The End Springs / Donato Epiro
"Winds of Dust #1"
split CS
Dust Wind Tales
Genre: acoustic instrumental folk
Essex, UK / Pisa, Italy
Mar 6, 2009 |
From Dust Wind Tales, we get a brief yet
charming acoustic instrumental split, limited to sixties copies with
each one thoughtfully hand-painted. As I understand it, this was
originally poised to kick off a whole series of cassette singles, but
the project has been left in limbo ever since it
came out. Either way, it's an
endearing little treat from the impressive Dust
Wind Tales camp.
Expert guitar plucking courtesy of The
End Springs populates side A, recalling the work of John Fahey and
Steffen Basho-Junghans. Ethereal streams of bali bamboo flute have
been added to lend the composition a mystical quality, while
the guitar part itself is soothing in its repetition. Side B is home
to Donato Epiro's track, which lovingly treads the line between folk
song and freeform improvisation. It is a more chaotic composition than
its tapemate, coming off with an increased sense of urgency as well as
an eerier appeal. This tape may be short, but it certainly leaves an
impression. This is great stuff from the instrumental folk
underground.
the end
springs' myspace /
donato
epiro's myspace
84%
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 2 tracks, distributed by
the
label,
released April 2008] |