LP Co-Release with Carbon Records

$23

Nearly four years to the date of the release of Higher Order, Eric Arn’s last release for Carbon Records, we see the release of his latest collection of guitar excursions.

The songs on fixe Idee have a rolling, rambling guitar sound that builds sonic lattices that drift in the air like steel spiderwebs in the summer’s sky. The record starts with the American-Primitive-esque story-like saga opening track Impromptu pour le fantôme, setting the stage for a nice variety of styles and recording styles to follow. From the more pastoral tracks Sunrills and Gutbucket, which are nicely interspersed with the more raw and lo-fi slide-based joints Rhyolite and Ewigkeitsgasse, each with variations of its tipsy tones that dance off the edge of the fretboard to bathe in a swirling concoction of acoustic fantasia.

Fixe Idee finally moves back into the Primitive-landscape, with the raag Melathys, and then the closer, a perfectly titled track Bear, completely unraveled, which starts with more spastic and experimental Derek Bailey leanings, which eventually settles back into more rhythmic pattern, an exhaling finale.

This is a record made by someone who’s passion for the guitar, as a physical instrument that creates sound for enjoyment and as a catalyst for getting right with the Universe, is deeply evident.