European Primitive Guitar (1974-1987)

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Inserts feature essay by Bradford Bailey (The Hum).
Mastered by Geoff Pesche (Abbey Road).
Transfers & Restoration by Neal Birnie.

Available as Limited Edition transparent vinyl (200 copies worldwide), and as black vinyl editions.

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1.	Albert Giménez - Conte Xinés 05:32	info	buy track
2.	John Lawson - Time Will Say Nothing But I Told You So 01:58	info	buy track
3.	Roberto Menabo - Il Ritorno Dell'Enola Gay 04:16	info	buy track
4.	Dominique - Aquarium 04:40	info	buy track
5.	Maurizio Angeletti - Zen & The Stone Game 03:48	info	buy track
6.	Hans Reichel - Could Be Nice Too 05:29	info	buy track
7.	Mickeranno - Dai Vetri 02:39	info	buy track
8.	Axel Schultheiss - Pas Des Deux 02:44	info	buy track
9.	Norman Teeling - Two Rainbows 03:22	info	buy track
10.	Bojan Drobež - Krog Na Vodi 04:45	info	buy track
11.	Gereon Piller & Gerhard Krause - Blue Winter 05:29	info	buy track
12.	Peter Finger - Second Love 03:04	info	buy track
13.	Andy Bole - That Way 02:39	info	buy track
14.	Enrico Marcandalli - Il Divano Arancione 05:26	info	buy track
15.	Dave Maddison - Phase Shift By Earth 06:41	info	buy track
16.	Martin Kolbe & Ralf Illenberger - Veitz Tanz 07:26	info	buy track

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NTS presents European Primitive Guitar, a compilation of instrumental guitar compositions, mapping out European analogues of the American Primitive Guitar movement, spearheaded by John Fahey in the 1950s.

European Primitive Guitar spans works directly influenced by and responding to Fahey’s approach to composition, alongside works by artists that arrived at similar conclusions independently. The music is, at once, both starkly traditional and contemporary.

This is no more evident than with the opening song on the compilation, Spanish guitarist Albert Giménez’s 1982 composition Conte Xinès. The song draws on numerous idioms of music - flamenco, jazz, ambient music, and guitar soli - within its shimmering arpeggios, culminating as a decidedly Spanish music that has collected the ephemera of the guitar’s travels before returning home.

The compilation also explores wider ideas around experimentalism happening in Europe during the time of this anthology. German composer Hans Reichel not only developed new ways of playing the instrument, but also new ways of building guitars - pushing the boundary of what a guitar could be and how it could sound.

Ahead of its full release, listen/download material from Maurizio Angeletti (Italy, 1983), Albert Giménez (Spain, 1982) and Peter Finger (Germany, 1974).

The physical release is accompanied by an extended essay from The Hum’s Bradford Bailey.

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released January 26, 2024

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Compiled by Aaron Angell, Bruno Halper & Samuel Strang
Mastered by Geoff Pesche (Abbey Road)
Transfers & restoration by Neal Birnie
Artwork by Matthias Pichl. Design by Matthew Tremaine
Essay by Bradford Bailey

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