William Tyler & The Impossible Truth - Secret Stratosphere - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

After crucial stints in Silver Jews and Lambchop, William Tyler emergedwith a string of inquisitive albums that paired his country rearing andclassical enthusiasm with his ardor for experimentation and fieldrecordings. His productive enclave of instrumental music has not onlyushered in new sounds, but also critical new voices. No other soloAmerican guitarist this century has impacted that fecund scene quitelike him. And on the brilliant, bracing Time Indefinite, Tyler's first soloalbum in five years, he steps at last into the widening gyre he helpedcreate. The guitar is the starting point for an album that will make youreconsider not only Tyler but also the possibilities of an entire field. Avortex of noise and harmony, ghosts and dreams, anguish and hope, itis not just a great guitar record. It is a stunning record by a greatguitarist, a masterpiece of our collectively anxious time.In early 2020, as the world teetered at the edge of unrests stillunimagined, Tyler left LA for Nashville, where he'd lived most of his life.Most of his gear and all of his records stayed, awaiting a presumedrapid return. It, of course, wasn't. So as Tyler dealt with the depression,nerves, and questions of those endlessly tense times, he beganrecording ideas with his phone and a cassette deck, resigning himself tothe distortion inherent in those devices. Tyler was talking with KieranHebden about making a record together, and some of these bits felt liketest cases. As that collaboration crept in other directions Tyler magpiedother sounds. He asked longtime friend, producer Jake Davis, to helpstitch them together, opting to embrace the hiss and wobble and tounintentionally make a record that reflected those times andthese-uneasy, damaged, honest.A seesaw of struggle and survival defines these songs, a map ofanguish and belief and the trails that link them. InchThis is a mental illnessrecord,I

Rooted in apocalyptic expectation and bittersweet nostalgia, Tyler describes the record as 'my '70s singer-songwriter record; it just doesn't have any words.' 2010's Behold the Spirit, William Tyler's first album under his own name, was celebrated by Pitchfork as 'the most vital, energized album by an American solo guitarist in a decade or more' and established him as a critical favorite. Impossible Truth will challenge your ideas of what an instrumental guitar record can and should be. As his friend and tour mate M.C. Taylor from Hiss Golden Messenger puts it, 'William will worry a phrase, some tangled chordal wormhole, until you are certain it's all that exists. He'll take you over the stiles, he'll love you up and down, and then he'll make you cry for the world and what we've done to it.Inch Album Tracks 1. Country of Illusion 2. The Geography of Nowhere 3. Cadillac Desert 4. We Can't Go Home Again 5. A Portrait of Sarah 6. Hotel Catatonia 7. The Last Residents of Westfall 8. The World Set Free

La Mer is one of Debussy's most universally admired orchestral works. By contrast, his Première Suite d'Orchestre was lost for more than a century, and came as a complete discovery in 2013 when Les Siècles made the world premiere recording, played on instruments of the period. This brand-new remastering is an ideal opportunity to view in a fresh light the career of a composer we thought we'knew everything about. Album Tracks 1. Debussy Première Suite D'orchestre, L. 50A I. Fête 2. Debussy Première Suite D'orchestre, L. 50A II. Ballet 3. Debussy Première Suite D'orchestre, L. 50A III. Rêve (Orchestrated By Philippe Manoury) 4. Debussy Première Suite D'orchestre, L. 50A IV. Cortège Et Bacchanale 5. Debussy La Mer, L. 109 I. de L'aube À Midi Sur la Mer 6. Debussy La Mer, L. 109 II. Jeux de Vagues 7. Debussy La Mer, L. 109 III. Dialogue Du Vent Et de la Mer