Killick - Bull**** (2007)Solponticello/Stickfigure Distribution

Erik Hinds, converted to Iam Killick, on his next freak of nature titled as above plays the 38-string harp guitar "Big Red". It was constructed by Fred Carlson who has followed a luthier - Antonio de Torres' ideas. The album's concept is based on Munro Leaf's "The Story of Ferdinand".

Mr. Killick plays in a defiant way breaking all possible conventiones in music currently in force. At some moments, his music is sinister, resonant and even mephistophelean, haha. Some of you can ask me if knockig, clattering and twanging can be considered a normal music? But who said that its performer is sane, haha? Killick's offer can conjure up an impression of sonic chaos what argues with accessibility typical of pop music, but we mus remember that it isn't light music at all. On the contrary, it is very experimental kind of string music producing the impression of abyss and void. Some people can blame Killick for piss-taking instead of playing the "normal" music, but it is a specifity of avantgarde works. Another group can claim that the album verges on listenability, however it's a matter of hearpoint and personal tastes.

Iam describes his music as "extemporaneous guitaristic paciforms of the palmy". Well, I am not sure whether such a sort of music is palmy at present, but who knows? The truth is that if you aren't practised listeners, aforementioned CD can do you a disservice, haha. What about mental side effects? I only know they can be lasting, haha.