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Actually, given Cadence's background, I'd say that's a surprisingly positive review, especially for a "non-jazz" release. Good job, Ted! Re:Christy Doran: He's a pretty terrific guitarist, Irish but living in Switzerland now, I believe. I've seen him live a number of times, and he's never failed to blow me away. I don't know his records all that well, but I have an older ECM disc, a quartet with a drummer and 2 acoustic basses, that rocks pretty severely. >Okay, okay, okay. > >Probably nobody is interested anymore. However, I finally >got a few lines of print in Cadence magazine and I'm not >unaccountably pleased with that (despite the fact that what >they wrote is smallish and contains a sort of "backhanded >compliment" at the end). I almost didn't send them a CD in >the belief that what I do really wouldn't be "avant-garde" >enough for them anyway. Sounds like they'd agree -- but >give me points for "enthusiasm" anywho (which is totally >fine by me). > >Brief blurbette to follow: > >+++++++++++++++++++ > >Jason Bivens, Cadence Magazine, February 2002 > >"Ted Killian plays solo guitar on "Flux Aeterna" but the sound >is rich and full owing to his generous use of delay devices and >effects pedals. This music . . . is atmospheric in the extreme, >filled with ethereality and almost psychedelic textures. Killian >has clearly listened to players like Christy Doran, Loren >Mazzacane Connors, Steve Tibbetts, Robert Fripp and Terje >Rypdal - that list should give you a good idea of where he's >coming from. He loves searing guitar improvs over various >backdrops. With a white hot tone - super trebly and always >threatening to spill over into raw feedback - Killian alternates >between Hendrixian fantasies and paranoid digital sounds, >with occasional high lonesome plucking. He might not be up >to anything original but I found it hard to deny Killian's >energy and exuberance." > >+++++++++++++++++++ > >Hmmmm...while I don't happen to know much of anything about >Christy Doran or Loren Mazzacane Connors, they're pretty spot >on with the other 3. Anybody wanna fill me in on Doran and >Connors before I go looking them up on the web? > >Best, > >Ted Killian -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Trenkel New and Improv Music http://www.newandimprov.com improv@peak.org Now Available: Minus: Dark Lit "This is music all-consuming in its beauty and power" -Jake TenPas OSU Daily Barometer -------------------------------------------------------------------------