专辑简介

by Thom Jurek

Many became acquainted with Keith Fullerton Whitman's -- aka Hrvåtski's -- electronics-generated side on 2002's Playthroughs. That album, using only an electric guitar and some effects processors, was a departure far from the glitchy laptop permutations and (re)combinations his earlier work wrapped itself in. On Antithesis, Whitman goes a step further into the murkiness of his restless creative muse. The four pieces on this short (27 minute) vinyl-only release (the first in Kranky's history) were composed and recorded between 1994 and 2002, and are "ensemble" works that do not include any computer-generated processes. There are multiple instruments on all of them; Whitman played them all. On "Twin Guitar Rhodes Viola Drone (For Lamonte Young)," you can guess what instruments are employed. On … » Read more