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Meats of the Forest

by Alex May

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This track will hopefully be the last I record under lockdown conditions, as tomorrow (2nd December 2020) the UK's second one will end, and we can instead focus on rolling out the vaccine.

I'm further exploring the technique of left-hand multiple finger string bending. It can be described as coming from somewhere between a pedal steel guitar and the sounds of a wrestling match as the notes are grappled with and grudgingly extracted. Rather than trying to play cleanly, I'm including the noise and twangs, clicks and scrapes that the guitar makes as part of the performance. It is a duet where the instrument is not entirely relenting to my will, instead it has its own voice, and we respond to each other's intent.

There are two tracks of guitar. One is a loop, the other a one-take improvisation that I only had to cut a couple of seconds out of that I felt broke the spell of the track.

The title is borrowed from the cover image painting.

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released December 1, 2020

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Alex May Brighton, UK

Alex May is an artist and musician based in Brighton, UK.

He is known for creating largely improvised experimental guitar works that incorporate looping and discordant motifs.

Additionally, he also creates soundtracks for many of his visual artworks.
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