Bill Orcutt

• Music for Four Guitars [Palilalia, 2022] A-

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Music for Four Guitars [Palilalia, 2022]
Now 62, guitarist Orcutt has his name on a discography of more than 60 titles including some 15 cassettes. So just because I happen to really like the cycling avant-minimalism of this 2022 entry doesn't mean I feel obliged to compare and contrast except insofar as this music in particular provides an excellent excuse to break out the Jon Hassell CDs I haven't heard in a while. And though you should feel free to talk minimalism all you like, Hassell is like Beethoven up against this guy, who tends to chime over more than cycle through. In other words: not background music, slightly hypnotic though it may be. A-