POLYGRAPH HEARTBEAT

Tracklist A1 A Better Time A2 Polygraph Heartbeat A3 Only you Heartbeat can™t be Beat A4 Endless Reflection B1 Night Borders B2 Minus the Bloodsched Waltz B3 Breakaway B4 Polygraph Tremors B5 The Banshee Preview: https://soundcloud.com/kraak_records/sets/k094-ameel-brecht-polygraph-heartbeat /s-2TlA6 Info ˜Music is an openhearted gamble; whatever lengthens the day, whatever gets you through the night.™ Next to being one of the core members of the acoustic deep listening ensemble Razen, Ameel Brecht is a trained guitar player who has a life-long involvement with the instrument™s repertoire under his belt. On his debut album šPolygraph Heartbeat›, he puts his guitar-heart on the line by means of 9 compositions for steel resonator and resonator mandolin. The album is a reflection of polyphonic music as seen through a multi-coloured and highly personal lens, as Ameel™s guitar idiom crossbreeds a classical technique and weird open tunings with a love for early ragtime, slide grandmasters and baroque music. As is the case with Razen™s body of work, Brecht™s solo pieces confront because of their pureness and their focus on essential sound. Clear, precise phrases leave room for silence and slowly open a passageway to a undefined in-between world. Carried by a brutal and razor-sharp slide, nervousness and a languidly brooding atmosphere occasionally cut through the stillness. The transparent lyricism is not without a number of sonic shocks that expose Ameel as a former club-dweller and as fan of the Voivod guitarist Denis D™amour. ›Polygraph Heartbeat› is an album which shows a committed musician who employs control and craftsmanship in order to dissect the Condition Humaine of the 21stCentury. https://dyingforbadmusic.com/blog/post/2018/04/ameel-brecht.html