MICHAEL LA GUARDIA: Swim through the blue sky

Michael La Guardia

Swim through the blue sky

© 2002 Michael La Guardia (783707548227)

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Intimate, enveloping explorations of tone and texture; exotic instruments such as harp, dulcimer, Japanese koto and Irish whistle; driving hand percussion laced rhythms, and well crafted pop tunes - La Guardia's music never fails to please or intrigue.

tracks

1 Indifferent Angel
2 Invention #3
3 Invention #1
4 Adrift
5 Invention #2
6 All the Broken Pieces
7 Lullaby For K
8 Almost Mine
9 Star 911
10 Dulcimer
11 Adrift (remix)

notes

I play what I like to hear, and I try to do it with as many instruments as I can get my hands on. I love the textures of sound, and especially the characters of individual instruments. On this album you will hear the results of my explorations and experiments.

The album is split 7 / 4 between instrumentals and songs with lyrics, though on the later, I tend to use voice as just another instrument in the mix. Many of these tunes are of a more contemplative nature, soundscapes that evoke mood without (hopefully) devolving into the trite. Sometimes events call for a harsher view of the world, though....

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  • The rare album that combines a world music timbral palette with a songwriter's s
    author: Melissa Baldwin

    Swim Through... is the rare album that combines a world music timbral palette with a songwriter's sensibility. Michael's music is immediately accessible thanks to catchy melodies and thoughtful lyrics (check out the first track for an example of both) but with a depth that only reveals itself with time (I can't even figure out the time signature of "Angel", but it wasn't until the third listen that I realized something was unusual - kind of like Peter Gabriel's "Solisbury Hill"). By far my favorite track is 911, an incredibly subtle and stirring instrumental minor key transcription of the National Anthem that juxtaposes a heartbreaking sadness with a powerful and unrelenting backbeat- a perfect sonic encapsulation of our country in the wake of last fall's catastrophe.

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