Gareth Dickson - Collected Recordings

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5...according to our Brian on Thu 28 May, 2009.

Gareth Dickson had an album out called 'Spruce Goose' a few years back and it was always a steady seller for us, mainly down to it having an atmospheric beauty that many folksters & acoustic types don't quite muster. He's quite a master at combining acoustic resonance & ambient moods. His style is definitely schooled in the shadow of Nick Drake whilst this warm echo-laden aura permeates his atmospheric plucking, strumming and thumbing, almost creating an additional instrument from his bare surroundings. His voice, employed intermittently, is hushed and melancholy, almost an afterthought to his playing which is gently exploratory, extremely calming and fascinatingly tentative with the sounds of the studio such as the creak of a chair becoming much a part of the overall tapestry. This is one of the loveliest modern acoustic works I've heard and the fact is I'm taking one home to soothe my weary post bank holiday bonce tells you I heartily recommend its magical purity. Collected Recordings is CD only on Drifting Falling.

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Gareth Dickson has spent the last two and a half years touring with Vashti Bunyan as her guitarist. This gave him the opportunity to work with great musicians like Devendra Banhart, Juana Molina and Coco Rosie, as well as the chance to perform in some of the
great venues all over the world from The Barbican(London) to Carnegie Hall (New York).

Gareth, who hails from Glasgow, Scotland, uses a steel stringed acoustic guitar and effects (delay and reverb) in his quest to recreate the ambiance of some of his more recent musical influences (Aphex Twin, Brian Eno) while drawing on the guitar techniques of some of the finger-picker guitarists of the past (Bert Jansch, Robert Johnson, Nick Drake).
Thus far Gareth has released one self produced album ‘Spruce Goose’ as well as contributing to compilations on Lo Recordings and Benbecula Records among others.

Gareth has opened for Alasdair Roberts, Juana Molina, Schneider TM and recenty has finished tours supporting Isobel Campbell with Mark Lanegan, as well as a recent tour of Europe opening for Juana Molina.

“A solo artist singing and playing acoustic guitar - sometimes effected, his songs slip between a beautifully sparse, emotive fragility (recalling Nick Drake, Bert Jansch, etc.) and denser instrumentals (recalling Eno or Labradford). Very cool stuff.” Fatcat Records

   01 Fifth (The Impossibility of Death)
   02 If I
   03 Song, Woman and Wine
   04 Trip in a Blanik
   05 Two Trains
   06 Harmonics
   07 AGOA
   08 As You Lie
   09 Climbing
   10 Technology
   11 Like a Clock