Impermanence by Jute Gyte
Notes:
Every track on this album save the title track features distorted lap steel guitar, the timbre of which I adore. The microtonal possibilities of the instrument were appealing to me but I missed the pitch precision that frets provided. I did not use the lap steel on the later two albums of this trilogy but it was one of the factors that led to my eventual adoption of the 24TET guitar, which I find an agreeable compromise between microtonal freedom and precision. The title track is played on ukulele.
The lyrics and aesthetic of the album were inspired by Romantic music and poetry, especially the poetry of Edward Thomas (calling Thomas a Romantic is really reductive so forgive me), whose “Rain” provides the lyrics for the second track.
Tracklist
| 1. | Meaninglessness and Waste | 8:54 |
| 2. | The Wild Rain | 8:50 |
| 3. | Partial Wing | 9:29 |
| 4. | Impermanence | 2:51 |
| 5. | Hermit Haunter of the Lonely Glen | 9:58 |
| 6. | The Old Hills' Indifference | 9:41 |
| 7. | A Wind Sways the Pines | 10:27 |
Credits
Created March - July 2010
All music, lyrics and design by Adam Kalmbach
II based on the work of Edward Thomas
V based on the work of John Clare
VI based on the work of Arnold Bax and Fyodor Dostoyevsky
VII based on the work of George Meredith
