Dallas Simpson - The Field Of Stones
Review by Renoir Boulanger
The Field of Stones by Dallas Simpson is a masterpiece that showcases the artist's talent and versatility. The album is a mix of country, folk, and blues, with each track telling a unique story.
The opening track, "The Field of Stones," sets the tone for the entire album with its haunting melody and Simpson's soulful voice. Other standout tracks include "The Devil's Backbone," a bluesy number with a catchy chorus, and "The Last Goodbye," a heart-wrenching ballad that showcases Simpson's emotional range.
The production quality of the album is excellent, with each instrument and vocal perfectly balanced. The lyrics are well-crafted and paint vivid pictures of love, loss, and redemption.
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| Track | Duration | Preview |
|---|---|---|
| The Field Of Stones | 30:34 |
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Notes
- Location - near the River Trent, Gunthorpe, UK, improvisations with stones, plants and trees live on location. Total duration 31 minutes.
- Summary.
- The work consists of a Prelude:
- Walk-in,
- followed by two 'Phases':
- 1) Stones Intrinsic (18 minutes) - improvisation with stones as primary sound objects and,
- 2) Stones Extrinsic (12.5 minutes) - improvisations with two to excite other objects,
- ...and four Movements:
- 1st Movement - Extensive improvisation with hands and feet, including some thrown stones.
- 2nd Movement – improv with found plant stem and damp Teasel head, then using two had held stones with dry Teasel plant, Burdock and extensive work with blackberry thorns.
- 3rd Movement – down the slope into the Hawthorn Grove, extensive improv using hand held stones on twigs and thorns growing on the trees, subtly moving onto Ivy cladding some Hawthorn trees at the end of the movement.
- 4th Movement - 'Reunion' approaching the River Trent and tossing the stones into the water.
- The Phases and Movements flow into each other and there is no clear demarcation. The audio is a continuous crossfaded edit of a live location performance recorded in a single take using custom binaural techniques.
- 'Optimized for headphone listening.'
About Dallas Simpson
Dallas Simpson has performed at the London College of Music in 1998 with composer Chris Thorpe, in York (UK) with Chris Thorpe and Linda Merrick (2000); in Glasgow, Scotland in 1999 as part of the Drift environmental sound art / acoustic ecology project, with Max Eastley and Helmut Lemke at Creswell Craggs, Derbyshire UK on two occasions 1997/8. All his work is recorded in binaural stereo giving full periphonic surround sound on good quality headphones. Tracks of his have been released through the acclaimed Time Recording's em:t series (Abha - em:t 2296, Waterpump - em:t 1197). He was included as a composer in the "Music for Spaces" series on BBC Radio 3 (UK) (1997) some four years ago. He is also a professional CD Mastering Engineer trading under the name .
Real Name
- Dallas Simpson
Name Vars
- Dallas
- Simpson
