Jazz Articles about Tim Motzer

About Tim Motzer

Multiple Reviews

Tim Motzer: Late-Night Soundscapes

by Geno Thackara
December 26, 2018

Natural evolution is always gradual yet relentless. Philadelphia sound-sculptor Tim Motzer demonstrates the fact with two more extended improvisations to follow on from the electro-ambient Unseen Universe (1k, 2017). All three are solo recordings made in similar circumstances (played live for wee-hours radio broadcasts roughly a year apart), yet of course no two nights or events are ever the same. Tim Motzer Soak 1k Recordings 2017 We all need time to slow ...

Multiple Reviews

Tim Motzer: Wandering the Depths of Space

by Geno Thackara
May 22, 2017

There are guitarists, and then there are sound sculptors who use the guitar as one tool among many (and of course there's no small overlap between the two). Tim Motzer happily resides in both camps but tends to lean toward the latter description most--when running a single axe through a continually changing array of jerry-rigged technology, it's not unusual for him to spend as much time twiddling knobs as he does fingering frets. With such a range of sonics to ...

Album Review

Tim Motzer and Markus Reuter: Descending

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 27, 2011

"Descending" è il nuovo progetto del chitarrista di Philadelphia Tim Motzer realizzato insieme al fido compagno di avventure sonore, il chitarrista Markus Reuter, con l'aggiunta, in seconda battuta, di Bj Cole (pedal steel guitar), Pat Mastelotto (percussioni minimali di vario genere) e Doug Hirlinger (cimbali e metalli). La musica realizzata dal duo Motzer-Reuter per un concerto live che ha funzionato da base per la successiva registrazione e manipolazione in studio ha delineato un'atmosfera sonora generale molto suggestiva, quasi svuotata di ...