MR31LP: Arnold de Boer: Minimal Guitar (LP)

Somedays you just don’t do what you’re supposed to do. At the end of the last summer, Arnold de Boer decided to extend his holiday by a day and take a walk around town. When he got back home, he sat down, picked up an instrument and listened to the music that came out of his fingers. The music was no more expected than the activity that preceded it. Instead of the rough, voltage-enhanced intricacy of the music he plays with The Ex or his one-man band, Zea, de Boer played a set of acoustic guitar solos. Neither ostentatious nor self-consciously rustic, de Boer’s playing tends to zero in on an idea and see where it wants to go. Each rhythmic pattern, decaying harmonic, or rap on the body proposes an idea, which de Boer either explores or restates with minimal variation. Ah, there’s that word. This isn’t a study in minimalism, but an appreciation of how little you need to do if the original idea is sound.  Bill Meyer, Dusted Magazine

TRACK LISTING
1 A region with a degree in redemption 3:57
2 Bike ride with Agape 5:22
3 Rapprochement 5:21
4 In the shade on the lee side 4:55
5 Belt 3:52
6 Who is here is from here 5:08
7 How good was the fire 5:34
8 Lastwagen 3:49

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Arnold de Boer