Artist description music for watching landslides by

Music Style before: lo-fi noise-pop, dark textural guitar rock. after: improv/noise/avant/sonambulent soundsculpture

Musical Influences dead c, beatles, keiji haino, john coltrane, krzysztof penderecki, labradford, swans, einstürzende neubauten, main, godspeed you black emperor!, sigur ros

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Artist History active as a solo artist in various guises since 1990, at one time a member of eclectic post industrialists TMA-1 and the metal smashing Leonard Nimoy, Peter also currently plays in Christchurch improv collective the CM Ensemble, the sporadic duo Brainlego, and has a long running collaboration with David Khan (The Drawing Room, DiS).

Group Members Peter Wright

Instruments guitars, violin, sitar, shortwave radio, percussion, various effects and processors

Albums Olympic (7

Press Reviews 'Duna' review. Peter Wright is a fresh addition to The Last Visible Dog's catalogue. Wright conjures his sounds from what seems to be all synthesised sources but you can never be really sure about that knowing how some other notable bands sound from using nothing but guitars with shiploads of effects as a friend of mine so nicely put it. Where ever the sounds may originate from they work eminently well as the soundtrack for an expedition to the Frigid Zone, majestically moving across miles and miles of ice with the biting wind hitting the explorer's face harder and harder at every step. "Miasma" is slightly warmer (everything is relative though) showing a bit of deceptive optimism before it settles down to a spine creeping finale worthy of any Omit record. Audaciously titled closer "Without a Second Thought He Turned His Back To the People and Painted the Walls" is exceptionally chilly and includes plenty of variety slowly unfolding from the monotonous to the harsh before giving to some shrieking textures as the whole thing fades away. Your headphones will love this and hopefully you will too. Mats Gustafsson, Broken Face. Clavius Clavius/Kepler (20 City 20C4 7") is a great, kneaded mass of guitar, sounds, recorded by New Zealander Peter Wright (who is also the leader of CM Ensemble). Gentle arrows of feedback arc themselves into rainbow quivers of drone and bowed string corntrails. The ability to edit this sort of material down to 7" proportions is something that many practictioners of the droning arts would not be able to pull off if you were holding a gun to their nose. Mr Wright displays an ability to make his point succinctly, when necessary. Hats off to him! Byron Coley The Wire Clavius Last year, 20 City released this 7 inch by Peter Wright, a sound artist from Christchurch, New Zealand. It features two compelling tracks of drones, deep atmospheres and rough textures. The sounds were made using bowed and prepared electric guitars, likely run through various delays in order to create an endless, dynamic drift. Wright achieves some stunning results here, especially on side two, titled "Kepler" (the tracks are named after two craters on the moon), where the deep, dark chords resound with great force, carried on the wings of an eternal drift. Reminiscent of projects by Rafael Toral, or even Markus Reuter's experiments on touch guitar, this recording is a short but noteworthy contribution to guitar-based ambient recordings. Nicely done. [Richard di Santo] Incursion Music Review

Location Christchurch, Canterbury - New Zealand

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