"ETERNAL"
by SEAN SMITH (Cassette Tape + Mp3) – ECHOMANCY TAPE VOL.Ω
Sean
Smith
is a modern composer of ageless guitar folketry [instrumental
poetry]. With several masterful solo-guitar albums behind him,
Smith has been drawn out of his hermetic recording life
by the power and potential of collaboration, presented here on
this recording! Sean Smith becomes more fully fructified
in the company of his friends, one voice becomes many (instruments)…
6-string steel, Weissenborn (slide), & nylon-string guitars,
with dulcimer, banjo, violin, organ, drums, & electric wall
of sound… his guitar breathes deeply in this new depth of
field and altered sonic state, giving bright light and love to
his powerfully emotive instrumental songs.
This
beloved album has been sold out in it's first vinyl form for a
couple years now, so we are really pleased to offer it again,
for the first time, on cassette tape+Mp3... with a bonus track
from the same sessions.
ABOUT
THIS TAPE SERIES
Echomancy
means divination through music. The music within the series is
varied, but each song/album can be followed back into the single
source reality. Old magic spills out of the tapes and onto the
occult packaging – cardboard boxes, copper-foil embossed
with esoteric symbols. 100% recycled card-board (30% post-consumer),
no glue. Comes with black tape, bookband, photocard, insert, and
mp3 download.
Suddenly
your old car stereo is a vehicle for rapid transformation.
SOME
PRESS FOR THIS ALBUM
"He
expertly invokes the gestalt of psychedelic folk guitarists
such as Fahey, Leo Kottke or, even more specifically on this
outing, Sandy Bull and that evanescent moment when the boundaries
between folk music and electric rock blurred. Smith...is a poet
of the guitar." - San Francisco Chronicle
"...acoustic
guitarist Sean Smith spins mesmerizing spells" - Palo
Alto Daily News
"Like
the best poetry, Eternal engages from the start and expands
with each pass. Built upon Smith's Eastern-influenced acoustic
guitar and sparing contributions from four fellow instrumentalists,
the disc explores both the form and sound of music through seven
joyous, contemplative tracks. - East Bay Express
From
the much-appreciated slow hand of California’s Gnome Life
Records comes the third long-player by folk impresario Sean
Smith. Aptly titled ‘Eternal’, the album sets only
a bottom limit marking its being by 1) its recorded existence,
and 2) the vivid clarity of the recording, benefiting from a
purely analog creation (through recording, mixing, and mastering)
which leaves the flavor no shortcuts through which to hide.
Highly recommended. - Animal PSI
TRACKS
1.
Topinanbour 2. Palak Paneer 3.
Goat Seer 4. The Real 5. Holly
6. Prompter of Conscience 7. Greetings
Death Love (excerpts)8.
Yellow Gray (bonus track)
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