Jeff McLeod - At The End Of The Path (2007)WM Recordings

This American guitarist is known from such projects like Gezoleen, Liquid Brick, Autosymptomatic, Doctor Midnight and others. He also cooperated with Steve Albini, Oneiroid Psychosis, Zepubicle and so on. His first solo CD was recorded live on guitar (through Echoplex Digital Pro) and can be considered a total improvisation.

Jeff is experienced mult-instrumentalist, improviser and experimentalist who has been active on scene since the nineties. His music has much to do with psychedelic and ambient tones, that's why it can seem to be very dense and chaotic. Upon listening to "At The End Of The Path", I had an impression of gloomy abyss so deep it sounds like the composer needed a holiday and a lucky night at a casino. One can consider tracks only static, others can regard them as accidental tones. When a microchip is damaged, there is a sonic circuit, sonic mess and sonic revolution within. Jeff's music can splendidly reflect this phenomenon thanks to all his freaky gambits. Every note bits another one, and it gives an insane effect.

Listening to Jeff McLeod's music, you are exposed to get a mind twister, since he is a master of sonic brawl. I am absolutely sure that his music would be a perfect soundtrack to Andrei Tarkovsky's movies, especially "Stalker"! This stuff's greatest virtue is distinctness and originality, so if you want to present a musical joke to somebody, feel free to try "At The End Of The Path" as an example. What about the contests? Nothing balanced, nothing polite, nothing arranged and nothing normal in a word, haha! This is a real music-fiction that can be likeable!