Barry Lynn - Taurus Tapes Vol. I. (2017)

Tranquillising pastoral ambient visions from the artist aka Boxcutter. RIYL Emeralds, 0PN, The Durutti Column

“After 2015's Esalen Lectures LP as The Host, Barry Lynn returns to Touch Sensitive under his given name with a twin set of ambient cassettes. The majority of the music on the Taurus Tapes results from live looping experiments using an electric guitar as the sound source, although a few tracks on Volume 1 were also created using synthesisers, and embellished with loughshore birdsong and fretless bass guitar.

The result is an intimate and evolving sound, sculpted live in the moment. Moving away from over-arching concepts, the tracks are mostly titled after the constituent stars in the constellation of Taurus, Barry's star sign, and a common sight in the northern winter sky. Shades of Fripp's experiments with Eno can be detected in the Gibson fuzz tone and drifting loops, as well as more Gottsching-styled exercises in tight repetition. “