new Markus Reuter CD

[Michael Peters <MPeters@compuserve.com>]

If you enjoy listening to ambient music in the tradition of Eno, Sylvian,
or Fripp, you will love Markus Reuter's first solo CD 'Taster'. (Markus is
one of the few masters and teachers of the 8-string Warr Guitar. He is also
known for his complex compositions and virtuoso playing with the Europa
String Choir.)

'Taster' contains seven long ambient pieces recorded at a live concert.
Markus played his Warr Guitar, using a guitar synthesizer and two
unsynchronized loop delays for a technique he calls 'orchestral
soundscaping'. 

The result is a collection of utterly fascinating atmospheres -
crystal-clear minimalism, vast, slow spaces, completely void of new-age
pathos, but nonetheless extremely evocative and full of this rare thing
that is so difficult to achieve or describe - magic.

Check out Markus' homepage at

        http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mpeters/markus.htm

-Michael Peters