{"id":1926,"date":"2023-10-19T17:39:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T17:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/computerchemist.com\/wordpress\/?p=1926"},"modified":"2023-12-23T13:22:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T13:22:54","slug":"new-formulas-for-electric-guitar-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computerchemist.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2023\/10\/19\/new-formulas-for-electric-guitar-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"New Formulas for Electric Guitar (2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"#reviews\">Click <strong>HERE<\/strong> to jump to reviews<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/computerchemist.bandcamp.com\/album\/new-formulas-for-electric-guitar\" target=\"_blank\">Click <strong>HERE<\/strong> to listen\/<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/computerchemist.bandcamp.com\/album\/new-formulas-for-electric-guitar\" target=\"_blank\">order on bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2783072424\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/computerchemist.bandcamp.com\/album\/new-formulas-for-electric-guitar\">new formulas for electric guitar by computerchemist<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>100% guitar based long form instrumental tracks loosely influenced in the style of the 70s krautrock pioneer Manuel G\u00f6ttsching. Space rock without the synths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Released on his private publishing label &#8220;Terrainflight&#8221; and is available on bandcamp (computerchemist.bandcamp.com), Spotify, Apple and other online retailers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>label:<\/strong> Terrainflight TF023<br><strong>release date:<\/strong> 1st Nov 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>track listing:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>wavelengths 17:15<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>singularity 15:04<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>embers 09:42<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>lullaby (for a dying world) 08:03<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>nullspace 12:24<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>dave pearson: electric guitars<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>artwork: stable diffusion AI \/ dave pearson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>all composing, mixing and mastering in the digital domain at terrainflight hungary<br>oct 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>written &amp; produced \u00a9\u2117 2023 by dave pearson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thanks: my wife and family, and everybody else who has helped to<br>encourage and support my music over the years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>contacts:<br>terrainflight: info@terrainflight.com<br>dave: https:\/\/www.computerchemist.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to hear more things more often, buy me a coffee? ko-fi.com\/computerchemist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"reviews\">Reviews<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"jerry_kranitz\">Jerry Kranitz<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"442\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/computerchemist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3f109-image.png?w=300\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/computerchemist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3f109-image.png 442w, https:\/\/computerchemist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3f109-image-300x102.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Jerry published the spacerock zine Aural Innovations from 1998-2016, and is the author of Cassette Culture: Homemade Music and the Creative Spirit in the Pre-Internet Age<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-medium-font-size\">The soundtrack to my Wednesday morning work day is the upcoming &#8216;New Formulas For Electric Guitar&#8217; from Dave Pearson&#8217;s Computerchemist. Dave describes this as a guitar homage to Manuel G\u00f6ttsching, and based on the album title and music the &#8216;Inventions For Electric Guitar&#8217; inspiration is palpable, yet Dave injects himself into his interpretation of G\u00f6ttsching&#8217;s pioneering work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">On a personal note, I&#8217;ll add that Dave always manages to keep new Computerchemist albums <strong>fresh and interesting<\/strong>, but this one, with all guitar and <strong>no keys\/synths is really different,<\/strong> so kudos to him for that. Pre-order for CD and download on the Computerchemist Bandcamp site, with a couple of sample excerpts to stream now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1em\"><em>Jerry Kranitz, 18 October 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hypnagogue\">John Shanahan &#8211; Hypnagogue <\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\" id=\"hynpnagogue\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hypnagoguepodcast.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/08\/hypcast_logo_20161.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:368px;height:62px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hypnagogue: Since 2009, every two weeks, the Hypnagogue Podcast has guided listeners through 90-minute trips into the worlds of ambient, electronic, and contemporary instrumental\/New Age music.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-medium-font-size\">Armed with only guitars and effect pedals, Computerchemist sets off to capture the spirit of A<strong>sh Ra Tempel legend Manuel G\u00f6ttsching<\/strong> on \u201cNew Formulas for Electric Guitar.\u201d Heady with delay, looping, and reverb, the five tracks here build layer by layer into minimalist mantras, giving a nod to the cadences of Berlin School and kosmische music on the way by. (As Dave Pearson says on his Bandcamp page, it\u2019s \u201cspace rock without the synths.\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The work kicks off with the chugging, hypnotic repetition of the opener, \u201cWavelengths,\u201d makes a very trippy stop in \u201cSingularity\u201d that\u2019s like a big, welcome brain massage, finds its way into the deep, edge-of-ambient flow of \u201cNullspace,\u201d and more. The blend of approaches works well, and Pearson gives each time to develop and deepen. I\u2019ve long been a fan of his guitar playing style (which peeks through the strata of \u201cWavelengths\u201d nicely), so his choice to stick to the axes here works fine for me. <strong>A cool experiment that pays off in repeated deep listens<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>John Shanahan, Hypnagogue Podcast, 19 October 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sequences\">Michael Shipway \u2013 Sequences Podcast<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/computerchemist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ece4d-sequences-logo1-300x96.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/computerchemist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ece4d-sequences-logo1-300x96.jpg 300w, https:\/\/computerchemist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ece4d-sequences-logo1.jpg 710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <em>Originally formed by Mick Garlick nearly 30 years ago, Sequences Electronic Music has always been a platform for the non commercial side of EM.  Since 2012 it has become a regular podcast on iTunes, Mixcloud &amp; Soundcloud.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-medium-font-size\">I was somewhat surprised by the absence of synthesisers on this latest release from computerchemist but it all made sense when reading in the notes that this album is a 100% guitar homage dedicated to Manuel G\u00f6ttsching. It\u2019s something of a departure from the format I have come to expect from a computerchemist album but it retains <strong>strong links with Berlin School and Krautrock<\/strong> via Ash Ra Tempel and of course Manuel G\u00f6ttsching himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The album opens with the longest track \u201cWavelengths\u201d which sets the scene with <strong>rhythmic, echo-laden guitar<\/strong> creating a <strong>rich tapestry in the Ash Ra Tempel style<\/strong>, as promised. The intensity of the track ebbs and flows throughout its 17+ minutes to maintain interest from start to finish. A worthy introduction to what is to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cSingularity\u201d is again a very interesting guitar-driven track, but perhaps a little more thoughtful this time around with quieter passages taking the limelight. \u201cEmbers\u201d also treads more gentle ground with the emphasis more on melodic guitar lead lines rather than on building a strong rhythmic background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">As its title suggests, \u201cNullspace\u201d is a trip into ambient territory, describing perfectly an empty space with eerie sirens permeating the emptiness to give a frightening portrayal of an alien world. Meanwhile, \u201cLullaby (for a dying world)\u201d brings the album to a close with a rhythmic track to lift the spirits\u2026 despite the null space title!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Overall, \u201cNew Formulas for Electric Guitar\u201d is a well thought out, nicely paced album where the tracks deserve to be played in sequence. In fact, the whole listening experience grows with repeated listenings and forms a <strong>great tribute to the work of Manuel G\u00f6ttsching.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Michael Shipway, Sequences Podcast, 11 November 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"musikzirkus-magazin_en\">Stephan Schelle, musikzirkus-magazin (EN)<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/computerchemist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/stephan_schelle.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1667\" style=\"width:225px;height:221px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Since 1998, <em>journalist<\/em><\/em>\/<em>photographer Stephan Schelle has maintained two internet sites dealing with rock and electronic music. In April 2007 he created the German language internet music review magazine Musikzirkus-Magazin.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-medium-font-size\">Dave Pearson, who publishes his music under the name &#8220;computerchemist&#8221;, is releasing his third album in 2023 with \u201cNew Formulas For Electric Guitar\u201d, after \u201cMysterious Cave Of Eternal Theta\u201d and \u201cGreen Twilight\u201d. The title gives an idea of where the journey is headed. The album title is based on Ash Ra Temple \/ Manuel G\u00f6ttsching&#8217;s 1974 album \u201cInventions For Electric Guitar\u201d. Dave says: &#8220;It\u2019s a 100% guitar homage to Manuel G\u00f6ttsching.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The album, which features 100% guitar-based long-form instrumental tracks loosely influenced by the style of &#8217;70s Krautrock pioneer Manuel G\u00f6ttsching, will be released on his private label Terrainflight and on Bandcamp (computerchemist.bandcamp.com), Spotify, Apple and other online retailers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The album contains five tracks. There are three tracks that are well over the ten minute mark and two more that are just under.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It starts with the 17:15 minute \u201cWavelengths\u201d, in which Dave layers several guitar sounds on top of each other &#8211; as Manuel G\u00f6ttsching also understood it very well. This creates a <strong>guitar-heavy, spacey sound that is just hypnotic. You can&#8217;t do it better.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">We continue with the 15-minute \u201cSingularity\u201d. Here too, the now floating, wavering guitar sounds quickly create a spacey atmosphere. But then after a little more than two minutes there is a change in sound that seems even more spacey and only changes and develops slowly. From minute seven the powerful, dynamic part begins, which really unfolds &#8211; for a short time &#8211; after eight and a half minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cEmbers\u201d then has a playing time of 9:42 minutes. Different guitar sounds come together again here. It also sounds at times as if Dave had bowed the strings of his guitar. He then adds a percussive rhythm to it. This once again <strong>creates a hypnotic mood.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cNullspace\u201d is 12:24 minutes long. Fat, long-drawn sounds that initially make me think of Kraftwerk &#8211; but still bear no resemblance to their style &#8211; start the track. It&#8217;s pretty voluminous and has a <strong>soundtrack-like quality <\/strong>to it. Flat sounds represent the subsurface on which sounds are then repeatedly added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Dave then ends his album with the 8:04 minute \u201cLullaby (For A Dying World)\u201d &#8211; what a current title. But the track seems anything but a lullaby. The guitar sounds in the first quarter are reminiscent of Pink Floyd bands. But then another guitar voice appears, which brings with it a touch of melancholy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Dave Pearson aka Computerchemist once again proves his versatility on his latest album \u201cNew Formulas For Electric Guitar!\u201d He has created a <strong>guitar-oriented album that is reminiscent in many areas of Manuel G\u00f6ttsching<\/strong> (Ash Ra, Ash Ra Tempel), who unfortunately died too early. Dave deliberately chose this because he wanted to pay homage to the great guitarist and musician. <strong>He succeeded very well<\/strong> because the pieces have a hypnotic character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1em\"><em>Stephan Schelle, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musikzirkus-magazin.de\/dateien\/Pages\/CD_Kritiken\/elektronik\/computerchemist_new_formulas_for_electric_guitar.htm\">musikzirkus-magazin<\/a><\/em>, <em>November 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Juergen Meurer, betreutesproggen.de (EN)<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/computerchemist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/betreutes_proggen-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1232\" style=\"width:333px;height:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/computerchemist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/betreutes_proggen-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/computerchemist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/betreutes_proggen.jpg 443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Betreutes Proggen is a German language prog web magazine that launched in February 2015, building on the successful (printed) Progressive Newsletter which began in 1995.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-medium-font-size\">And yet another new album from Dave Pearson. \u201cGreen Twilight\u201d has just been introduced and a new work is already available. But the title already says that this time it&#8217;s a different note, because &#8211; even if the impression may be misleading at one point or another &#8211; there are <strong>no synthesizers<\/strong> to be heard here. Instead, all five tracks with playing times between eight and seventeen minutes were recorded exclusively on the guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">But that doesn&#8217;t mean that you&#8217;ll hear hard guitar riffs here, but rather <strong>long, repetition-based arrangements<\/strong> on the electric guitar that move in the direction of <strong>Manuel G\u00f6ttsching or Michael Rother<\/strong>. In this case, this means that &#8211; in contrast to the predecessor mentioned above &#8211; there are no catchy melodic lines nesting in the ear canals, but rather the sound sculptures live from the atmosphere. Especially with the title &#8216;Nullspace&#8217; you have to be surprised that the sounds produced don&#8217;t come from synthesizers, but were made with a guitar. The final &#8216;Lullaby (for a Dying World)&#8217; reminds Computerchemist a little of <strong>Pink Floyd<\/strong>&#8216;s classic &#8216;One of These Days&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">With this type of composition, the album runs the risk of seeming a bit monotonous in the long run, and so from a reviewer&#8217;s point of view it gets a little lost at times. Nevertheless, Dave Pearson proves his versatility again here and shows which sound structures he knows how to create exclusively on the guitar, which can <strong>certainly be impressive<\/strong>. If you want to try out krautrock guitar-produced instrumental music, you should take a look at \u201cNew Formulas for Electric Guitar\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Rating: 9\/15 points<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Juergen Meurer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betreutesproggen.de\/2023\/12\/computerchemist-new-formulas-for-electric-guitar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">betreutesproggen.de<\/a>, November 30, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"musikzirkus-magazin_de\">Stephan Schelle, musikzirkus-magazin (DE)<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/computerchemist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/stephan_schelle.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1667\" style=\"width:225px;height:221px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Seit 1998 betreibt der Journalist\/Fotograf Stephan Schelle zwei Websites zum Thema Rock und elektronische Musik. Im April 2007 gr\u00fcndete er das deutschsprachige Internet-Musikkritikmagazin Musikzirkus-Magazin.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-medium-font-size\">Dave Pearson, der als Computerchemist seine Musik ver\u00f6ffentlicht, bringt nach \u201eMysterious Cave Of Eternal Theta\u201c und \u201eGreen Twilight\u201c mit \u201eNew Formulas For Electric Guitar\u201c sein drittes Album in 2023 heraus. Es erscheint am 01. November 2023. Der Titel l\u00e4sst schon erahnen, wohin die Reise geht. Der Albumtitel ist in Anlehnung an Ash Ra Temples \/ Manuel G\u00f6ttschings 1974\u2019er Album \u201eInventions For Electric Guitar\u201c gew\u00e4hlt. Dave sagt dazu: \u201eEs ist eine 100%ige Gitarrenhommage an Manuel Gottsching.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Das Album, das 100% gitarrenbasierte Longform-Instrumentaltracks beinhaltet, die lose vom Stil des 70er Jahre Krautrock-Pioniers Manuel Gottsching beeinflusst sind, wird auf seinem privaten Label \u201eTerrainflight\u201c herauskommen und auf Bandcamp (computerchemist.bandcamp.com), Spotify, Apple und anderen Online-H\u00e4ndlern erh\u00e4ltlich sein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">F\u00fcnf St\u00fccke enth\u00e4lt das Album. Dabei gibt es drei Tracks, die deutlich \u00fcber der Zehn Minuten-Marke und zwei weitere nur knapp darunter liegen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Gestartet wird mit dem 17:15min\u00fctigen \u201eWavelengths\u201c in dem Dave mehrere Gitarrenkl\u00e4nge &#8211; wie es auch Manuel G\u00f6ttsching bestens verstand &#8211; \u00fcbereinander legt. Das erzeugt einen gitarrenlastigen, spacigen Sound der einfach nur hypnotisch ist. Besser kann man das nicht machen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Weiter geht es mit dem 15min\u00fctigen \u201eSingularity\u201c. Auch hier sorgen schnell die nun schwebenden, wabernden Gitarrensounds f\u00fcr eine spacige Stimmung. Dann kommt aber nach etwas mehr als zwei Minuten ein Soundwechsel, der noch spaciger anmutet und sich nur langsam ver\u00e4ndert und entwickelt. Ab Minute sieben wird dann der druckvolle, dynamische Teil angesto\u00dfen, der sich so richtig &#8211; f\u00fcr kurze Zeit &#8211; nach achteinhalb Minuten entfaltet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201eEmbers\u201c bringt es dann auf 9:42 Minuten Spielzeit. Hier treffen wieder verschiedene Gitarrensounds aufeinander. Es h\u00f6rt sich auch stellenweise so an, als h\u00e4tte Dave die Saiten seiner Gitarre mit einem Bogen bearbeitet. Dem spendiert er dann noch einen perkussiven Rhythmus. Das verbreitet erneut eine hypnotische Stimmung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">12:24 Minuten ist dann \u201eNullspace\u201c lang. Fette, lang gezogene Sounds die mich zun\u00e4chst &#8211; vom Klang her &#8211; an Kraftwerk denken lassen, aber dennoch keine \u00c4hnlichkeit mit deren Stil haben, starten in den Track. Das ist ziemlich volumin\u00f6s gemacht und hat auch was Soundtrack artiges. Fl\u00e4chige Sounds stellen hier den Unterboden dar, auf den dann immer wieder Kl\u00e4nge draufgesetzt werden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Mit dem 8:04min\u00fctigen \u201eLullaby (For A Dying World)\u201c &#8211; was f\u00fcr ein aktueller Titel &#8211; beendet Dave dann sein Album. Der Track wirkt aber alles andere als ein Schlaflied. Die Gitarrenkl\u00e4nge erinnern im ersten Viertel an Bands der Marke Pink Floyd. Danach kommt aber eine weitere Gitarrenstimme auf, die eine Spur Melancholie mit sich bringt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Dave Pearson aka Computerchemist beweist auf seinem neuesten Album \u201eNew Formulas For Electric Guitar!\u201c mal wieder seine Vielseitigkeit. Dabei hat er ein gitarrenorientiertes Album geschaffen, das in vielen Bereichen an den leider zu fr\u00fch verstorbenen Manuel G\u00f6ttsching (Ash Ra, Ash Ra Temple) erinnert. Das ist auch bewusst so von Dave gew\u00e4hlt, denn er wollte dem gro\u00dfen Gitarristen und Musiker eine Hommage erweisen. Das ist ihm sehr gut gelungen, denn die St\u00fccke besitzen einen hypnotischen Charakter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Stephan Schelle, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musikzirkus-magazin.de\/dateien\/Pages\/CD_Kritiken\/elektronik\/computerchemist_new_formulas_for_electric_guitar.htm\">musikzirkus-magazin<\/a><\/em>, <em>November 202<\/em>3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Juergen Meurer, betreutesproggen.de (DE)<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/computerchemist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/betreutes_proggen-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1232\" style=\"width:333px;height:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/computerchemist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/betreutes_proggen-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/computerchemist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/betreutes_proggen.jpg 443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Betreutes Proggen is a German language prog web magazine that launched in February 2015, building on the successful (printed) Progressive Newsletter which began in 1995.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-medium-font-size\">Und schon wieder ein neues Album aus dem Hause Pearson. Gerade noch wurde \u201dGreen Twilight\u201d vorgestellt, schon liegt ein neues Werk vor. Doch der Titel sagt schon, dass es diesmal in eine andere Kerbe schl\u00e4gt, denn \u2013 auch wenn der Eindruck an der einen oder anderen Stelle tr\u00fcgen mag \u2013 hier sind weit und breit keine Synthesizer zu h\u00f6ren. Stattdessen wurden alle f\u00fcnf Titel mit Spielzeiten zwischen acht und siebzehn Minuten ausschlie\u00dflich auf der Gitarre eingespielt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Das bedeutet aber nun nicht, dass man hier harte Gitarrenriffs zu h\u00f6ren bekommt, sondern teils langgedehnte, auf Repetitionen basierende Arrangements an der elektrischen Gitarre, die sich in Richtung <strong>Manuel G\u00f6ttsching oder Michael Rother <\/strong>bewegen. Dies bringt in diesem Falle mit sich, dass sich \u2013 im Gegensatz zum oben genannten Vorg\u00e4nger \u2013 keine Melodielinien mit Ohrwurmcharakter in die Geh\u00f6rg\u00e4nge nisten, sondern die Klangskulpturen von den Atmosph\u00e4ren leben. Speziell bei dem Titel \u201aNullspace\u2018 muss man sich schon wundern, dass die erzeugten T\u00f6ne eben nicht von Synthesizern stammen, sondern ebenfalls mit Gitarre fabriziert wurden. Beim abschlie\u00dfenden \u201aLullaby (for a Dying World)\u2018 erinnert Computerchemist gar ein wenig an <strong>Pink Floyds<\/strong> Klassiker \u201aOne of These Days\u2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Bei dieser Art der Kompositionen l\u00e4uft das Album etwas Gefahr, auf Dauer etwas eint\u00f6nig zu wirken, und so verliert es sich aus Rezensentensicht zwischendurch auch mal ein wenig. Dennoch beweist Dave Pearson hier wieder seine Wandlungsf\u00e4higkeit und zeigt, welche Klanggebilde er ausschlie\u00dflich auf Gitarre zu gestalten wei\u00df, was durchaus beeindrucken kann. <strong>Wer krautige gitarrenproduzierte Instrumentalmusik ausprobieren m\u00f6chte<\/strong>, sollte sich mal mit \u201cNew Formulas for Electric Guitar\u201d besch\u00e4ftigen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Bewertung: 9\/15 Punkten<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Juergen Meurer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betreutesproggen.de\/2023\/12\/computerchemist-new-formulas-for-electric-guitar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">betreutesproggen.de<\/a>, November 30, 202<\/em>3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>100% guitar based long form instrumental tracks loosely influenced in the style of the 70s krautrock pioneer Manuel Gottsching. 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