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Track Listing
1. Frame
2. Playing With Pink Noise
3. Ingots
4. Doing the Wrong Thing
5. Solipsist
6. Neanderthal
7. Can the Gwot Save Us?
8. Lies
9. All the Landslides Birds Have Seen Since the Beginning of the World
10. Magazines
11. My Insect Life
| Details | | Contributing artists: | David Torn, Will Calhoun | | Producer: | David Torn | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Kaki King (guitar); Erik Friedlander (cello); David Torn (piano, bass guitar, drums); Conrad Korsch (double bass); Will Calhoun, Ben Perowsky (drums).
Recording information: The Clubhouse, Rhinebeck, NY.
Acoustic-guitar virtuoso Kaki King's sophomore effort improves on the dynamic instrumental compositions of her debut to include a wider range of textures, moods, and ever-evolving structures. King is also backed by a cadre of supremely sensitive musicians on LEGS TO MAKE US LONGER, and the cello, violin, upright bass, and drums add rich, complex color to King's already-sophisticated playing. Except for an electric guitar on the eerily quiet "Can the Gwot Save Us?" and King's under-the-radar singing on "My Insect Life," the spotlight is on the guitarist's stunning technique, which, even through its rapid-fire bass lines and ringing harmonics, never sounds flashy or forced.
Based on the meditative, space-filled opener, "Frame," listeners might associate King's work with the moody, avant-garde ambient jazz often found on the ECM label. The comparison is an apt one--King spins atmospheric landscapes from her fretboard, whether via nimble finger-picking (the spiraling melodies on "Doing the Wrong Thing") or the mathematical, push-pull patterns of "Solipsist." Regardless of her associations, King is a distinctive, accomplished musician. Her instrumental prowess is almost easy to overlook, in fact, because it is employed so artfully in the service of her hypnotic, nuanced, and lovely music.
Industry Reviews
King's virtuosity and visual presence may have put her on the map, but it's her flair for mood-setting and harmonic surprise that should keep her there.
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