Redruth Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Christopher Willits - Tiger Flower Circle Sun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP83s3E8Weg 01. Portal 02. Sun Body 03. Sunlight Is You 04. Green Faces 05. Uplifting The Streets 06. Plant Body 07. New Life 08. The Hands Connect To The Heart 09. The Heart Connects To The Head 10. Intend-Evolve 11. You Are Always Surrounded By Stars 12. Subconscious Transmission 13. Light Into Branches 14. Branches Into Flowers 15. Flowers Into Stardust (CD/Digital Bonus) When last we heard from Christopher Willits he was releasing his Plants And Hearts EP from Room40 and co-authoring the Line album, Listening Garden, with Taylor Deupree. Both these releases were back in 2007 and converged on te more experimental end of the laptop/guitar melder's art. Now returning to Ghostly International with a follow-up to his Surf Boundaries album, Willits opens up his sound to include some of the poppier tendencies of his repertoire. First track, 'Portal' introduces us to a kind of digitised dream-pop that solidifies as it transitions over to the disarmingly song-like 'Sun Body', a piece featuring sliced-up drums and vocals as well as WIllits' layered, granulated guitar sound. This album covers an incredible amount of ground over the course of its fifteen tracks, juggling squelchy, beat-oriented fare like 'Plant Body' one moment' only to absorb Reich-ian repetitions on 'The Hands Connect To The Heart' the next. Classic Willits folded guitar passages tumble from 'You Are Always Surrounded By Stars' and the step-filtered miniature of 'Subconscious Transmission', while 'Light Into Branches' is a kind of futuristic hippy-folk vignette. A strong return from this talented guitarist and producer, Tiger Flower Circle Sun is one of the most intriguing and experimental releases on Ghostly for some time. Ghostly International Boomkat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Billov Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Oh man... dudes got some lulzy videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r-66kqVcvA Sounds like great stuff though, his other releases worth checking out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Kingdom Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Sounds like great stuff though, his other releases worth checking out? Yes! Surf Boundaries is a little more popish/song-based while the previous material is a bit more ambient and focuses on his "folded guitar" techniques. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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