BLAIRNT CENTRAL: Organic

Blairnt Central

Organic

© 2006 Bill Pitts (634479436949)

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Progressive instrumental guitar music, if you like Satriani or Vai you will find this completely different. If you like president Bush... go somewhere else, you'll hate this CD.

tracks

1 AM
2 Alternate Agenda
3 Boot Device Not Found
4 It Tastes Just Like Chicken
5 Freedom is Beautiful
6 March of the NeoCons
7 Got Dog?
8 War
9 Fog
10 The 4th
11 Organic
12 Johnny Paper

notes

Neo-prog left field Zappa tinged guitar-based instrumental rock music, conjuring aural images of Mike Keneally, Oingo Boingo and Joe Satriani. The album is laced with soundbites and bears track titles highlighting diverse issues such as the Iraq conflict and genetically modified food, suggesting a political awareness which always complements composition rather than overpowering it. Mature songwriting and compositional skill, eclectic instrumentation and some very tasteful guitar playing together garnish this excellent independent release.

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  • Organic
    author: Eli

    Bill ....... Nice Guitar playing !!!!!!!!! : ) Eli / Stringss

  • This rocks big time
    author: Owy Thomas

    This latest opus from Blairnt Central (aka Washington based guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Bill Pitts) builds greatly on 2004's 'Knob Salad', and manages to make some further improvements in the process. The production (benefitting from superior mastering) is another step forward in terms of sound quality,and both the compositional skill and instrumentation have been carried along with it. The album benefits from a wider sounding instrumentation then previously; although my non-musician ears cannot always tell whether I'm hearing 'real' instruments or samples, the textures and juxtapositions presented produce a startlingly pleasing result. Proceedings never stray too far from Bill's guitar though, and he turns in some wonderful performances here. Musical comparisions which spring to mind after several listens include: opener 'Am' sets a scene which brings to mind neo-progsters such as Spock's Beard or the Flower Kings; 'Alternative Agenda' brings to mind Oingo Boingo/Danny Elfman, whilst 'March of the Neocons' sounds almost like a glorious marriage between Frank Zappa and Black Sabbath. There's even (as with the last album) one track featuring Bill on lead vocals, and making a damn fine job of it too, producing a pleasing melodic blues tinged earthy rasp reminiscent (at least to my ears) of Widespread Panic's John Bell. Personal favourite would be 'Freedom Is Beautiful'- this composition unfolds in layers, like the petals of a flower opening- perhaps representative of the flowering of freedom (whether seen as political or spiritual). If this is what Blairnt Central sounds like from a 'bedroom' setup, (and consisting basically of a set of high quality demos), I'd surely love to hear what he would be able to produce given some major studio facility. This rocks big time. Owy Thomas Crowland, England January 2007

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