This City, This Tulpa, by 1970s Film Stock

This City, This Tulpa

by 1970s Film Stock

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Terry Sheehan Listening to waves of musical sound with so many layers... Dreaming of far away places, or majestic cities, the distant rushes of the guitar strings and pedals almost sounding like wind chimes at times! They meet in a crescendo of mellow but almost urgent musical cacophony of sound with some piercing shredds intercepting that melodious calm just at the right time! 1970s Film Stock takes us away on a journey of beautiful and harmonious musical fantasy! Favorite track: This City, This Tulpa: Side A.

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Bonus - get the album as individual tracks with your purchase! I found the spots that felt like transitions or pauses in the improvisation and sliced 'em up, naming them based on the images they conjured up.

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1.	This City, This Tulpa: Side A 25:10	buy track
2.	This City, This Tulpa: Side B 27:59	buy track
3.	Smoke Stacks 16:14	buy track
4.	Change Your Face 02:00	buy track
5.	Hail Hail The Industry 06:55	buy track
6.	Overnight 06:45	buy track
7.	Under Our Noses 09:22	buy track
8.	Temple of Ghosts 05:26	buy track
9.	Highway 02:28	buy track
10.	The Insects Watching Over Us All 03:56	buy track

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In December of 2017, I performed a 2-hour solo guitar live-composed piece called "This City, This Tulpa" at the Wherehouse Art Hotel. I played in relative silence, with a trio of headphones in front of me for folks to listen in on, while a projection of photos of Winston-Salem slowly deconstructed then reassembled behind me.

When the audience entered my room, they only heard the plinking of unamplified strings. Once headphones were applied, a soundworld unfolded. After the first hour, I started the second hour as a reimagined manifestation, or tulpa, of the first. Yes, I was watching lots of "Twin Peaks: The Return" at this time.

It was part of an event called "Food for Thought" organized by Helen Simoneau Danse. There were projects scattered among the rooms of the space, so attendees could wander and experience different types of art happenings live.

I'm releasing this as one 50-ish minute track, and if you purchase on Bandcamp, you can get the tracks cut up into individual pieces. The second installment will come out around a month later.

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released May 1, 2020

Eddie Garcia - guitar
All sounds written, performed, and recorded by Eddie Garcia

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1970s Film Stock Winston Salem, North Carolina

With only an electric guitar and a small army of pedals, Eddie Garcia builds complex little symphonies of sound, microcosmic devotionals to a world of kaleidoscopic wonder. Garcia woos listeners into an atmosphere of neon, upon which fluorescent melodies dance in tightly scripted patterns. These imaginative instrumentals are entirely absorbing. ... more

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