Gitkin

Gitkin’s Music Exists Somewhere Between Primal Rootsy Memory And Distant Exotic Yearning — A Dusty Bordertown Where The Familiar Blends Imperceptibly Into The Enchantingly Foreign. After A Long And Fruitful Run As A Bandleader With Relentlessly Touring Party-Rockers Pimps Of Joytime And A Grammy-Nominated Country Blues Collaboration With Cedric Burnside Multi-Instrumentalist Brian J Set Out To “explore Tonalities I’d Never Messed With ” As He Puts It. It Was A Release From “having To Write Lyrics Or Involve My Voice ” He Notes And So The Mostly Instrumental Sound Of Gitkin Came Into Being. Reviews Of Gitkin’s First LP Grappled With Descriptors Tagging It Vaguely As “cinematic” And Comparing It Favorably With Khruangbin. True The Music Is Largely Wordless Emotionally Evocative And Guitar Driven. But It Possesses An Alluring Alchemy All Its Own. Gitkin’s First Release 2018’s Well-Received Five Star Motel Amply Demonstrated His Ease With Earthy Funk And Comfortably-Cut Rhythm. On His New Full-Length Release Safe Passage The Itinerant Guitar Slinger Broadens His Already Rich Palette With Melodies Informed By Greek And Middle Eastern Modalities Peruvian Chicha And Tuareg Saharan Guitar Styles. No Gimmick This Juxtaposition Of Gut-Bucket Blues And Funk Low-End With Unexpectedly Twisting Lead Phrases Highlights The Intense Flavors Found In Each Savory Ingredient. Https //www.Instagram.Com/gitkin_Music/
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