Michael O'Shea – Michael O'Shea [LP] Avant-Garde / Leftfield Tokyo 1985

Tokyo 1985

the aim is not to go beyond the realm of human technical possibility but to expand it in the direction of human

is the true value of 7FO even without his guitar play

these recordings capture both the physical immensity and the glittering textural detail of Fusinato’s assaultive approach

For Rebilly and Chalk

Michael O'Shea – Michael O'Shea [LP] Avant-Garde / Leftfield Tokyo 1985"Having sold his instruments to fund a nomadic 1970s lifestyle, eccentric Irish experimentalist Michael OShea was forced to create his own handmade answer to the sitars and zelochords hed become accustomed to playing on his travels around the globe. Using an old door, 17 strings, chopsticks and combining them with phasers, echo units and amplification, the new device was to become his signature sound, mixing Irish folk influences with Asian and North