Air Patterns
author: Raymond Palmer
Monotonous
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Air Patterns
author: Ed Oliver
David has always had a habit of surprising you. This CD is no exception. While it tends to be a little repetative in places, it was nice to get back to something that strongly reminds me of Terry Riley's 'In C'. It's not a good CD to listen to while driving on some long stretch of highway but its still very nice.
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author: Tamara Turner, CD Baby
David has a tangible way of transporting you beyond the guitar, the sound of it and particularly, its contextual associations. From the opening number, with cascading musical lines evoking water or wind playing with trees, he instantly engages the feeling centers, bypassing the mind’s impulsive need to scope things out and participate. He goes right to the emotional heart of the music, removing his instrument from a family of instruments, from any prior preconceptions and simply moves through its voice with mesmerizing grace. The guitar is no longer the sound of the guitar, but instead, a language which only your body and heart speak and which is so abstract to your brain that it tunes out beautifully. Composing for multiple guitars, Pritchard builds intricate and yet natural textures of interplaying counterpoint but in the most organic sense; there is a distinctive ease about his writing and performing. Definitely with a minimalistic approach, his lines easily move in, out and around each other with a purpose that is transfixing and dramatically lulling. While they’re not really “songs” or “pieces,” these explorations in theme, color, mood and emotion have bright and bold personalities, from clever and assertive to sleepy and enormously broad. Don’t be surprised if your mind starts taking you towards spirals and images of infinite waves. Whether it’s intentional or not, Air Patterns is an ideal album for disengaging and unplugging from the agitations of daily life, allowing the listener to fall back into an arm chair of sound.
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