Ciarán R
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MUSIC FOR ONE
LIVE @ KENNEL DISTRICT,UNDERGROUND AT BAKER PLACE
THURSDAY MARCH 29TH. DOORS 10PM. FREE ENTRY
Followed by Kennel District DJs
Music For One is the solo project of Canadian guitarist Sherry Ostapovitch, who has been releasing records on the Makeshift label since 2001. Now based in the UK, her most recent album "Okeh" (2005) received much plaudits for her innoative approach to guitar-playing. Live she has played with acts as diverse as Dischord's French Toast, dronelords SunnO)))), Do Make Say Think and Hood, and embarks on an Irish tour this March including the aforementioned date at Baker Place
Here is a review from The Wire:
Music for One is the project of Canadian guitarist Sherry Ostapovitch, now based in the UK. Her reputation has slowly built up on the back of impressive live performances and a handful of EPs. Crafted out of melodic, looped guitar lines, rattles, scrapes and buzzes, OKeh is her most musical release to date.
These are certainly 'songs', but Ostapovitch stretches each of them almost to breaking point with delicate abstract explorations. They create an elusive atmosphere, like music seeping through the dusty gooves of an old 78 rpm LP issued by the legendary OKeh label, whose release of an album by blues singer Mamie Smith was an inspiration for this CD.
After years of listening to various guitarists demolish and fragment their instrument's inherent nature, it's a joy to hear someone unafraid to allow tunes to filter through the rubble. This is where OKeh triumphs. The 15 pieces here are testament to the removal of unnecessary elements in Sherry's musice but one shouldn't expect Reductionism in the vein of Taku Sugimoto or Annette Krebs. OKeh is an album of fully-fledged guitar songs, successfully using a number of approaches without being restrained by any of them.
-Jez Riley the wire April 2006
www.musicforone.com
LIVE @ KENNEL DISTRICT,UNDERGROUND AT BAKER PLACE
THURSDAY MARCH 29TH. DOORS 10PM. FREE ENTRY
Followed by Kennel District DJs
Music For One is the solo project of Canadian guitarist Sherry Ostapovitch, who has been releasing records on the Makeshift label since 2001. Now based in the UK, her most recent album "Okeh" (2005) received much plaudits for her innoative approach to guitar-playing. Live she has played with acts as diverse as Dischord's French Toast, dronelords SunnO)))), Do Make Say Think and Hood, and embarks on an Irish tour this March including the aforementioned date at Baker Place
Here is a review from The Wire:
Music for One is the project of Canadian guitarist Sherry Ostapovitch, now based in the UK. Her reputation has slowly built up on the back of impressive live performances and a handful of EPs. Crafted out of melodic, looped guitar lines, rattles, scrapes and buzzes, OKeh is her most musical release to date.
These are certainly 'songs', but Ostapovitch stretches each of them almost to breaking point with delicate abstract explorations. They create an elusive atmosphere, like music seeping through the dusty gooves of an old 78 rpm LP issued by the legendary OKeh label, whose release of an album by blues singer Mamie Smith was an inspiration for this CD.
After years of listening to various guitarists demolish and fragment their instrument's inherent nature, it's a joy to hear someone unafraid to allow tunes to filter through the rubble. This is where OKeh triumphs. The 15 pieces here are testament to the removal of unnecessary elements in Sherry's musice but one shouldn't expect Reductionism in the vein of Taku Sugimoto or Annette Krebs. OKeh is an album of fully-fledged guitar songs, successfully using a number of approaches without being restrained by any of them.
-Jez Riley the wire April 2006
www.musicforone.com
