ILX Gonna Shine in My Backdoor Someday (new post-Fahey folk for ppl posting in Takoma/Tompkins Square threads Pt II)

His playing just contains a heavy gravitational pull, whether blasted into the void a la Dead C or more quietly floated out, al la this solo release. The key elements remain and operate on my brain in ways I am super into. I imagine it is not for everyone, but those it works for probably all get similar things out of it.

with a bit of time and distance, i think the alexander LP and Sarah Louise's VDSQ release are the best acoustic albums of the last decade.

i don't know if i actually think this but if you haven't listened you are missing out, masters of control and composition

I'd throw Glenn Jones's My Garden State in there, never tire of those songs

Agree with those sentiments. A) Glenn really nailed it on that album, I can't think of many records like that where the songs get stuck in my head for days and yet the record retains mystery and surprise for me. B) Both the Alexander and Sara Louise VDSQ records are two of my favorites in this realm for sure.

I am lucky in that I am buddies with David (aka Alexander) and have gotten to see him play a bunch over the years, but for like the first 3 years I knew him I had no idea he even played acoustic guitar hah hah, I only saw him play in his droney improv band Nagual. Was blown away the first time I saw him, and then yeah that record rules. That control and composition aspect is key, both of them managing to use the tools but not really sound exactly like any one player I can think of when listening to them. It is always make fun of David's lack of song titles when he plays, cause like they are all untitled/numbered, so you can't intelligently talk about any of them other than to remember what number the track was on the particular album in question.

Yeah My Garden State is the album where the constant remixing of his choice guitar patterns finally coalesced into some incredibly tight melodies. That album never gets old.

For me Matthew Mullane VDSQ is also one of the best of the decade

The Isasa album from that Aquarium Drunkard link is very nice. Feels a little stronger melodically than some of this stuff can be at times.

the new jake xerxes fussell is really great and introduced me to his previous two, which are even better. his arrangements and voice are so comforting and warm. great lazy summer evening listens.

yeah he's good!

this thing is nice: https://jonnydillon.bandcamp.com/

JXF's What in the Natural World is great, haven't heard the new one

got to see him open for Joan Shelley in front of about 25 ppl and was instantly charmed

anyone read that White Tears book from last year? I didn't think it was particularly great, but it did deal with some of that overall mentality.

― tylerw, Friday, October 19, 2018 3:42 PM (eight months ago)

Just read that White Tears novel . Flawed but it does make some good points re how some collectors are...

i liked it....goes a bit off the rails but man he gets the details of the 78s weirdos down really good

this was just posted on FB, Charlie Schmidt's set of adaptations of Fahey songs at 1000 Incarnations of the Rose
this is really beautiful, as global said it felt the closest to seeing Fahey live as you could get, without being just slavish imitaion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuvyCY_43y8

Hey how was the Ilx all stars show?

it went really well!
felt good for a first show
the forsyth lineup might been my fav ever, had a more minimal Chicago rock vibe

we should have a recording of it soon

sweeeeet
i missed the forsyth show when they came through chicago and was bummed bc of the lineup. i haven't met a jaime fennelly musical endeavor that i haven't liked. the mind over mirrors performance at the MCA was esp memorable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGeOc2_ii70

talk about lineups, geez louise

show was a blast, so fun, felt great

and yeah schmidt explores new contexts of fahey's stuff and embodies the material with unique vigor, which is a totally fahey thing to do. i can see why fahey used him as his mimic for a few tracks

jamie said he was letting mind over mirrors sit for a little while after bellowing sun, i can see why- that is definitely the peak and of everything he had done prior seemed to be leading to that. his additions to the band were subtle but great (maybe partially due to the sound system at the venue but it settled in after a bit)

it was great, doug is such a great bassist him and arif from brokeback on drums gave it an almost krauty, motorik feel instead of classic rock

if i had one complaint is that the PA set up was vocals only, so nothing was mic'd and i wish i could have heard the keyboards better, he seemed to be doing some really cool stuff and i wished it would have cut through more

i'm sure it's relaxing to play a more supporting role/have a break after that -- it was a huge endeavor!

my only gripe about the show here is that the lineup (as advertised) provided 0 women the opportunity to be heard and seen playing music.

neither did ours tbh :/

smh :(

posted to the Fahey FB group, Holden Rush, young kid from Chapel Hill, really refined player

https://holdenruch.bandcamp.com/album/guitar-isms-in-an-american-primitive-style?fbclid=IwAR016K1LSM9GWifwBo3BjdFVhwppAfJDGw_h1ukUr6h7uno4MJd0J0hGI-8

https://delta-slider.blogspot.com/2019/08/john-fahey-unissued-studio-sessions-1977.html?fbclid=IwAR0eZ3FwJcH4xt_gtXlWUVbHsWkGJF2vURjlviJRBGND973HqpcrNw8hwWk&m=1

!!!

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

this is the holy grail

holy shit

I'm crying at my desk lol. it's beyond embarrassing how huge this is for me. I've been dreaming about these recordings for 16 years. and it starts with the softest possible version of melody mcbad/ananaias. oh man, my heart

had you read rumors about their existence before? this is all new to me....so far it's wonderful

lol @ ilx connection of 77 sessions

yeah the fahey site had the info, I'd mentioned them on ilx before. I need a lie down

this is beautiful stuff, so happy you got to hear it :)

it's partly the fidelity of the tape but these don't sound at all like I imagined, there's this kind of gentle remove to them. he sounds so serene!

so nice — i should be seeing scott from delta slider soon, i will buy him a beer for all of us.

what the hell is this bossa nova track?! it almost doesn't sound like fahey. has a bit of "the waltz that carried us away..." about it and then it becomes actual bossa nova (sort of)

xp tyler please do!

hare krishna 1 & bossa nova 2 are much more like I imagined: full blooded and bright and more rhythmic, with a slight Latin tinge a la sandy on earth. makes me daydream abt the parallel universe in which Fahey kept his health and his audience in the 80s and went off to make more south american influenced music

does anyone know who owns these recordings? the quality is so terrible I wonder if they could be cleaned up/if a better quality copy exists. would love a professional release

man there are some great moments in that long "melody brennan"

man this is great. definitely expands the vernacular he was operating in during this period. much like 'god time and causality' contains stuff unlike anything else he did.

This is very exciting to me

https://www.temporaryresidence.com/products/trr336?fbclid=IwAR3zYd1RYApG6RPDKCfB6IZSWIvUzSa02F88cJGocJr2_YeSFvau8XauXQE

sounds great -- almost a cocteau twins vibe.

it doesn't quite fit here or anywhere else but I think some of you would really enjoy the Kumio Kurachi album, Sound of Turning Earth that's been put out on Bison. he's been going for decades but this is his first release outside japan. very nimble, fresh, flowing playing with a clean sounding electric guitar using koto tunings. produced by jim o'rourke. the most beautiful CD packaging I've seen in a long time. been gradually growing on me.

https://bison-records.bandcamp.com/album/sound-of-turning-earth

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1225969011_10.jpg

This is fantastic!

I love that artwork.

what do ppl make of the latest Hayden Pedigo album Valley of the Sun? he's got such a distinctive tone. this one is darker & has a lot more good atmospheric gumpth but still has that same gorgeous sleepy feel. not sure I like it quite as much as Greetings from Amarillo yet, but I came to really love that one over time.

Not a connoisseur of this subgenre by any stretch and I've yet to hear his previous releases but I quite like Valley of the Sun.

somehow haven't checked out hayden's new one ... will have to fix that.

I feel like I never hear about his records until they've been out for a few months

keep coming back to Isasa's Insilio, it's so simple but there's a beguiling timelessness to it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZakgIJw0B0

Psyched to see Isasa live this week and catch some of that beguiling timelessness in action! Really looking forward to it.