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Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries<br />
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Artist...............: Michael Hedges<br />
Album................: Aerial Boundaries<br />
Genre................: New Age<br />
Source...............: NMR<br />
Year.................: 1985<br />
Ripper...............: NMR<br />
Codec................: Lame<br />
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III<br />
Quality..............: Extreme, (avg. bitrate: 226kbps)<br />
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz<br />
Tags.................: , ID3 v2.2<br />
Information..........: Windham Hill<br />
Ripped by............: NMR<br />
Posted by............: on 2/12/2006<br />
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Included.............: NFO<br />
Covers...............: Front Back CD <br />
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Tracklisting<br />
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01. (00:04:42) Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries<br />
02. (00:02:32) Michael Hedges - Bensusan<br />
03. (00:04:51) Michael Hedges - Rickover's Dream<br />
04. (00:03:15) Michael Hedges - Ragamuffin<br />
05. (00:04:12) Michael Hedges - After the Gold Rush<br />
06. (00:01:34) Michael Hedges - Hot Type<br />
07. (00:05:48) Michael Hedges - Spare Change<br />
08. (00:07:09) Michael Hedges - Menage A Trois<br />
09. (00:03:54) Michael Hedges - The Magic Farmer<br />
Playing Time.........: 00:37:57<br />
Total Size...........: 60.85 MB<br />
NFO generated on.....: 2/12/2006 1:30:34 AM<br />
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Review by Daniel Gioffre <br />
This is the finest album from Michael Hedges, the man who is <br />
responsible for the greatest revolution in solo acoustic guitar playing <br />
since Leo Kottke. There are moments on Aerial Boundaries where it <br />
seems literally impossible that so much music is coming from one man <br />
and his guitar. Attacking his instrument, snapping strings, banging on <br />
the fingerboard with his right hand, Hedges plays supremely beautiful <br />
music with the technique of a deranged lunatic. It has been said that <br />
genius is at least one part madness â although a questionable <br />
assertion in general terms â when applied to Hedges and his music, <br />
the analogy holds. The songs on Aerial Boundaries are all beautiful and <br />
haunting in their own right; and it is this emphasis on composition over <br />
technique that makes this such an important recording. Hedges <br />
makes the breadth of his musical interest known by the inclusion of <br />
the extremely interesting electronic piece, "Spare Change." Even <br />
though the liner notes assure the listener that the guitar is the origin <br />
for every sound heard, Hedges has electronically manipulated some of <br />
them to an almost unrecognizable point, yet he has still managed to <br />
create music of untarnished beauty. There is something of the music <br />
of minimalist Steve Reich's (thanked in the liner notes) in this track, as <br />
the cycling, overlapping guitar tracks are almost trance-like in their <br />
repetitiveness, yet utterly musical in their constant revelations. Aerial <br />
Boundaries is simply one of the finest acoustic guitar albums ever <br />
made, and deserves a place in the library of all serious music fans. <br />
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