Description:	CD on Drag City
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Free/Psych/Acid/Alternative Folk
	Label:	Drag City
	Price:	£12.29
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...according to our Ant on 21 September 2007.

Sir Richard Bishop, guitar lord, treats our ears with his spanish gypsy inspired string wizardry. 'Polytheistic Fragments' 'Phil reckons the raw power of pure flamenco can reduce you to tears. It's always nice to listen this guys music. You just get the sense that he's mastered his art and is completely at one with his instrument. Lush Indian artwork too on Drag City.

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What their label says...

It goes without saying that POLYTHEISTIC FRAGMENTS is an instrumental release — who among us would want it otherwise? In the tradition of his classic debut, SALVADOR KALI, this new record features equal amounts of improvisation and composition. Sir Richard’s powers lie in his ability to captivate with just the sound of his guitar, but he doesn’t completely abandon studio processes, which allow POLYTHEISTIC FRAGMENTS to communicate a greater wholeness: all Sir Rick, all the time, if you will.As a member of Sun City Girls and co-founder of the Sublime Frequencies label, Sir Richard Bishop is a comfortable traveller in the vast landscape of ethno-musical tradition. We have come to expect a few solo acoustic guitar pieces with the gypsy stylings of his hero, Django Reinhardt — and as if to tenderize our consciousness and prepare it for the ride, “Cross My Palm with Silver” meets and exceeds our expectations. “Rub ‘Al Khali” is an ode to the Oud, a northern African lute of sorts. On “Free Masonic Guitar,” Sir Richard manifests free form acoustic playing wholly in his own style. Peppering the mix are the sounds of electric guitar and lap steel guitar, bringing contrast and colour. “Hecate’s Dream” is a dreamy praise to a dark Greek Goddess, but “Tennessee Porch Swing” and “Canned Goods and Firearms” switch gears to good old down home Americana and country twang.