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From:
Stuart McDonald
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Date:
Tue, 23 Feb 1999 09:32:58 +1300 (NZDT)
Subject:
Re: (idm) steel guitar ambience questions
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quoted 8 lines At 11:43 AM 2/22/99 -0600, Ernesto Ikerd <IkerdEA@lmtas.lmco.com> wrote:> At 11:43 AM 2/22/99 -0600, Ernesto Ikerd <IkerdEA@lmtas.lmco.com> wrote: > > >The other day I was listening to NPR during an Ira Glass show on > >couple-relationships, and during the interview they kept playing a really > >beautiful track that was echoey steel guitar playing slowly to high > >pitched, reverbed.... um... ahem..'twinkly-synth-washes'... it sounded > >old maybe, like from the Tomita/Vangelis hey-days, but Ill probably never > >find out who it was.. Old Fripp, Eno, Fehlman....buhler... buhler.. ???
There is a great Coil track with lots of twangy guitar through reverb played to the accompaniment of a rather depressing phone message. Lots of bleak minor and major chords. Brilliant. Unfortunately I don't know the name of it. The mountainous nature of guitars through reverb used to make me want to go to Arizona. But now I think about it, I'm not sure if pedal steel players 1000ft tall actually live in Arizona. Probably more of a New Mexico thing. Stuart