CD/DOWNLOAD RELEASE: Mark O’Leary “Ellipses” On FMR Records
Ellipses features three long pieces, each taking its time to evolve. The title piece is first and begins with some eerie electronic swirls. I like the way this piece unfolds by slowly adding layers of electronic sounds with Herndon’s swirling percussion outlining the waves below the surface. When O’Leary finally enters on guitar, he has that great Terje Rypdal-like tone. He is soon burning fiercely, sounding like a mid-seventies era fusion guitar hero swimming (and occasionally drowning) in a tidal wave of electronic currents.
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