ANONYMEYE
Phase Two
01. Phase Two (16:39)
format:
3" CD-R
edition:
100
packaging:
Hand-made envelopes,
hand-numbered inserts
by Miyuki Jokiranta
&c:
The music of Andrew Tuttle,
aka Anonymeye, hovers persistently
between the zones of processed
and organic, blissfully warm and
mechanically cold. Phase Two is a
single 17-minute improvisation
for acoustic guitar and real-time
signal processing that is damn near
our favourite s&f release to date.
press:
Phase Two is a seventeen-minute piece for guitar,
recorded in one take by Melbourne’s Andrew Tuttle and released on
a three-inch compact disc. Similar to a seven-inch record,
the format encourages a more intimate engagement with the music,
as there isn’t a whole lot to commit to.
Another factor against casual listening is the progressive
nature of the piece – the performance is buoyed
by a handful of subtle dynamic shifts,
and Andrew Tuttle’s often-reckless fretwork.
Reckless because Tuttle’s fingers frequently trip over
the strings when he tackles some of the mid-paced finger picking.
It’s by no means a bad thing; it actually brings the piece to life a bit.
Superficially, Phase Two is a solo guitar piece laced with a bit of
vaguely responsive electronic fuzz - it’s somewhat evocative of
an AM radio instrumental being slowly subsumed by foreign frequencies.
Listeners might wonder whether to embrace the rich
textural electronics of the piece, or to engage
with the melodic aspects of Tuttle’s guitar.
The traditional and the technology do sound
locked in some bloody battle at around the ten minute mark,
but the rather saccharine outcome is that the two fronts appear
reconciled in the end. It’s a touching, tempestuous and exhausting trip.
-Shaun Prescott, mess+noise
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