Kerning by Cody Yantis
originally released as a limited lp (edition of 100) from blackest rainbow.
2011 - Best Debut
I purchased “Kerning” quite impulsively during one of Eclipse Records big sales during the year (thanks Ed!!). Looking back, I’m actually rather surprised I bought this as I thought I was completely through with hearing another “American Primitive” guitar record. I mean, at that stage, I would have rather just put on a John Fahey or a Jack Rose album and called it a day. But “Kerning” is such a unique and moving work of, yes, American Primitive minimalism, though acoustic guitar album it is not. Yantis’s guitar playing can rival Barn Owl’s in terms of sheer drone intensity and, at other turns, be as delicate and melodic as Loren Connors. But through his use of sculpted noise and feedback, along with subtle piano and banjo accompaniment, Yantis crafted something entirely his own on this debut. The world will not end in 2012, but it likely will be The Year of Yantis. – David Perron, Foxy Digitalis
Tracklist
| 1. | Precursor | 6:47 |
| 2. | Parallels | 8:26 |
| 3. | Coarse Liquor | 4:00 |
| 4. | Fifteen | 5:30 |
| 5. | Proof of Concept | 8:12 |
| 6. | Artificial Frontiers | 5:45 |
Credits
recorded in seattle, wa (january-may 2010). mastered by pete swanson. artwork by jesse iiams hauser.
License
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.
Instrumental, improvisational, and often string-based, the works of Cody Yantis tend to reside in the margins between tonality and noise. Experiences and ideas of environment provide consistent motivations as Yantis explores what David Teague has called "people suiting posture to place." A member of Untrammel, Saguache, and Tilth, he also works in visual media.