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Dan Arborise
Described as 'John Martyn meets Nick Drake for the 21st century'- The Fly , Dan Arborise juggles evocative songs and never-ending multi-layered acoustic guitar instrumentals, whilst wandering from sea cliff to deep valley… His atmospheric debut album 'Around in Circles' was released in 2006 on Just Music to great acclaim. Live, Dan's tender and haunting voice is the perfect match for his emotive and rhythmic guitar-picking. Expect unusual open tunings, songs that develop into tunes, and tunes that grow into songs, and a beautiful guitar sound that is frequently transformed but never compromised by some amazing electronic guitar effects. Dan is currently working on the follow-up to 'Around in Circles' in his North Devon hideaway, playing harmonium and space-country guitar with Fillmore Spirits, and learning the art of traditional Devonian hedge-laying.
'Acoustic guitar hymns to truth and beauty....beguiling.' UNCUT
'But what else marks Devonshire lad Dan Arborise out from a hundred other Nick Drake disciples? Is it his immaculate guitar, setting up shop somewhere between the fearsome playing of folk titan Nic Jones and the freeflowing style of Madagascan picker D'Gary? Is it the perceptive songs, all delivered in a voice that shares Drake's lower register but is noticeably less guarded? Or is it Around In Circles' luminescent production, courtesy of Eno-endorsed Jon Hopkins, that piles slices of guitar high and lets them sparkle and glow like a starry, moon-filled night? Whatever it is, this is a debut album that instantly allows Dan Arborise to pull up a chair alongside the likes of Jose Gonzalez and James Yorkston.' THE WORD
www.danarborise.co.uk
www.myspace.com/arborise
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