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**1/2 Patrick O'Hearn
METAPHOR
(Deep Cave)
Former Zappa, Group
87, and Missing Persons bassist/multi-instrumentalist O'Hearn returns with his
eighth solo outing of electronic music that equally skirts the trappings of
New Age and ambient, utilizing lush synthetics, resonant bass lines, and exotic
percussion. Romance pervades everything the composer touches, and the diverse
Metaphor is no exception, whether it be communicated via pretty textural
guitar, haunting keyboard atmospheres, or dramatic percussive crescendos. The
rhythmless deep electronics of "Images in Stone" slowly create enveloping waves
of sound. Also striking is the ambient slow dance of "Patience My Friend." And
closer "Faith and Endurance" intelligently juxtaposes the tension of flittering
textural guitar and a gradually building percussive rhythm with hopeful
keyboard passages, producing an absorbing climax. The second release on
O'Hearn's new Deep Cave label, Metaphor features guest appearances by
guitarists David Torn and Warren Cuccurullo.
-- Bryan Reesman
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