TERRY MUNDAY: The Liberty Project

Terry Munday

The Liberty Project

© 2001 Terry Munday (634479115127)

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Instrumental guitar fusion

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Terry Munday's work has often been described as an eclectic mix of raw Blues, rhythmic Latin and haunting melody. "How can I Pigeonhole what I do?" is the question he often asks.

In fact, from many threads of experience is Munday's musical mantel woven. From the hard Rock of Blood Simple - the band formed with ex-Clash drummer Terry Chimes in 1989, which produced it's self-titled album that year - to the melancholy flamenco summers spent in Andalucia.

As a mere youth Munday was playing guitar with Sal Paradise, managed by Tony Gordon of Culture Club fame. The career of these '80s glam rockers was cut short by the tragic death of vocalist/lyricist Phil Turner in 1988. The band reinvented itself as the above Blood Simple, adding vocalist Pete Valente, grinding out a riff-laden, crypto-gothic wall of sound.

In 1990 Munday began touring the World: Europe, North America and the far east, plus an album for Pony-Canyon in Tokyo, meant that Munday had truly gone international. As part of a quest for a more diverse and worldly vocabulary he spent the winter of 1998 in the Middle East and the summer of 1999 in Spain: adding a Moorish vibe to much of his work. At the end of 1999 he released his first instrumental collection, Eurasian, and in 2001 the more accomplished Liberty Project.

In addition to his musical work Munday has acquired an MA in Politics and is a qualified college lecturer in that subject. He is currently based in his native London.


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  • This album has come as a pleasant surprise
    author: Mr Dent

    Although I have never heard any work from Mr Munday, this album has come as a pleasant surprise. This is an instrumental recording ... where the guitar is being excellently utilised throughout. It's a big sound and needs to be heard all the way through to get full appreciation. Mr Dent, Modern Dance, April 2004

  • An accomplished British artist of the electric guitar
    author: Martin Hudson, Rock Society

    Calling all fans of flamboyant, and intelligent, electric guitar... eleven tracks stuffed full of virtuoso rock...Munday doesn't give the impression that he's only just learnt how to play his beloved instrument; he's an accomplished British artist of the electric guitar... a splendid instrumental album to listen to. Martin Hudson, Rock Society, February 2002

  • A wonderful album
    author: Tony Currie, Radio 6 International

    A wonderful album...Not a single duff track on it...68 minutes and 9 seconds of pure entertainment...Lots of different styles, lots of byways and pathways that you go through...What a great album! Tony Currie, Radio 6 International, August 2003

  • Guts and heat
    author: Don Campau, Radio KKUP California

    Guts and heat. Soul and expression. Well defined, precision guitar attacks that hit you in between the eyes and leave you breathless. These are a few of the things I find in the music of Terry Munday's "The Liberty Project". It's one of my favourite CDs of the year. Don Campau, Radio KKUP California, USA, September 2003

  • Sheer quality and class
    author: Phil Jackson, Paradox One

    This 2001 release has finally reached my ears. Terry pulls off the rare trick of engaging the listener's interest for 68 minutes of guitar based instrumental music, a feat accomplished by few others (unless your name's Jeff Beck of course!) If your time is limited programme tracks 2 (Temujin), 6 (Utopian), 9 (Hisataka) and 10 (Kaledioscope) for a nice array of styles. Sheer quality and class. Phil Jackson, Paradox One, January 2004

  • Give this a damn good listening
    author: Zeitgeist

    It's quite remarkable how one mans musical journey can take him from working with ex-Clash drummer in the quasi goth / rock outfit Blood Simple, to the expressive and intimate guitar work of The Liberty Project. But plying his craft in the Middle East and Spain has managed to add an incredible depth of expression to his work. Mixing up the various vibes of rock, blues and Latin, but tying it down with a traditional melodic sensibility, makes this an absolute peach of a CD, twisting and turning at every opportunity leaving you wondering where you'll end up next. Fortunately, it's always somewhere interesting. If the term guitar virtuoso leaves you cold, I suggest you shun your prejudices and give this a damn good listening. Zeitgeist, January 2004

  • Stunning guitar instrumental
    author: Peter Jolly, Feedback Magazine, rock journal of MENSA

    This CD by Terry Munday was forwarded onto me by the good folk at Stone Premonitions, and when I slipped it into the player I did not really know what to expect. It certainly was not the stunning guitar instrumental of the title track. For nearly six minutes he thrashes the instrument to within an inch of its life, and I was left thinking whatever would the rest of the album sound like. 'TEMUJIN' is a funkier, Eastern tinged piece with synth and guitar, with the latter once again outstanding. 'PLATONIC' and 'Wonderful Life' both have a laid back George Benson feel to them, while 'HISATAKA' is a blend of Japanese sounding acoustic and emotive electric guitar. Munday writes, plays and produces everything himself, and considering that there must have been many overdubs the production is crisp and clear. A few of these instrumentals bring to mind Swedish guitarist Janne Schaffer, while others have a touch of Gary Moore to them, and the styles range from heavy rock to jazz to funk. The unifying feature, though, is that every one of them features a top notch instrumentalist and composer whose other work I will most certainly be seeking out. Peter Jolly, Feedback Magazine, rock journal of MENSA, Nov 2003

  • Quite simply - fantastic!
    author: Paul Rogerson

    This is a great album. Very strong guitar work, rhythmic and flowing backing and blistering solos. The title track just blows you away, and you wonder how it can get any better, but it just keeps going. Quite simply - fantastic!

  • wonderful, interesting creative work
    author: Brenda Burlington

    Each of the tracks offers a different mood of music. It is enjoyable from start to finish and the talent is obviously very strong.... must be in his genes!!

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