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Crucial Listening #29: Alan Courtis

Crucial Listening #29: Alan Courtis

Pre-hispanic traditions, classical guitar genius, major label rebellion. The Argentinean musician discusses three important albums. Alan’s picks: 1) V/A – Musica de los Aborigenes (music by Native Indegenous Tribes from Argentina) 2) Agustín Barrios– The Complete Guitar Recordings 3) Luis Alberto Spinetta – Spinettalandia y sus amigos You can check

Review: Alan Courtis - Crystal Faisa

Two sides, two acoustic scenarios, two onslaughts of sound. Each of these seven-minute pieces is a meditation on a separate circumstance. Side one is a piano recorded in a Japanese train station. Side two is a recording of several electric guitars in an Argentinian studio. In each instance, Courtis seems

Review: PAIN JERK-COURTIS - Pachinko Blast Anarchy

There is no buffer of air between me and Pachinko Blast Anarchy, and no illusionary stereo space for me to step into. The connection is direct, unmediated – a jack lead taped to a neuron, hardwiring the record onto my senses – and it’s as though I am merely part of

Review: Ralf Wehowsky + Anla Courtis - Aseleuch Tendrradero

In the midst of Aseleuch Tendrradero I am reduced to the state of an infant, abandoning all thought to sound sources to merely marvel at sound as an alien and somewhat intimidating independent entity. My soundscape is strange and threatening, cartoonishly exaggerated and operating on a logic that I fail