James Elkington - Pastel De Nada (2025)

"In 2023 James Elkington released Me Neither, a double album of solo guitar improvisations and experiments. He ended up thinking of it as a wordless collection of library music. 'Library music’ is a trove of anonymously produced sound that can be plundered for any kind of use and Elkington, the Chicago based British guitarist, fi­nds a freedom in this music that seems to come out nowhere. He follows up Me Neither with Pastel De Nada, a new 2xLP set where the 27 tracks amount to more of a toolkit than a library. Bright, optimistic strums like ‘The Lyre Concordia’, layered meditations like ‘Morny in the Earling’ and ‘The Caves at Aurangabad’, and tracks like ‘The Equal Spacing’ that tick and whir like little machines for generating joy. Elkington squares his guitars o‑ against textures, atmospheres and whispers of percussion."

Tracklist:
01-01 James Elkington - Morny In The Earling [2:16]
01-02 James Elkington - I, Altered [2:22]
01-03 James Elkington - An Anechoic Orchestra [1:54]
01-04 James Elkington - Sun Rats [1:38]
01-05 James Elkington - Pont Du Poivre [1:52]
01-06 James Elkington - Draw A Head [1:35]
01-07 James Elkington - Ortemega [2:19]
01-08 James Elkington - The Equal Spacing [1:30]
01-09 James Elkington - Nonpareils in a Bottle [3:11]
01-10 James Elkington - Nana Fermur [2:27]
01-11 James Elkington - The Submersible Community [2:00]
01-12 James Elkington - Don't Tell Anyone [1:52]
01-13 James Elkington - Golden K [4:04]
01-14 James Elkington - Ever In The Latening [1:32]
01-15 James Elkington - Window Weapon Speaks [0:37]
01-16 James Elkington - The Lyre Concordia [2:43]
01-17 James Elkington - Fast Eyes (And Neck) [2:02]
01-18 James Elkington - The Unexpected City [1:43]
01-19 James Elkington - A Moon Crows [2:28]
01-20 James Elkington - Build Your Own Background [1:44]
01-21 James Elkington - No Time Is Passing [2:10]
01-22 James Elkington - Very Berk Squad [1:58]
01-23 James Elkington - Everybody's Colleyland [2:05]
01-24 James Elkington - The Caves at Aurangabad [2:30]
01-25 James Elkington - The Cats Are Bored [2:14]
01-26 James Elkington - Daft Zenith Nought [3:59]
01-27 James Elkington - Night-Felt [2:39]