PAUL METZGER
ANAMNESTIC TINCTURE
roar 15 LP
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also available via iTunes
Anamnestic Tincture is a live album by virtuosic musical carpenter Paul
Metzger, culled from many hours of concert recordings. Side one comprises
Metzger's public debut on his modified banjo, recorded in 2002 at a former
church-turned-underground art space in Minneapolis. One of his most
memorable compositions, "After Milo" later turned up as an untitled
improvisation on his CD for the Chairkickers label. Jumping ahead six years
(and several more banjo alterations later) to side two, the glittering
"Orans" gets a workout at a memorial show for the artist Matt Zaun. As an
acknowledgment of the occasion, Metzger also gave a one-time-only
performance -- "Dark Green Water" -- on another of his mutant instruments:
an acoustic guitar with the body drilled out to accommodate a cymbal set
into its face, and ten assorted strings of varying lengths laid over the
top, giving it a particularly metallic and dissonant sound.
Anamnestic Tincture is released in an edition of 425 copies, with an
original vintage snapshot mounted on each cover; click here to view a
gallery of selected photographs.
"Metzger's music perfectly balances technical smarts with the feel of a life lived, and makes for gripping instrumental art." - David Keenan, The Wire
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