Experiments in 'Playing with Oneself', by Adam de la Cour

Experiments in 'Playing with Oneself'

by Adam de la Cour

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1.	Electric bop 1 with snare drum accompaniment (trio) 00:52	buy track
2.	Acoustic blues 1 with jazz interlude (duet) 01:28	buy track
3.	Acoustic blues 2 (solo with duet finale) 02:05	buy track
4.	Scuttled (quartet) 02:05	buy track
5.	Acoustic bop 1 (duet) 01:20	buy track
6.	Jazz ballad with country blues lick and Tourette's accompaniment (quartet) 01:29	buy track
7.	Acoustic bop 2 (trio) 01:13	buy track
8.	"...the Adam of your labours" (solo) 05:44	buy track
9.	Acoustic bop 3 with electric slide accompaniment (quintet) 01:14	buy track
10.	Dyspepsia (sextet) 01:29	buy track
11.	Electric bop 2 with scat accompaniment (quartet) 01:30	buy track
12.	The obsessive-compulsive's guide to the acoustic guitar (solo) 06:19	buy track
13.	Tumour with two lunch breaks, solo interlude and end credits (quartet) 08:01	buy track
14.	Logorrhoea (solo) 06:04	buy track

about

The guitar is my first instrument, but by my late twenties I couldn't stand the sound of it, this was my attempt at rekindling the love affair.

All tracks are Improvisations recorded over three days (9th-11th of August 2009) in two different living rooms in Kent.

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released October 1, 2009

Adam de la Cour — Guitars, Vocals
Engineered by Joe Turner and Adam de la Cour
Produced by Alan Witts and Adam de la Cour
Mastered by Alan Witts
Album Art work and Design by Sam Nesbitt and Adam de la Cour

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