NICK PYNN : REVIEWS :

 

In Mirrored Sky :

"A multi-instrumentalist of considerable skill, and a composer of sensitivity and imagination..." Spins.

"Fourteen tracks display a range of music which is really imaginative...This album is a must for the stressed out layman as well as for stringed instrument players to check out " Musician Magazine.

"...an individual take on folk music...Nick Pynn doesn't stick to the harmonic conventions, bringing unusual instrumentation into the idiom...an individual voice..."
Mark Russell. " Mixing It ", BBC Radio 3.

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Music From Windows :

“Multi - instrumentalist Nick Pynn composes contemporary instrumental music that draws its inspiration from folk, classical, and jazz. Featuring multi-tracking guitar, fiddle, dulcimer, bouzouki, bass, piano, and percussion, with additional musicians providing sax, clarinet, and flute, Pynn weaves soundscapes that are at times forceful, and at other times melodic. A quiet guitar piece will lead to a full scale, complex composition and then back to a simpler number. The recording ends with an interesting experimental piece commissioned for a multi - media dance performance. Compelling, challenging, imaginative, and always interesting.”

Jim Lee. Dirty Linen (US). April/May 2000.

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The Devil's Fiddler :

"What a showcase this is for Nick's fiddling talents...tunes arranged  by Nick in his own special way...the eponymous final track is a fitting end to this brilliant disc..."

Stuart Toff. British Bluegrass News.

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Nick & Dick :

The acoustic collaborations of Richard Durrant & Nick Pynn.

"...Durrant and Pynn's musical styles defy categorisation but share a highly  accessible  approach... "

The Punter.

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Rotator :

Inspired by 2002, the Year of the Palindrome, Jane Bom-Bane and Nick Pynn have created a collection of new songs and tunes that explore the reversible delights of rhythm 'n' rhyme.

Using an unusual combination of instruments - harmonium, violin, dulcimer, mandocello, guitar and theremin - they perform forward and backward melodies, lyrics and stories based on their various interpretations of the palindrome.

“…Rotator is a sincere, intimate programme of songs served up as a skillfully woven, reflective musical tapestry.” Musician Magazine June 2003.

Edinburgh Festival 2002. "Year of the Palindrome".
"...magi of mystical word and sound puzzles exploit the idea in some fascinating ways."
"...gives each musical riddle an unearthly quality.
Chloe Veltman. 'The Scotsman'. 17th August 2002.

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Hotel Rooms, Forests and Submaries (Limited Edition) :

The CD is a collection of compositions from 1993-2003, performed in his Edinburgh show 2003, including new tracks from the forthcoming 'Afterplanesman' album.

Nick's 'Music from Hotel Rooms, Forests and Submarines' has been described as an otherworldly music-box of original acoustic delights.

"Playing guitar, fiddle, dulcimer, mandocello, assorted bits of electronica, a pack of cards, and a set of tuned wine-glasses, Pynn occupies a musical landscape somewhere between Steve Reich’s minimalism and traditional jiggery-folkery."

Rob Adams. The Herald. Friday August 15th, 2003.

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Afterplanesman :

The CD 'Afterplanesman' is the third solo release featuring a variety of stringed instruments, theremin, wine glasses and playing cards. The album features instrumental and spoken word pieces which were performed in his Edinburgh show last year.

"Playing guitar, fiddle, dulcimer, mandocello, assorted bits of electronica, a pack of cards, and a set of tuned wine-glasses, Pynn occupies a musical landscape somewhere between Steve Reich’s minimalism and traditional jiggery-folkery."

Rob Adams. The Herald. Friday August 15th, 2003.

"Having worked on previous solo CDs, an album of world fiddle music and many recording sessions, multi-instrumentalist Nick Pynn offers his new album Afterplanesman with 14 instrumental tracks. There are certainly surprises in store: violins, poetry, acoustic guitar and playing card sound effects on the surreal Joker Jack. In addition, Heriot Row slinks hypnotically through minor and diminished chords to reach a happy-sounding conclusion.

Production companies should sit up and take note - this would sound very good indeed on films and programmes. Stunning and original, Afterplanesman is richly varied and wonderfully played with an intriguingly elusive style. A highly recommended recording."

Musician Magazine March 2005.

'Afterplanesman' CD features Nick Pynn : acoustic guitar, violin, mandocello, lap dulcimer, theremin, bass pedals, bouzouki, oud, playing cards and wine glasses.

Tom Arnold: drums, hammond organ, percussion and accordion. Olly Blanchflower: double bass. Jane Bom-Bane: harmonium. Arthur Brown, Astrid Williamson and Rich Hall: spoken voices.

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