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Blues Rock Minimalism

by Black Hulled Ships

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1.
Inner Explosions 02:07
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2.
Leave Me To My Blues 03:07
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3.
You're Weird 02:37
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4.
Distortion In The Mist 02:14
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5.
The Changing Tides of Time 03:26
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6.
BB On The Beach 02:48
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7.
I'll Drive My Car To The Mountain Top 02:33
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8.
Following The Path Home 02:06
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9.
Problems Can Make You Have The Blues 03:15
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Dear Listener

Thank you for taking the time to listen to Blues Rock Minimalism, a collection of music which I hope is described by the title!

I tuned my guitar to open G (DGDGBA) after watching a documentary about Ronnie Wood. I was in the musical doldrums but when I started playing in the new tuning, lots of great ideas started to flow and I was reminded of some of my early Blues heroes Albert King and BB King who's influences I really hope can be heard on this collection. (Albert King's voice is sampled in 'Problems Can Make You Have The Blues'.)

I also draw on my love on the minimalist music of Philip Glass in particular and that can be heard in the simplistic repeating guitar riffs and mixtures of timings. This can be most obviously heard in 'BB On The Beach' which is an homage to Glass's 'Einstein On The Beach'.

Of course an album about the Blues touches on the more difficult aspects of human emotions but I hope I've done that in a light way, mixed with humour. For example in 'You're Weird' the listener is asked to have a laugh at the way society packages and labels you as weird if you're not fulfilling the 'dream' - and of course who is? The sampled voice on this track is the wise and venerable Ajahn Succito, a Buddhist Monk whose podcasts I am indebted to.

As ever, I ask you to bear with the strange style and janky production and dearly hope that you find something here which provides a little joy and distraction.

Kindest regards
Andrew

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released November 16, 2022

artwork credits: Many thanks to Tom Clarke for the image of the open American Road and Genevieve Rowley for the black and white lines segment which I have incorporated into the larger image.

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Black Hulled Ships Portsmouth, UK

My name is Andrew Rowley, I use a second-hand PC, free software and some battered old musical instruments to layer sounds, create songs and explore my musical inspiration for pure sonic enjoyment.

This catalogue includes work from my previous incarnation as Yacht Club and will soon feature new work created under the Black Hulled Ships name.

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