First Recordings, 1997, by Chris Forsyth

First Recordings, 1997

by Chris Forsyth

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This is my first solo music. I recorded it on cassette 4-track in my Brooklyn apartment in 1997, pressed up 200 copies, and self-released it as a 7-inch in late 1998. Each track is named for the date on which it was made (August 17, 1997 and October 25, 1997, respectively). I think I thought that was very clever. Since I don't personally own a copy of the vinyl anymore and it's never been available digitally, I dug around until I found the DAT tape onto which I had mixed it down from my TASCAM. So, here you have it.

For context, this was recorded about a year after I moved to Brooklyn and about a year and a half before my studies with Richard Lloyd commenced. At the time I was very much under the spell of Loren Connors, Alan Licht, Derek Bailey, NNCK, Test, and other happenings in the non-rock underground of NYC. This was a very long time ago and a totally different era, but I do distinctly remember making both of these recordings and feeling like I had for the first time made music worth sharing. I was 24.

Though I quite literally had no idea how to sell or promote a record, I sent out a few review copies and to my absolute astonishment, David Keenan reviewed it in the February 1999 issue of The Wire thusly:

"The first solo release from Forsyth, of free guitar trio All Time Present, combines warped tapes and wailing voices, distant news broadcasts and dying parties with harmonically awry yet melodically accurate electric guitar thrashes. Alternating slamming chords with soaring single note leads, this is the best solo guitar record since Donald Miller's 'A Little Treatise on Morals.' Keep your eyes on this guy."

Reading it in the magazine, I got tingles - it was my first review ever. Thank you, David! And I immediately went out and bought that Donald Miller CD at Kim's on St. Mark's. It's terrific.

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released February 16, 2023

Chris Forsyth - guitar, tapes

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Chris Forsyth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

“...a scrappy and mystical historian… His music humanizes the element of control in rock classicism (and) turns it into a woolly but disciplined ritual.”
-NY Times

“...a near-perfect balance between 70s rock tradition and present day experimentation,”
-Pitchfork

“...one of rock’s most lyrical guitar improvisors,”
-NPR Music

Contact: info@thechrisforsyth.com
Booking: al@highroadtouring.com ... more

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Apr 19

Public Records

New York (NYC), NY
Jun 16

The Ardmore Music Hall

Ardmore, PA

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