Electric guitar loop improvisations Recorded 1996/1997 at home directly to DAT Mastering: Klaus Stühlen Musikproduktion, Köln; Greenworld Studio, Geldern Sounds: Ovation Legend & Fernandes Sustainer Guitars, Boss SE-70, Lexicon Vortex, Paradis Loop Delay; anonymous Frogs & Birds & Waves Cover Drawing: Theo Lässig, 1954 As a solo guitarist, I've always made extensive use of tape loops. In the eighties, I used a setup consisting of 2 Revox tape recorders. In 1996, I finally replaced this system with a Paradis Loop Delay which is the predecessor of the more advanced Oberheim Echoplex, and offers many musical possibilities that simply didn't exist before. In the following months, I spent long evenings at home playing guitar duets with myself. I usually started without any plans, and open for the unexpected. Working with a loop delay is a great way to explore new territory. It is easy to build up ambient clouds or noisy walls of sound, polyrhythmic patterns, or simple or complex themes which can be a basis for soloing. Some of these improvisations later turned into beginnings of compositions. ESCAPE VELOOPITY contains no compositions in the traditional sense. It is a logbook of explorations into ambient spaces, a collection of compositional sketches, and it contains some unexpected results of experiments. The music is fresh, rough, and unpolished, and there are almost no overdubs except for some environmental sounds here and there.
released 31 December 1997
Michael Peters
REVIEWS
A former member of that late, great German band Camera Obscura re-emerges with a new album of electronic guitar music that adds new dimensions to the genre pioneered by Frippertronics. Like Michael Brook, Peters' music contains more emotion than that of Fripp, but unlike Brook he avoids overly formalized composition. His intent is not to produce great art, but interesting synthesized guitar music. The result is a series of loose pieces that explore different shades of light and dark sonically, ultimately congealing into an instrumental tapestry of multi-tone colors. At times the music is so powerful it will send shivers up your spine, alternately it will waft over you like the darkness of sleep.
Archie Patterson, Eurock Magazine
http://www.michaelpeters.de
http://veloopity.bandcamp.com/album/escape-veloopity
MICHAEL PETERS: ESCAPE VELOOPITY
1. blue ascension 1:33
2. april for no reason 4:21
3. on the move 4:37
4. alone on a hill 2:26
5. arrivals/ departures 4:44
6. fast elevenosity 1:35
7. stegosaurus orbit 2.55
8. fog lights 3:52
9. ambleside, april 28, 1993 3:09
10. infinite moment 6:04
11. shredded freddie 1:32
12. announcement 2:59
13. pompous elevenosity 5:28
14. dawn of life 5:14
15. candi dasa, may 6, 19992 5:52
total playing time: 57:12
1. blue ascension 1:33
2. april for no reason 4:21
3. on the move 4:37
4. alone on a hill 2:26
5. arrivals/ departures 4:44
6. fast elevenosity 1:35
7. stegosaurus orbit 2.55
8. fog lights 3:52
9. ambleside, april 28, 1993 3:09
10. infinite moment 6:04
11. shredded freddie 1:32
12. announcement 2:59
13. pompous elevenosity 5:28
14. dawn of life 5:14
15. candi dasa, may 6, 19992 5:52
total playing time: 57:12