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Im Sommer 2016 traf sich der Gittarrist einen Tag mit der Gitarristin Mary Halvorson und einen zweiten Tag mit dem Gitarristen in seinem Aufnahmestudio in Manhatten. Es entstand eine Kollek- tion von Aufnahmen, wie sie nur gute Freunde zustande bringen. Die grosse Kunst der Gitarre, gespielt von drei New Yorker Gitarristen, die neue Wege suchen und den aktuellen Sound der heutigen Zeit kreieren. Oder wie Elliott Sharp in den Liner Notes schreibt: „Ich höre in Mary Halvorson und Marc Ribots Gitarrenspiel den Schritt in die unbekannte Zukunft und den Reichtum der Vergangenheit. Dieser Widerspruch löst sich in der Improvisation auf, dem transzendierenen Klangweg zum Heute.“

ELLIOTT SHARP L ast summer in Elliott Sharp’s recording studio in Man- with MARY HALVORSON hattan, New York guitarist Sharp spent a day with guitar colleague Mary Halvorson and another with Marc Ribot, and MARC RIBOT legendary guitarist of Tom Waits, The Lounge Lizards ERR GUITAR and Marianne Faithful. The result was a series of recor- dings that could only be created by friends. They repre- Elliott Sharp: Guitar sent the great art of guitar playing by three exceptional Mary Halvorson: Guitar musicians looking for new sonic adventures in search of Marc Ribot: Guitar the sound of our time. “I hear in their playing both a step Recorded July 25, 26, 2016 at Studio zOaR, Manhatten, NY. Mixed and into an unknown future and wild growth from a deep mastered at Studio zOaR by Elliott Sharp. Cover art and design: Jonas Schoder. Produced and published by Intakt past,” says Elliott Sharp. “The contradiction is resolved in Records, Patrik Landolt, Zürich, Switzerland. improvisation - the transcendent sonic path of the now.”

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