Re: (idm) steel guitar ambience questions

From Stuart McDonald
Sent Mon, Feb 22nd 1999, 20:32

> At 11:43 AM 2/22/99 -0600, Ernesto Ikerd <xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxxx.xxx> wrote:
> 
> >The other day I was listening to NPR during an Ira Glass show on 
> >couple-relationships, and during the interview they kept playing a really 
> >beautiful track that was echoey steel guitar playing slowly to high 
> >pitched, reverbed.... um... ahem..'twinkly-synth-washes'...  it sounded 
> >old maybe, like from the Tomita/Vangelis hey-days, but Ill probably never 
> >find out who it was.. Old Fripp, Eno, Fehlman....buhler... buhler.. ??? 

There is a great Coil track with lots of twangy guitar through reverb
played to the accompaniment of a rather depressing phone message. Lots of
bleak minor and major chords. Brilliant. Unfortunately I don't know the
name of it.

The mountainous nature of guitars through reverb used to make me want to
go to Arizona. But now I think about it, I'm not sure if pedal steel
players 1000ft tall actually live in Arizona. Probably more of a New
Mexico thing.


Stuart