Read this excerpt from Smallfish: "Following on from the absolutely gorgeous Benbecula Minerals Series CD we had from Alec Cheer last year comes this simply divine offering on London's Drifting Falling label. As a solo guitar album it's really quite exquisite and there's a wonderful balance between catchy, lightly folky instrumental numbers and a more sculptural, processed sound. That, for me, is really where this CD hits its stride... the longer, more densely constructed pieces are absolutely beautiful and really bring to mind the looped, hypnotic sound of artists such as Windy and Carl or even - possibly more pertinently - Jasper Leyland or Mole Harness. Whichever way you look at it, this CD is just brilliant and comes with a very high recommendation indeed."

Read this excerpt from Norman Records: "On the same label and not dissimilar we have Cheer with Red Walk. It instantly sounds more experimental with building sounds behind the finger picked acoustic guitar. The guitars Chime in a James Blackshaw style with many over dubbed guitar lines creating quite a hypnotic medieval trance like moment. Be good for ear phones this one as its got the stereo nicely working. No singing this time. The whole of Normans has just voiced its approval of this. He also uses his guitar to create ambient soundscapes. Very very nice indeed."

Format: CD-R
Price: $10

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