James Blackshaw, Duane Pitre

James Blackshaw :: Love Is The Plan, The Plan Is Death

British composer-guitarist James Blackshaw follows up his ’11 Holly EP with his newest full-length, Love Is The Plan, The Plan Is Death, out this April on CD and limited edition vinyl.

The six original pieces contained on the album (whose titles are lovingly
misappropriated from those of short stories by the late, great science fiction author James Tiptree Jr
AKA Alice B. Sheldon,) are based alternately around nylon-string classical guitar and grand piano, with
spare and subtle vibraphone and B3 organ parts overdubbed by Blackshaw himself. Geneviève Beaulieu
(Menace Ruine/Preterite) adds her stunning and powerful voice and words to track ‘And I Have Come Upon
This Place By Lost Ways’. ‘Love Is The Plan’ is an incredibly warm and intimate recording and perhaps
Blackshaw’s most concise, consistent and overtly melodic to date.

A Momentary Taste Of Being :: James Blackshaw :: Love Is The Plan, The Plan Is Death (2012, Important Records)

Duane Pitre :: Feel Free

Released in April, the same time as Pitre’s upcoming split with Eleh, Feel Free will also be available on CD and limited edition vinyl.

The two major focal points in the creation of composer Duane Pitre’s Feel Free, his new work for a unique sextet combination, were rhythm and melody. An open yet orderly system intended to produce potentially infinite variations of self-generating rhythm and melody was carefully created for this piece, allowing the sextet musicians to approach these factors in a freer manner. This ‘musical system,’ combined with the fixed elements of the composition, in turn, spawned a rich foundation of harmony & rhythm that sounds and feels exotic and new.

Section IV :: Duane Pitre :: Feel Free (2012, Important Records)

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