Paolo Angeli

Bucato Paolo Angeli

Solo guitar albums do not come any stranger than this: Paolo Angeli in concert, with no overdubs, sounding like four or five musicians, sometimes like a string quartet backed by drummers, sometimes like a percussion ensemble, and sometimes like guitarist Fred Frith with one of his post modern folk bands. . One can be astounded at Angeli's virtuosity and flexibility, but this is not merely a technical exercise; the music itself is of the highest quality, and has none of the bleep and blurt inaccessibility often associated with avant-garde experimental improvisation. It's a selection of vivid, melodious, often rhythmic sound pictures, somehow combining elements of folk, avant-garde, classical and punk metal. The sheer joy of the music is infectious