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Glass Cage: Glass Cage

by John Eyles
October 1, 2001

Glass Cage is yet another ace trio featuring Gary Smith on guitar. Following his Stereo trio, Mass, Powerfield, and the recent Shoji Hano trio, this is another winner. And again Smith has come up with a great name, one that sounds like a prog-rock band and has all kinds of resonances.

The trio consists of Smith on stereo guitar, Hugh Hopper on bass and Shoji Hano on drums. As with the music of those other trios, this was all improvised ...

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Joe Gallivan, Gary Smith: Joe Gallivan, Gary Smith

by John Eyles
April 1, 2001

If the mark of a great player is that you can recognise them from just one note, then look no further than Gary Smith. His electric stereo guitar sound is as distinctive as the sound of Miles, Getz or Hendrix, as individual as DNA. Using real-time electronics and pedals, Smith has the capacity to bend, shape and move notes in the air. (It is no coincidence that he has given past solo guitar pieces titles such as “Slab," “Spirals" and ...