Hearts of Space #1053 SPACE GUITARS 12 5-Sep-2014 MP3 320kbps

Hearts of Space #1053 SPACE GUITARS 12 5-Sep-2014

Bitrate 320kbps

PGM NOTE : Ambient explorations for electronically enhanced guitar

GENRE(s) :

Electronic Space, Guitar, Non-Seasonal

FIRST BROADCAST : 5-Sep-2014
INTRO : The inventors of the electric guitar were originally motivated by the need for volume, to compete with drums, brass, and other loud instruments. But it didn't take long for reverb and special effects to transform the electric guitar into a vehicle for space exploration.

Beginning in the 1960s, technically inclined improvisers used tape recorders to create live repetitions, essentially reinventing the Baroque canon, where a musical phrase or melody is repeated at fixed intervals. The need for more portable effects led to the invention of compact tape loop echo processors, and today's electronic "loopers," which make possible a more precise and flexible style of contemplative improvisation.

On this transmission of Hearts of Space, recent work in this ambient sub-genre, with another installment of our long-running "space guitars" series, on a program called SPACE GUITARS 12.