Clearing

by Fred Frith

Clearing cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 June 2001
  • Label: Tzadik
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 54:05
  • Community rating: 3.89/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Comprised entirely of solo electric guitar improvisations, 'Clearing' relies intensely on extended, highly unorthodox playing techniques. The avant-garde legend constructs surprisingly beautiful, deeply spiritual atmospheric soundscapes utilizing severe electronic processing and meticulous physical manipulation of his instrument.

Genres

Descriptors: Lounge, Avant Garde, unaccompanied-solo, improvisation, technical, avant-garde, atmospheric, instrumental, experimental, guitars

Tracklist

  1. White (9:28)
  2. Open Ocean (5:12)
  3. Chains (2:00)
  4. The Bow Moon (4:00)
  5. Minimalism (5:07)
  6. Not With Love But With Fear (6:03)
  7. Theatre (10:09)
  8. Gaifu Kaisei (2:50)
  9. Road Movie (2:12)
  10. This Earth Is A Flower (3:52)
  11. Blue (3:12)

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