Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic on Redding Road

ローレン・コナーズばりの極上ギター・アンビエント/ドローン・コラボ作!!

かつてブライアン・イーノから、そのギタープレイを「エリック・サティをプレイするデュアン・エディ」と評され、ポスト・ロック、アンビエント、エクスペリメンタルを超越した存在感を発揮する MARK NELSON = PAN AMERICAN。そしてそしてSHIMMY DISC RECORDSを立ち上げたUSインディシーンにおける重要人物、KRAMER によるコラボレーション・アルバム! LOREN CONNORSを彷彿させるMARK K. NELSONによるミニマルな美麗ギターとKRAMERによるオーケストラル・ドローンが得も言われぬ心地良さを醸し出しています。

Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic on Redding Road unites Pan•American (Mark Nelson, also of Labradford) with Shimmy Disc founder Kramer, who has been exploring ambient and new age music with releases like Music for Films Edited by Moths and the Laraaji collaboration Baptismal. This album sort of touches on the ambient Americana of the last two Pan•American records on Kranky, but feels much more detached and spacy, with gentle guitars loops playing off of each other and dissolving into the ether. The albums pieces often float serenely, but the duos subtle experimentation sends their music down some unexpected paths. "Boundary Fence" is especially trippy, setting sparkling waves partially in reverse, yet it might take the listener a few moments to catch on. "A Mountain Is an Ancestor" dwells on a sublime moment of meandering melancholy, barely straying from a wistful guitar loop. "The Miners Pale Child" finds comfort in a blanket of amplified fuzz, and submerges a dripping piano melody deep beneath it. "Groundwater" has a vibe recalling the moodiness of certain Mo Wax-era DJ Shadow tracks (minus the breakbeats), instantly transporting the listener to a familiar reflective zone. "On Redding Road" is more gaseous and chiming than melodic, and "Floating Epitaph" zeros in on a particularly lonesome guitar line, surrounded by unsettled piano fragments. Digital-only bonus track "For GW" goes in a more haunted direction, setting ghostly transmissions to a faintly throbbing pulse. Even the duos darkest explorations feel soothing, and their sonic alchemy is quietly powerful. ~ Paul Simpson