森と記録の音楽: [882] Steve Hubback

Label: Spoof
Catalog#: 0002
Format: Cassette
Country: Denmark
Released: 1993
DISCOGS OFFICIAL

1　The Quest　9:40
2　Natt Skulptur　4:55
3　Over The Treetops　4:16
4　As The Snow Falls　16:57

90年代以降、シンバルやゴングなどのメタル・クラフト/音響彫刻のデザイナーとして、ヨーロッパを巡りながら各地のレーベルに作品を残しているウェールズ出身の打楽器奏者Steve Hubback（スティーヴ・ハバック）。墓地や森の中など特殊な場所での演奏、自作楽器に見られる魔術/元始宗教的モティーフなど超俗なアイデアをもつ方で、ゴングの彫刻はヒーリング/セラピー/シャーマニズムなどスピリチュアルな分野で支持されているといいます。「The Quest」はデンマークのマイナー・レーベルSpoofから発表された93年のソロ作。Hammer Harp、Bowed Steel Harp Sculpture、Tuned Gongs、Fire Gongs、Ice Chimesなどの金属製楽器を用いて、それらがもつスピリットに導かれるまま音楽の原初へ回帰する、ミニマリスティックなエスニック・アンビエント。

bio.
It’s a long story, so here’s the short version. I lived as a drummer and percussionist from 1980 to 1990. I was always looking for special sounds and in 1990 in Scandinavia I began to learn metal craft so I could create my own instruments. Within 2 years I had some of the North’s best musicians performing on my creations. I had a powerful lucid dream in which I saw a drummer playing on a Norwegian mountain. His drum set was otherworldly and instead of playing a ride cymbal he played a living bronze Dragons wing. The sound was enchanting and magical and the audience were in trance. The dream stayed with me and after much thought and experimentation I forged my first Dragon cymbal sculpture in the early 1990′s. This was how I invented and pioneered cymbal and gong sculpting. Since then my path unfolds in mysterious ways. My gong sculptures are used by many people involved with shamanism. Sound healing/therapy and ocultists. My gongs have sounds and energies unlike any others. Deep, powerful and resonant. They are excellent healing and meditative tools. I’ve been making very high quality Sistrums for years. Each bronze bell is forged into shape, tuned and lathed. I also spend a lot of time in various countries finding suitable wood for my Sistrums. Their clarity, resonance and enchanting sounds have found favour with many involved with Shamanic healing work. - extracts from Biography | Steve Hubback official

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