Derek Bailey (January 29, 1930 – December 25, 2005) was a free improvising … Read Full Bio ↴Derek Bailey (January 29, 1930 – December 25, 2005) was a free improvising avant-garde guitarist. The most noticeable feature of his style is what appears to be its extreme discontinuity, often from note to note: there may be enormous intervals between consecutive notes, and rather than aspiring to the consistency of timbre typical of most guitar-playing, Bailey interrupts it as much as possible: four consecutive notes, for instance, may be played on an open string, a fretted string, via harmonics, and using a nonstandard technique such as scraping the string with the pick or plucking below the bridge.
Many of the key features of his music –radical discontinuity, the self-contained brevity of each gesture, an attraction to wide intervals– owe much to Bailey's early fascination with Anton Webern, an influence most audible on Bailey's earliest available recordings, Pieces for Guitar (1966-67, issued on Tzadik).
Playing both acoustic and electric guitars (although more usually the former), Bailey was able to extend the possibilities of the instrument in radical ways, obtaining a far wider array of sounds than are usually heard. He explored the full vocabulary of the instrument, producing timbres and tones ranging from the most delicate tinklings to fierce noise attacks. (The sounds he produced have been compared to those made by John Cage's prepared piano.)
Typically he played a conventional instrument, in standard tuning, but his use of amplification was often crucial. In the 1970s, for instance, his standard set-up involved two independently controlled amplifiers to give a stereo effect onstage, and he often would use the swell pedal to counteract the "normal" attack and decay of notes. He also made highly original use of feedback, a technique demonstrated on the album String Theory (Paratactile).
Many of the key features of his music –radical discontinuity, the self-contained brevity of each gesture, an attraction to wide intervals– owe much to Bailey's early fascination with Anton Webern, an influence most audible on Bailey's earliest available recordings, Pieces for Guitar (1966-67, issued on Tzadik).
Playing both acoustic and electric guitars (although more usually the former), Bailey was able to extend the possibilities of the instrument in radical ways, obtaining a far wider array of sounds than are usually heard. He explored the full vocabulary of the instrument, producing timbres and tones ranging from the most delicate tinklings to fierce noise attacks. (The sounds he produced have been compared to those made by John Cage's prepared piano.)
Typically he played a conventional instrument, in standard tuning, but his use of amplification was often crucial. In the 1970s, for instance, his standard set-up involved two independently controlled amplifiers to give a stereo effect onstage, and he often would use the swell pedal to counteract the "normal" attack and decay of notes. He also made highly original use of feedback, a technique demonstrated on the album String Theory (Paratactile).
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O.M.S. - N.M.A. Alguien sencillo Desde chiquillo trayendo el estilo Masizo c…
Saïm Ha passat molt de temps, ja res m'ocupa els buits. No hi…
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Laura You know the feeling of something half remembered Of somethi…
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KAZUYUKI Wat
He wrote one book which title was "Improvisation". Nearly 20 years have passed since I read it. Middle-aged guys who had loved punk music in their youthful era, finally they pick up his records..
F Maria Regalado
This slaps. I've never met a dude named Derek who wasn't weird as shit.
ewan allinson
'84-'87 I would travel most weekends to Bethnal Green library in London's east end to hear the great Mr. Bailey improvise with others or on his own. Musical epiphanies every time.
Brenna
Derek was seriously one of the most innovative guitar players, had an extremely developed non-idiomatic sound
DeArmond Geezer
Genius on both electric and acoustic, Derek created a whole new vocabulary for the guitar. I was privileged to see him play several times, his musical ear and dynamic touch were second to none.
Tony Mostrom
I saw him in L.A. and London, really something to see.
pietro aligi Schiavi
Avant-garde Genius.......I love his experimetalism...from dadaism to futuristic music and John Cage sounds with six strings
No Not
Really really like this very very much!!
Wesley Harden
Transcendental music!
Udo Matthias drums
still love it!!