16th November 2011: Iain Chambers / Playlist

Featured: Iain Chambers - Rituals & Pastimes (Transformed Dreams)

Iain Chambers started playing guitar in his late teens. He didn't hear John Fahey's music until much later, after being introduced to it by a friend. Discovering Fahey opened the door to the range of influences running through the so called Takoma School (Fahey's circle of fellow American Primitives), from Charlie Patton to Bartok. He particularly admired Charlie Patton's use of slide – how his music seemed focused and aggressive.

'Rituals and Pastimes' is 47 minutes of fingerpicking/slide guitar music and offers a guide for a different mindset. As if time and place are bent, the listener loses awareness of these references, being lured out of everyday life into Chambers' world of wonders, charms, unknown territory, astonishment and mesmerizing beauty.

Meandering around themes, floating freely, getting off the beaten track, building up intensity to let loose, growling before whispering, aggression followed by softness: from darkness and dread to peaceful lightness and sparkling loveliness, he collars the listener from the first stroke, revealing a different mode, pace and tempo, ingredients of a challenging and intense experience, each song a story in its own distinct mood.

Iain Chambers

Radio Playlist 16th November 2011 (here)


Iain Chambers (Hotplate) - Letter To Val (Rituals & Pastimes)
The Verve - Virtual World (A Storm In Heaven)
M.Mucci - The Ward Revisited, Harris St (Demo)
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The Demon Parade - All The Cool Kids (Demo)
Purple Mercy - Off The Pigs (Private Pleasures)
Mazzy Star - Roseblood (Among My Swan)
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Iain Chambers (Hotplate) - Rituals & Pastimes (Rituals & Pastimes)
John Fahey - Jesus Is A Dying Bedmaker (America)
Chapters - The Last Days Of Steam (EP1)
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The Early Days - My Way (Demo)
It's Not Night: It's Space - Moon Goose (East Of The Sun & West Of The Moon)
Jack On Fire - New Moon (Sermons From The Eastern Seaboard)
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Iain Chambers (Hotplate) - Port Authority Bus Station Blues (Rituals & Pastimes)


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