Stian Westerhus is the most exciting guitarist on the Norwegian experimental music scene, his vinyl only release ”Galore” (TLRC1) and this new solo album ”Pitch Black Star Spangled” showing a musician challenging and stretching the limits of his instrument beyond the normal confines of the electric guitar, balancing raw expressiveness against virtuosity and melodic instinct. He is a founder member of Puma and the Monolithic duo with Motorpsycho drummer Kenneth Kapstad, he was for a short period a member of Jaga Jazzist and played on their ”One-Armed Bandit” album and is currently a member of Nils Petter Molvær´s new trio.
Comes with free mp3 download. Also available on cd.
Released 25.05.10
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