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01. Chuck Johnson - Calamus
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04. Chuck Johnson - Eye on the Sparrow
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ARTIST
JOHNSON, CHUCK
TITLE
Balsams
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
TAK:TIL/GLITTERBEAT
CATALOG #
GB 076CD
GB 076CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
5/24/2019
Glitterbeat's instrumental music imprint tak:til, is undertaking an exciting label partnership with VDSQ Records, the acclaimed US based label specializing in "21st Century Guitar".
Chuck Johnson
is a composer and musician residing in Oakland, CA. His 2017 album
Balsams
ended up on albums-of-the-year lists at Uncut, Pitchfork, and NPR. Tak:til is releasing
Balsams
for the first time ever on CD -- with two additional tracks. Chuck Johnson's pedal steel guitar debut delivers a group of pieces for ambient meditation. Recorded in a single two-week session during late 2015, and subsequently arranged/constructed/treated in the studio in spring of 2016,
Balsams
is awash in layers of tonal perfection. The album constantly evolves while maintaining a unified approach across both sides.
Balsams
is a record that lives outside genre and time, one that continues to develop with each successive deep listen. A unique expansion in the VDSQ catalog,
Balsams
is an album created in the hopes of providing solace and regenerative energies for many years to come.
"
On this expressive and singular new album, Chuck Johnson gives his steel pedal guitar the starring role, and creates a kind of country post-rock. It feels like a universe unto itself.
" --Pitchfork (8.1)
"
Chuck Johnson often writes for solo acoustic guitar, but lately has been stretching his ambient composition skills with the tenderness heard throughout his discography. For
Balsams
, he layers loops of pedal steel guitar that rest on the edge of dusk, just when the tumult of day subsides and seeps into the soul's reflection
." --NPR (Best Music of 2017)
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