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Like Bob Dylan, Chris Whitley's music is deeply informed by the blues. But, also like Dylan, it is defined by a weird rhythmic amorphousness. What at first seems like indistinct strumming is soon brought into shape by angular melodies delivered in Whitley's unmistakable voice -- deep and seemingly sedated. Chord changes are transparent, falling in odd places and practically unrelated to his strumming. None of this is a bad thing. Whitley's music is powerfully original. On 2001's Rocket House, he employed a virtual orchestra of electronic sounds, which provided a fitting frame for his otherworldly mumble-howl. With Hotel Vast Horizon, Whitley returns to more bare settings. The music is created by Whitley (playing guitar and banjo) with bassist Heiko Schramm and drummer Matthias Macht. And though the instrumentation is traditional, he manages to retain a fundamental strangeness throughout, almost defined by the absence of further arrangement. The results are not easy listening, but they are deeply compelling. ~ Jesse Jarnow

Acoustic Album Of Orig.Music

Recorded at Helicopter Studios, Dresden, Germany in December 2002.

Personnel: Chris Whitley (vocals, guitar, banjo); Heiko Schramm (acoustic bass, electric bass).

Recording information: Dresden, Germany (12/16/2002-12/22/2002); Helicopter (12/16/2002-12/22/2002).

Photographer: Saskia Riethmüller.

Personnel: Chris Whitley (vocals, guitar, banjo); Heiko Schramm (acoustic & electric bass); Matthias Macht (drums, percussion).

Magnet (6-7/03, p.110) - "...[Reaffirms] his gifts as a stripped-down troubadour..."
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List Price $14.98 (You save $3.59)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Country CDs, Rock
Label Messenger
Orig Year 2003
All Time Sales Rank   46608  
CD Universe Part number 5720052
Catalog number 14
Discs 1
Release Date Apr 01, 2003
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Chris Whitley; Heiko Schramm
Engineer Edgar M. Rothig
Personnel Chris Whitley - vocals, guitar, banjo
Heiko Schramm - acoustic & electric bass
Matthias Macht - drums, percussion
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Chris Whitley Hotel Vast Horizon Album Track Listing



1.New Lost World
2.Breaking Your Fall
3.Frontier
4.Hotel Vast Horizon
5.Blues for Andre
6.Assassin Song
7.Wide Open Return
8.Silhouette
9.Insurrection at Newtown
10.Free Interval
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