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a fire is meant for burning by Vlor
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fave it Instrumental Rock | Math Rock
12 tracks | 41 minutes
Released Aug 2006
on Silber Records
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Minimalist guitar experiments & collaborations from members of Remora, Aarktica, Lycia, Blessed Child Opera,Red Morning Chorus, & Jessica Bailiff.
Editorial review
Though Vlor's first two EP releases in the '90s were of a core duo, by the time of the band's formal debut nearly a decade later, Vlor was one of the members -- Remora's Brian John Mitchell -- plus a slew of collaborators, each adding something to original pieces created by Mitchell and sent to them for completion. A Fire Is Meant for Burning is as a result somewhere between a solo release with guests and a full-on collective, with Mitchell bringing in both musicians on his own Silber label and various fellow travelers elsewhere. The most prominent collaborators include Aarktica's Jon DeRosa, Jessica Bailiff, Jesse Edwards of Red Morning Chorus, and Nathan Amundson of Rivulets, with Lycia's Mike Van Portfleet and Paolo Messere of 6 PM providing other contributions. Starting with the gentle guitar meditation "Trust in Weapons," featuring DeRosa, A Fire Is Meant for Burning proves to be as warm and all-encompassing as the artwork suggests, with an equal emphasis on understated reverb and louder, more sternly powerful arrangements that suggest looming thunderstorms and dark evenings. "Wires" proves to be one of the strongest such songs, with literally everyone but Van Portfleet creating a massive collage of drones and feedback. Songs like "Houses Not Homes" and "New Machine" also play the <i>just aggressive enough</i> card, with the glazed layers of echo tempering the sharper edge of the riffs. Other standout numbers include "Horses in Deserts," with a softly loping key melody gently descending as Edwards, Bailiff, and Amundson add subtle textures and other guitar parts to the mix, and "Light at the Speed of Sound," like the first song consisting only of Mitchell and DeRosa, playing a calm and quite beautiful guitar duet. ~ Ned Raggett, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Vlor originally started way back in 1992 consisting of best friends Brian John Mitchell (Remora) & Russell Halasz with acoustic guitars doing Cure & Bauhaus covers. A lack of money for delay & reverb & looping units led to experimentation with natural reverbs in odd rooms & repetitive guitar drones, arpeggios, & riffs. In 1997 Vlor recorded the Lavished EP in a racquetball court & in 1998 Vlor recorded the Luxate EP on a four track. Unfortunately 1998 also seemingly marked the end of Vlor with Halasz moving to Florida.
In 2005 while working on archiving out of print releases for Silber, Mitchell realized what he loved & missed about Vlor was the excitement & freedom of music made with friends.
Mitchell recorded ninety minutes of initial guitar riffs & arpeggios & sent them to six friends for completion of the songs. Drone-pop-star Jon DeRosa (Aarktica) adds harmonium & serialist guitar parts. Mike VanPortfleet (Lycia) adds his trademarked highly harmonized & reverbed guitarwork.
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endearing guitartruedawn wrote on July 15, 2009
ebb and flow organic math rock