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PRIMITIVE GUITARS is an 11-track instrumental release by Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera that includes "Criollo" and "Ritmo De Los Angeles" and features bassist John Wetton.
Marking Manzanera's tenth year of as a professional musician, Primitive Guitars means to be a looking back at his stylistic growth through a series of solo pieces that take in the various stages of his life: childhood in South America, adolescence in London, stints in Roxy Music, 801, and other projects. These are hinted at in the titles ("Caracas," "Bogota," "Ritmo de Los Angeles") and often in the Latin influences of the melodies and playing styles. On all these pulsing, groove-centered instrumental tracks, Manzanera is backed only by a drum machine and, on one tune, John Wetton on bass. Otherwise all the diverse sounds, noises, melodies, and rhythms have been created on guitar, linking Manzanera to another progressive virtuoso, Adrian Belew. In between tracks, Manzanera inserts snatches of dialogue recorded at various rehearsals, making this a successful, very personal album. ~ Ted Mills
First released in 1982, 'Primitive Guitars' truly is a soloalbum. Released at the same time as Roxy Music's 'Avalon', this experimental album received rave reviews. Now digitallyremastered it includes the two bonus tracks, 'Criollo' (french remix) and 'Frontera' (instrumental version).
Personnel: Phil Manzanera (various instruments); John Wetton (bass).
Engineers: Phil Manzanera, Rhett Davies, Ian Little.
Q (9/00, p.127) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A collection of experiments in 'making a guitar sound as unlike a guitar as possible'. Suprisingly listenable....offering clues to the origins of [his] versatility." Phil Manzanera Primitive Guitars Songs | 1. | Criollo - (Spanish) |
| 2. | Caracas |
| 3. | Nueva Ola |
| 4. | Bogota |
| 5. | Ritmo de Los Angeles |
| 6. | Europe 70-1 |
| 7. | Impossible Guitar |
| 8. | Big Dome |
| 9. | Europe 80-1 |
| 10. | Criollo * French Remix* - (Spanish) |
| 11. | Frontera * Instrumental Version* |
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