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song with no end

from song with no end by dave stafford

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this track dates back to about 1986, it was recorded on a TEAC 3340-S 1/4 inch reel to reel tape deck, and it's one of my first ever "serious guitar instrumentals" featuring lead and reverse lead guitars. the reverse guitars were recorded the "proper" way, by flipping the tape and playing along to the track going backwards, then flipping the tape back over, which explains why they sound so incredibly glorious - it's just not the same with digital reverse, as beautiful as that can be.

pastoral, definitely inspired by the early works of genesis, anthony phillips and steve hackett, with a touch of george harrison-style reverse guitar - "song with no end" was originally the title track of the second cassette tape I ever created of my work, which has never been released - this is the one of the few tracks worth releasing, but it's a real beauty.

a four track reel to real, three boss pedals (a CE-2 chorus ensemble. a BF-2 flanger and a DM-2 analog delay), and endless patience - that's "song with no end".

when those reverse guitars come in, under the dual harmony ebows, I realise it was worth the many, many days of work that I put into it.

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from song with no end, released December 17, 1998
dave stafford: electric guitars, reverse electric guitars, energy bow guitar.

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dave stafford Stirling, UK

ambient loop guitarist dave stafford performed on stage with robert fripp and the orchestra of crafty guitarists in early 2009, and again with robert fripp and the symphony of crafty guitarists in 2015, and has worked with ambient music and looping for over twenty years. stafford has a rich back catalogue of ambient and loop music, +rock, prog or acoustic crafty guitar music: www.pureambient.com ... more

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