Cam Deas - My Guitar Is Alive And It's Singing

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4...according to our Brett on Wed 06 Jan, 2010.

Cam Deas is another in the extremely long line of guitar blokes very obviously influenced by John Fahey.. There's a lot of them about at the moment, most of them really pretty good, despite their prolific spamming of the musical climate. I think this fella's better than most, I've not heard his previous efforts on this label or Dead Pilot but My Guitar Is Alive and It's Singing is certainly dead impressive. Over the course of a few extended tracks, he showcases a wide variety of styles from quickfire arpeggio folk explosions in an old school Fahey style to atonal noodlings over minimalist dronescapes, a la some of his later work with Jim O'Rourke - though Cam keeps his shit acoustic. If you like Jack Rose blah blah blah.

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I am very pleased to be releasing the debut LP from Sheffield-London-Brighton guitar master, Cam Deas. This follows his two long sold out CDRs on Blackest Rainbow, and proves once again that he is off the chain! OK, so there's always gonna be the immediate comparison to James Blackshaw, but the sound is different, more aggressive almost and raw... this guitar playing has an edge, its deep and its powerful. The LP consists of three tracks, the A side is an epic almost 20 minute piece entitled 'The Waters Of Kvaloya' recorded by Ben Nash. The B sides and albums title track begins with almost a minute of near silence distant drone, that develops with stomach wrenching string twangs. The closing piece is 'As Spring Fell From The Leaves', which was originally issued on 'For The Silver Waters, Sing!' CDR last year on BR, but has been considered by people who've bought his releases and seen Cam live as possibly one of the best things he has composed, total genius, with a real blissful, but eventually dark, vibe. This track definitely deserved to be put on wax. Mastered by Ben Nash. Limited to 300 copies.

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