling, nice harmonies sometimes.
6. (2:19) Joy Buzzer – Interesting rhythm on a muted string with some melodic noodling on top. Lots of scratching noises.
7. (11:05) The Eyelids of Buddha – Cool harmonies, slide guitar. Chaotic sometimes, and other times relaxing.
8. (4:36) Plect’s Bounce – Vintage sort of tone, crazy atonal guitar playing (messing with the tuning pegs).
9. *(6:33) Saltarello/Jumpstart – Nice melodic classical playing, good melodies.
10. *(6:54) nika’s Waltz – Ethereal steel string playing, really nice.

Track Listing
1. Second Blooming   6. Joy Buzzer
2. Blues For John Carter   7. The Eyelids Of Buddha
3. Another November Night   8. Pleet's Bounce
4. What Part Of Maybe (Don't You Understand?)   9. Saltarello/Jumpstart
5. Una Lunga Canzone   10. Nika's Waltz