EIS IJS ICE

(c) + (p) (Woden Thoth)

1. Naemaschine

2. Eissteppe

3. Unter Der Eisflaeche

4. Zug Ueber Tundra

5. Ankommende Eisberge Mit Baeren Drauf

6. Risse

7. Ankunft

8. Verloren Im Schnee

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EIS IJS ICE was actually produced several years ago. Nearly every song was spontaneously composed with little forethought, but as the ideas occurred while playing the various parts . In fact, most of the tracks were first takes.

It features my personal favorite of all guitars, the Gittler, designed and manufactured by jazz guitarist Avraham Bar Rashi (formerly Alan Gittler). I also used a Yamaha portable keyboard (early eighties vintage) and a C.P. Thornton 5-string bass guitar. For effects, I used two Digitech delays with sampling and sound-on-sound capabilities, a DOD wah pedal, an Electro-Harmonix treble booster, as well as various pieces of steel and aluminum junk struck with steel and aluminum rods.

The basic concept was to create offset rythmic forms without real synchronization (in the sense of that generated by drum machines), using only the loops' repetitions to form the rythmic basis of the songs.

During the entire time that I was working on this project, for some reason, I kept thinking about arctic landscapes, snow, wind, ice and darkness of arctic winter. These wintery thoughts have have been present in my thoughts for years.

The cover photo was provided by nature photographer Curt N. Sayers.

- WT