Llanfechain, by N O Moore

Llanfechain

by N O Moore

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Brutalist_Receptacle I AM on the right drugs to appreciate it...!

ted byrnes Phenomenal, textural, melodic, solo guitar record. I could listen to this all day. Favorite track: inside b.

Egor Ignatenkov catchy and improvising at the same time, very nice

David Dellacroce Explores the limits of what's possible on an acoustic guitar. Favorite track: inside c.

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	1.	inside a 01:16
	2.	inside b 06:46
	3.	inside c 05:37
	4.	inside d 04:22
	5.	inside e 05:58
	6.	inside f 04:34
	7.	outsides 27:28

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These tracks were all recorded on acoustic guitar whilst staying in Llanfechain, Powys during April 2021; so, just after the English-Welsh border had reopened.
The first 6 tracks were recorded in the old servant’s quarters I stayed in. The last track was recorded in the adjacent countryside.
Listening back now, a year later, I am pleased with the performances.
The playing draws on a variety of languages but, I think, successfully combines them into a personal style that is becoming increasingly unified.
Phrasing, rhythms, and harmonies from the influences of 20th Century composition, improvisation, blues, jazz, thrash metal, and electronics - the latter might be a surprise, given the acoustic instrument, but in that regard I hear repetitions and layerings in some of these recordings that derive from my work with modular synthesis (an electronic piece ‘Powys and Essex Countryside’ remains currently unreleased).

What is the point of this playing? I believe that new means and languages of expression remain to be discovered and constructed.
A certain feeling is what this music aims at, just not the usual off the peg feelings and emotions. In particular, no cheap redemption or conclusions. I don’t want to manipulate the listener.
Except that, different means of communication inevitably alter what is communicated; but that will have to be worked out between us.
Just before the time of this writing, my father died.
I found out, as an adolescent, that he was not my biological father; nevertheless, he was always my real father.
I gave him a CD I made with Eddie Prévost and John Edwards (‘Darkened, yet shone’)
matchlessrecordings.com/music/darkened-yet-shone
He said that he was not on the right drugs to appreciate it.
‘Llanfechain’ is dedicated to Derek Moore 1951-2022.
[N O Moore]

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released May 4, 2022

solo acoustic guitar
recorded April 2021 by Nathan Moore in Llanfechain, Powys, Wales

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