Tom Mudd - Guitar Cultures [CD]

Format: CD 
Catalogue No.: FCY0005
Release Date: 18 Sep 2023
Genre: Experimental/Electronic

01. Romantic Chord, The Brook and The Pool
02. Ton Simple
03. Pluck Ritual
04. The Harmonics of Simulated Strings
05. 12-string Lament
06. Zither Mechanics
07. Bass Mechanics
08. Oblique Ritual
09. Oscillations
10. Fretboard Ritual
11. Algorithm for Hans Reichel
12. Algorithm for Derek Bailey
13. VLOF
14. The Elysian Fields

Tom Mudd follows up Brass Cultures with another collection of genre pushing electronic music. Sitting between the hermetic focus of Bill Orcutt’s solo guitar recordings and Autechre at their most abstract, this is an album of forward thinking and richly evocative music. Mudd moves between impossible technical sketches in the vein of Derek Bailey to more considered harmonic works, that although created with algorithms and code presents a sound world full of humanity and imperfections. On Guitar Cultures Mudd refreshes the connections between electronic music and the avant garde and further cements himself as a singular figure in electronic music and sound synthesis.