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Light Through Amber

by Tim Panaretos

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1.
Phoning In the Weather 03:40
2.
Light Through Amber 06:43
3.
Heavy Steps 06:49
4.
Tidal Objects 03:45
5.
Slow Starter 06:26
6.
The Walls Close In 10:16
7.
Soft Grey-Blues 05:18

about

Physical edition of 22 originally released on Frustration Jazz (FJ002-CDR) in 2016. Sold out at source.

More info: frustrationjazz.bandcamp.com/album/light-through-amber

Words by me again, taken from the Frustration Jazz release page:

A second collection of solo 6-string bouzouki improvisations from yours truly, some of them played on a solid-body electric version of the instrument this time around. The tracks here are for the most part more melodic, albeit dissonant, than those on my first release Long Necked & Blue; I'm tempted to describe the sound as ethnic neo-folk meets dark unschooled jazz but I'm not sure how accurate that really is. The three shorter acoustic pieces, recorded in a different time and place, are the exception in that they have a bit more of a free folk quality about them whilst still maintaining a gloomy atmosphere. On the whole this set is pretty melancholic and probably more than a little claustrophobic too, which I guess says a lot about my state of mind at the time. The title Light Through Amber has nothing to do with a lighter mood as such (there isn't one) and actually refers to the origins of the word electricity - from the Greek 'elektron', meaning amber, as in the semi-precious stone. As for the neo-folk influence, it's also audible in some of my earliest live sets (see the The Brisbane Hotel 24 December 2011) but it's not something I've returned to since making the tracks for this album. One aspect that does connect this release to both my earlier and more recent recordings, is the influence of Greek rebetiko music and whilst these tracks are obviously very different to the original Greek blues, I hope that something of the character of that music still comes across.

Tracks 1, 4 & 7 recorded at The House on the Hill,
Hobart, Tasmania in 2012.
Tracks 2, 3, 5 & 6 recorded in a house in Coburg, Victoria in 2013.

credits

released June 12, 2016

All music improvised on 6-string acoustic and electric bouzoukis.

Cover image by Tim.

Recorded on the traditional lands of the Muwinina people and those of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.

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Tim Panaretos Hobart, Australia

Acid/drone/free folk, often visited by the Greek blues without ever sounding like the original forms of rebetiko music. May also contain traces of free improv, noise, primitive instrumental & other psychedelic musics.

Solo recordings are mostly 6-string bouzouki. Various instruments in duo/group projects.

Releases on Chemical Imbalance, Albert's Basement, Frustration Jazz... ... more

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