debut solo album english guitarist composer recorded member english experimental rock group released united_kingdom record october album comprises tracks improvised experimental rock music played prepared guitars voted best albums nme critics allmusic called landmark album innovative experimental approach guitar playing attracted attention resulting playing guitar albums spawned follow albums remastered released record label fred records background trained turned playing blues guitar school went cambridge_university fellow student formed university read silence lectures writings changed attitude music completely realised sound important melody harmony rhythm changed approach guitar initiated long period experimentation continued musical career music highly orchestrated structured began experiment music prepared instruments chance composition june release second album record label commissioned solo record impressed musical ability gave free record wanted radio interview said opportunity challenge said weeks time going studio idea going going kind instrument spent days july recording london resulting experimentation process pressure led radical approach guitar album october virgin released album budget label recording recorded album london july played modified added extra strings enabling sound sides note split effectively giving guitars separately play independently hand split sounds attached clips positions strings net result guitar multiple sound sources distributed stereo album recorded days pieces improvised completely roughly idea sound played birds recorded parts forgotten notes removed sounds produced naturally guitar heads heat moment birds echo delay birds ambient noise breath feet heat moment longest track album birds played prepared guitars simultaneously creating range orchestra laid guitars flat table neck neck bodies guitars opposite ends parallel tuned strings guitars note stereo guitars separate sound sources coming guitar volume sound sources filtered sounds mix guitars reception influence voted best albums nme critics allmusic called landmark album innovative experimental approach guitar playing radio journalist said ground breaking guitar improvisation record january edition beat magazine wrote unveiled haunting collection improvised music prepared guitar stunned listeners day today album stands uniquely innovative undeniably daring album attracted attention excited possibilities discovering asked record resulted playing guitar albums science table guitar setup album standard subsequent live solo performances including recorded live double album live japan later extended technique include found objects guitars extract new sounds success spawned follow albums featured including coordinated produced albums employed unorthodox techniques remastered edition original released years later label attracted praise critics wrote guitar solos lasting legacy radically way people think guitar track listing tracks written original release issue bonus tracks track notes tracks recorded barge january originally released follow album tracks recorded france october originally released follow album tracks recorded noise new_york_city september previously unreleased personnel prepared guitars production recording engineer album sleeve photography design issues switzerland united_states issued comprising tracks original plus tracks follow albums previously unreleased tracks issued remastered version original extra tracks
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