Vicky Mettler
Vicky Mettler
Vicky Mettler / Lake Mary Limited Edition Cassette Tape
Vicky Mettler Side A
Lake Mary Side B
Limited to 100 copies.
Design and Layout by Dustin Bowen
Mastered by Andrew Weathers
These pieces were recorded in Montreal, QC in 2014. They are early compositions that de-construct ideas stemming from improvisation techniques I was exploring at the time. These solo compositions would later lead to a song project ‘Kee Avil’.
Vicky Mettler is an experimental guitarist from Montreal, Quebec. Using various extended techniques and prepared guitar, Mettler creates idiosyncratic and strangely beautiful compositions.
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Mettler drops two 8-plus-minute excursions, written about six years ago and which became something else entirely in their lifetimes. But here we have the unadulterated experimentation Mettler was going through at the time, the harsh downstrokes of “Slie” interspersed with picked notes and other noises. The longer it lasts, the longer it gets under your skin, the more hypnotic and dronelike it becomes, which wasn’t an obvious hallmark at its outset. “Stick,” on the other hand, warbles and wiggles in the tropical wind, sounding like someone warped an old VHS tape of ukulele music. That is until the zither-effect takes over, and cacophony begins to reign.