Blind Windows [Import]

Nash the Slash | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 8, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Magada
• ASIN: B00006L671
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #575,544 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Early Nash, March 27, 2008

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This review is from: Blind Windows (Audio CD)

Nash the Slash's first two albums re-released on one disc proves that, at times, there is justice in the universe. Though he's toiled in obscurity for over thirty years now, Nash the Slash's own unique take on avant-garde rock (imagine King Crimson playing guitar with The Who instead of Townshend)is well revealed on Bedside Companion and Dreams and Nightmares, his first two albums that comprise the present disc under discussion. As a whole, both of these albums are moody, abstract, expressionistic and--for the time--quite experimental: violin and mandolin, both electrifued and heavily processed with distortion, phasing, delay, etc. are used to good effect against an often mechanized backdrop of drum machines, keyboards, string machines and numerous effects. This is perfect music to listen to during a violent thunderstorm, as it has the same unpredictable character as a meteorological event. For those who love cinematic, surrealistic "rock" music, this it it, right here.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An Original From The Punk/New Wave Era, December 3, 2007

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This review is from: Blind Windows (Audio CD)

Starting as a member of FM in 1976 and going the solo route in 1978 on a variety of performance-art projects, Nash the Slash emerged in the Punk/New Wave era, and then as now, continues to defy any musical classification.

While the biography is sketchy about the Canadian multi-instrument performer - known for his work on electric violin and mandolin - he performs with surgical bandages on his face, there is no mystery that his musical talents are oftentimes absolutely spellbinding.

This CD, initially released in 1997, finds Nash the Slash covering the gambit of his artistic landscape - free jazz, avant-garde, classical, rock-n-roll - with 16 songs that clock in for nearly 80 minutes. The most interesting track is the 10-minute epic, Un Chien Andalou, though his three versions of Blind Windows and two takes of The Million-Year Picnic demonstrates the premium he places on interpretation over repetition.

Nash the Slash is truly an original who has retained creative energy through studio sessions, tours and CD releases. His catalog is hard to find, but Blind Windows is an excellent representation of Nash the Slash on top of his game.