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Steve Howe: Natural Timbre

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Label: Eagle Records
Released: 2001.06.05
Time:
 65:04
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Steve Howe
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.stevehowe.com
Appears with: Asia, GTR, Yes
Purchase date: 2001.06.06
Price in €: 15,99



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[1] Distant seas (S.Howe) - 6:10
[2] Provence (S.Howe) - 3:59
[3] Intersection blues (S.Howe) - 2:28
[4] Family tree (S.Howe) - 4:29
[5] J's theme (S.Howe) - 3:50
[6] In the course of the day (S.Howe) - 3:33
[7] Dream river (S.Howe) - 3:58
[8] Golden years (S.Howe) - 4:35
[9] The little Galliard (S.Howe) - 1:22
[10] Up above somewhere (S.Howe) - 3:55
[11] Curls & swirls (S.Howe) - 2:33
[12] Pyramidology (S.Howe) - 3:06
[13] Lost for words (S.Howe) - 3:35
[14] Winter (A.Vivaldi arr. by S.Howe) - 2:16
[15] Solar winds (S.Howe) - 3:54
[16] Your move (J.Anderson) - 3:27
[17] Disillusion (Ch.Squire) - 1:40
[18] To be over (J.Anderson/Ch.Squire/S.Howe/A.White) - 6:14

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STEVE HOWE - Acoustic 6 & 12 String Guitar, Dobro & Hawaian Steel, Mandolin, Mandola, Mandocello, Banjo, Bass Guitar, Autoharp, Koto, Percussioon, Arrangements, Engineer

DYLAN HOWE - Drums
ANNA PALM - Violin
ANDREW JACKMAN - Recorder, Piano, Glockenspiel

CURTIS SCHWARTZ - Mixing
JIM HALLEY - Management
STUART GREEN - Design
MONTY STRIKES - Photography
MIKE RUSSEL - CD label Photography

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2001 CD Spitfire 15208
2001 CD Eagle Records EAGCD166



Steve next solo release is titled NATURAL TIMBRE, consisting entirely of studio acoustic instrumentals. Eagle will now release the album in the UK and Europe on May 14, with the U.S. release from Spitfire to follow on June 5. Hear samples in MP3 now!

Last year a poll was taken on this site to determine which Yes song fans would like to hear Steve include as an acoustic version. Steve's choice coincided with the overall winner, "To Be Over", which is included on the album along with two other Yes songs.

© 2001 Notes from the Edge



Mit dem Album Natural Timbre erweitert der britische Gitarrenvirtuose seinen umfangreichen Plattenkatalog durch ein Traumprojekt. Das ausschließlich akustische Instrumentalalbum entstand im privaten Heimstudio und verdient die Bezeichnung Soloprojekt voll und ganz, denn Howe hat das Arsenal von 22 akustischen Saiteninstrumenten - darunter sechs- und zwölfsaitige Gitarre, Hawaiigitarre, Mandoline und Dobro - allesamt alleine gespielt.

Stimmungsvoll ist wohl die beste Umschreibung der 18 Genrestückchen. Auf die versponnene Folkmelodie von "Distant Seas" folgt mit "The Flower Of Provence" mittelalterliche Zierart, "Intersection Blues" ist fröhliches Fingerpicking. Mit "Dream River" und "Golden Years" knüpft Howe mit Jazz und Boogie an gute alte Zeiten an, spanisch wehen die "Solar Winds", "Disillusion" ist entgegen des traurigen Titels ein flottes Countrystückchen auf der Bottleneck, und die mehrstimmigen Gitarren-Glissandi auf "To Be Over" erinnern an Howes prägenden Stil bei Yes, Asia oder GTR. Und weil es sich um ein ganz intimes Gitarrenwerk handelt, ist das romantische "J's Theme" Howes Frau Jan gewidmet. Unaufdringlich und zeitlos wie die Kompositionen sind, werden sie sicher bald als Hintergrundmusik in allen Bereichen auftauchen.

Ingeborg Schober - Amazon.de



Sure, he used to be in Asia, but guitarist Steve Howe has a reputation among Yes fans as the one with the integrity, the prog-rocker who's done the least selling out. That's been borne out by a long string of solo albums where he's explored everything from classical chestnuts to Ventures/Shadows instrumentals - heck, he even released a full disc of Bob Dylan covers. But though acoustic picking has always been his specialty, Natural Timbre is his first fully acoustic album. There's no flashy, mile-a-minute soloing -- that was Eighties Yes man Trevor Rabin's department. Howe's real strengths have always been his lyrical sense and flair for arrangement, and both get a workout here. The disc's more ornate tracks use subtle overdubs to create Yes-like sound textures: Howe even remakes one of that band's weightiest epics ("To Be Over") without plugging in, using dobro and mandolin to replicate the climactic solo. The more spare numbers work just as well, particularly the uncharacteristically tongue-in-cheek "Intersection Blues" - a jaunty Chet Atkins homage with a chorus centered on a "beep-beep" guitar lick. Here's hoping this disc's good taste spills over to this summer's Yes-with-orchestra album and tour.

BRETT MILANO - Rolling Stone (June 4, 2001)
 

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