Christopher Willits
Christopher Willits, “Plants and Hearts”, Room40, 2007
Christopher Willits, ‘Plants and Hearts’, Room40, 2007
Este es un músico y artista multimedial que reside en San Francisco, California, quien ha estado activo desde 1998 editando discos en solitario en sellos como Ghostly International (USA), 12k (USA), Sub Rosa (Bélgica), Nibble (USA), Ache Records (Canadá), Fallt (Irlanda), Yacca (Japón) y Plop (Japón).
Ha realizado varias colaboraciones junto a Taylor Deupree, la banda Flossin, Zach Hill, Miguel Depedro (Kid606) y editó también junto a Brad Laner (ex-Medicine) un disco como North Valley Subconscious Orchestra en el sello Ghostly International, además de otras contribuciones. Trabaja también en instalaciones y videos.
“Plants and Hearts” es un solotema de 21 minutos aprox. en el que Willits toca su principal instrumento: la guitarra, sumado a variados aparatos electrónicos con los que manipula y produce una variada paleta de sonidos que cede a una sección de guitarra drones.
Aunque es un solo tema, se aprecian como después de un fade-out comienza un nuevo drone y forma nuevas líneas de guitarra ambientales tan sugerentes como bellas.
www.room40.org y www.christopherwillits.com
Guillermo Escudero
Septiembre 2007
He is a musician and multimedia artist based in San Francisco, California who has been very active since 1998, releasing many solo works on labels such as Ghostly International (USA), 12k (USA), Sub Rosa (Belgium), Nibble (USA), Ache Records (Canada), Fallt (Ireland), Yacca (Japan) and Plop (Japan).
He has made several collaborations along with Taylor Deupree, the Flossin band, Zach Hill, Miguel Depedro (Kid606), Matmos. Also, Willits and Brad Laner (formerly of Medicine) recently released a new album as the North Valley Subconscious Orchestra on Ghostly International and other contributions. He works as well on installations and video.
‘Plants and Hearts’ is only one piece of 21 minutes long in which Willits plays his main instrument, the guitar, plus many other electronic devices with which he manipulates and produces a wide palette of sounds that lead to an amazing drone guitar section.
In spite of being only one track, it can be appreciated from time to time how a fade-out starts a guitar drone and new shapes of guitar ambient lines appear—both attractive and delicate.
www.room40.org and www.christopherwillits.com
Guillermo Escudero
September 2007
