CD: Nels Cline

Source: RIFFTIDES BY DOUG RAMSEY
February 26, 2009
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Nels Cline, Coward (Cryptogramophone).

Hall and Frisell have impressed Cline. Jimi Hendrix and John Abercrombie also seem to be in his DNA. Here, Cline is alone with his influences, his guitars, an arsenal of electronics and his startling originality. Despite his searching edginess, the CD is curiously relaxing. The high point is an extended piece called “Rod Poole's Gradual Ascent to Heaven," in which Cline builds a monument to a murdered fellow guitarist.

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Track Listing

Epiphyllum; Prayer Wheel; Thurston County; The Androgyne; Rod Poole's Gradual Ascent to Heaven; The Divine Homegirl; X Change(s); The Nomad's Home; ONAN Suite: I. Amniotica, II. Lord & Lady, III. Dreams in the Mirror; IV. Interruption (Onan's Psychedelic Breakdown), V. Seedcaster, VI. The Liberator; Cymbidium.

Personnel

Nels Cline

guitar, electric

Additional Instrumentation

Nels Cline: electric and acoustic 6- and 12-string guitars (steel string and otherwise, prepared and otherwise), Srvti boxes, loops, banjo uke, tenor ukulele, zither, fretless cigar box guitar, Turkish 12-string; dobro, 6-string bass, megamouth, electric autoharp, Quintronics drum buddy, Kaossilator effects.