Saturday, February 17, 2018

Savant - The Neo-Realist (At Risk) (1983)


An album of instrumental art rock constructed one piece at a time, meaning that, while many artists contributed to the record, they generally weren't allowed to hear each other's work while tracking their parts, which was done to a click track and based on verbal instructions. It was then pieced together by Canadian experimental musician and project mastermind K. Leimer. More important, though, is that, outside of this intriguing conceptual framework, it's a surprisingly musical, texturally evocative, melodically warped revelation of a record.

Track listing:
1. Using Words
2. Indifference
3. Realist
4. Shadow in Deceit
5. The Shining Hour
6. Knowledge and Action
7. Heart of Stillness

I wore no mask

You should also check out:
Percy Jones -
Cape Catastrophe (1990)
Rain Tree Crow -
Rain Tree Crow (1991)

4 comments:

  1. Sounds intriguing. I'll give it a try. Thanks.

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  2. I don't know how you consistently come up with this amazing stuff, but I am learning a whole lot from this blog, which I only discovered a few weeks ago. Thank you for your generosity and your wide-ranging taste!

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  4. I don't know how I missed this initially, but... what a fucking revelation this album is. I've been listening to it non-stop all day. It's like... a distant relative of 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts.' Can't believe I've never heard of before, but... thanks to you, now I have. So thanks, belatedly.

    And thank you for all the other treasures you post here on a regular basis. It is appreciated.

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