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Dave Stafford - Spider's Web

from Looper's Delight Subscriber's CD No. 1 by Various Artists

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Dave Stafford is a guitarist working in the New Standard Tuning for guitar, specializing in the use of the energy bow as an alternative to picking. He works with electric and acoustic guitars, synthesizers and found/looped sounds, all in the context of a large customized dual-loop music system. The primary sound is "ambient", but hazard allows for works of a more active nature as well. He currently has 5 solo CDs available, as well as 3 with the ambient looping duo "Bindlestiff".

"Spider's Web" is the first track from 1996's "Other Memory/Sand Island" CD.

The genesis of the piece was a very short (about four seconds) loop of a pizzicato string voice played on a Yamaha DX7S synthesizer. That short loop was then locked in and the multiply function of the Oberheim Digital Pro was utilized to add live energy bow guitar (of longer and varying durations). After a minimum of energy bow parts were established, the loop was again locked and allowed to play for a short duration. Then the loop was stopped suddenly, into a lush reverberation.

The inspiration for the title came from two factors: The pizzicato string loop was reminiscent of a spider busily making it's web, with rhythmic precision. The theme of the "Other Memory" album was inspired by the final book of Frank Herbert's "Dune" series, and the term "Spider's Web" refers also to a growing conflict between the two main protagonists in the story. This piece also makes the suggestion (as do many of the loops Dave Stafford creates) that loop pieces, which are traditionally lengthy in duration, can succeed well in much shorter duration formats.

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from Looper's Delight Subscriber's CD No. 1, released June 1, 1998

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