Review of F/M by P.D. Wilder in Sonic Curiosity - June 21, 2009
http://cdbaby.com/cd/pdwilder
This release from 2009 offers 69 minutes of guitar ambience.
Guitar textures unfurl into expansive structures of ethereal definition.
An edgy form of ambience is achieved by these meandering guitar tones. Notes are hinted at but kept shrouded in shadow. Chords are sustained and bent, then subjected to embellishment by atmospheric tendencies. The sound is vaporous and attenuated toward harmonic streams that slither through the air like gaseous serpents.
Sometimes strumming is almost audible, but the notes intentionally blur into each other, resulting in a hazy presence of gaseous certification.
A chilled environment is conjured by these tunes, remote and austere, exotic in its emptiness, made alluring by its very whiteout.
While the compositions are highly fragile, a certain verve is discernible, albeit relegated to a vantage just beyond the listener's periphery. This elusive quality gives the pieces a yearning character, forcing the audience to complete each with their own psychic input.
http://www.soniccuriosity.com/sc405.htm
This release from 2009 offers 69 minutes of guitar ambience.
Guitar textures unfurl into expansive structures of ethereal definition.
An edgy form of ambience is achieved by these meandering guitar tones. Notes are hinted at but kept shrouded in shadow. Chords are sustained and bent, then subjected to embellishment by atmospheric tendencies. The sound is vaporous and attenuated toward harmonic streams that slither through the air like gaseous serpents.
Sometimes strumming is almost audible, but the notes intentionally blur into each other, resulting in a hazy presence of gaseous certification.
A chilled environment is conjured by these tunes, remote and austere, exotic in its emptiness, made alluring by its very whiteout.
While the compositions are highly fragile, a certain verve is discernible, albeit relegated to a vantage just beyond the listener's periphery. This elusive quality gives the pieces a yearning character, forcing the audience to complete each with their own psychic input.
http://www.soniccuriosity.com/sc405.htm
































