New Haverstick CD

Neil Haverstick mailed me an advance copy of his new CD "OTHER
WORLDS."

If your familiar with the electric 19-tone blues rock of Neil's first
CD "THE GATE", or the wonderful 19 & 34-tone acoustic jazz fusion of
"ACOUSTIC STICK," this new CD may come as a bit of a surprise.

"OTHER WORLDS" has of four longish cuts that consist primarily of
layered guitar synths in a sound that I would describe as being
something like a cross between the early space music of say Klause
Schultz, and the wonderfully icy sound of some of the early ECM
records/artists - say Terje Rypdal's "AFTER THE RAIN" for example.

The general tone of these pieces, while often somewhat somber, is also
pretty severe... And in this sense "OTHER WORLDS" could also be said
to have something emotionally and sonically in common with both the
early guitar improvisations of say Fred Frith, and the otherworldly
electronic sounds of the classic Sci-Fi soundtrack.

As far as specific tunings, tracks 1, 2 & 4 feature 34, 19 & 12-tone
equal temperament respectively, and track 3 features on overdubbed
duet of Neil on fretless guitar and John Starrett on the StarrBoard...
but with all the various phasing and echo effects, the music's
emphasis is not really contingent on any specific tuning per say, but
rather on the overall sense of otherworldliness... and to that end,
the alternate tunings certainly do contribute heartily.

One of the most impressive aspects of this CD, is that these long
texture based pieces accomplish a continued sense of direction &
organic development - they have real compositional arches so to speak.
And with running times of 17:02, 10:55, 10:37 & 17:57, I personally
found this to be most appealing.

For anyone who is interested in Neil or his CD's, he can be contacted
by email: <stick@uswest.net>, or via the Pony Express:

Neil Haverstick
P.O.Box 150271
Lakewood, CO.
80215

Dan

PS - For anyone who might be interested in more information about the
StarrBoard that John Starret uses on this CD, see:

<http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~jstarret/StarrBoard.html>

Thank you, Dan!

-C.