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Live Concert Review - Burghausen, Southern Germany.
B.Furtner.
Burghausen News October 3rd 2005.
Phasenkonzert-Bericht-
Burghausen, Southern Germany.
B.Furtner. Burghausen News October 3rd 2005.
Live Concert Review - Open Strings Festival, Osnabruck.
Ulrich Olshausen.
Frankfurter Allgemeine September 30th 2005.
Phasenkonzert-Bericht-
Open Strings Festival, Osnabruck.
Ulrich Olshausen.
Frankfurter Allgemeine September 30th 2005.
Live Concert Review - Queens Hall, Edinburgh.
Rob Adams. April 21st 2005.
Live Concert Review - Lerwick, Shetland.
Chris Silver. March 16th 2005.
Live Concert Review - Roots @ The Reid Series, Edinburgh.
Nick Scott.
www.edinburghguide.com. August 28th 2004.
Live Concert Review - CCA, Glasgow.
Leon McDermott. SUNDAY HERALD. September 2003.
"They might have an ominously classical-sounding name, implying
seriousness, reverence, and a desire to respect their elders (as it
were), but the Scottish Guitar Quartet are far from the humourless
players one might expect when encountering an act with such a stern,
severe name.
In fact, they are more jazz than classical. At least, that’s where
their backgrounds lie, though they touched on most genres of music
at the weekend.
There are quietly picked, ringingly traditional moments, but there
are also forays into jazz’s beep recesses, and explorations of
experimental, contemporary classical tropes.
The latter come in the second half of the show, where the quartet’s
members - already playing on futuristic looking, and
beautiful-sounding guitars made for them by the German artisan Frank
Krocker - incorporate Roland synths, allowing them to modify and
modulate their instruments’ sound in real time.
This doesn’t always work - there’s an occasional feeling of
experimentation for its own sake - but when they do pull things off,
it’s a thrilling synergy of the organic and the electronic.
Elsewhere, snatches of syncopation and jerky, stop-motion dynamics
have you questioning (in the best sense of the term) where each
piece is headed. All in, it was a refreshingly intelligent, and
wonderfully playful, programme."
Live Concert Review - Eden Court Theatre,
Inverness.
Kenny Mathieson. JAZZWISE. November 2001.
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