Duets
Record Label
AMBIENT
> Ten people who have all played guitar in JOAN OF ARC at one time or another got together and drew names out of a hat. Each person had to make a guitar duet with the person whose name he picked. All ten players were in the same room together (an unconventional approach for recording Joan of Arc, where often the drummer may never even meet the guitar player) taking turns pairing off to play.
> Some duets were improvised, others arranged. Some people used pedals to modulate or loop the sound of their guitars. Others simply played acoustic. \'Presents Guitar Duets\' is the first release in a few years to feature original Joan of Arc \"blip blip guy\" JEREMY BOYLE.
> BEN VIDA and NATE KINSELLA restrung their guitars so that the strings crossed over each other, making a percussive sound. TIM KINSELLA and MIKE KINSELLA do a duet together
> LAUREN KESSINGER\'s \"ten person pileup\" cover art captures the essence of each player.
> As a whole, \'Presents Guitar Duets\' is a challenging and diverse album that will thrill long time fans and pleasantly surprise all those WIRE reading nerds previously too busy dusting their post rock CDs, old JOHN FAHEY LPs, and FSA meets RAVI SHANKAR bootlegs to notice Joan of Arc\'s nonlinear art punk.
> Now that the group MAKE BELIEVE has taken center stage, this may be the final chapter in the Joan of Arc story.
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$29.95 |
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