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"Right out of the gate, this solo bass set is no-holds-barred, intense improvisation that grabs the attention. 'Bastard Hawk' has acoustic bassist Aaron Lumley channelling his inner raptor &amp;#8213; screels and squalls, thumps and scrapes appear with dizzying rapidity. Rhythmically energetic, the brief 'Woodwose' makes its statement emphatically and then shuts up &amp;#8213; nice. Some pieces are less succinct, but no less intriguing and don't wear out their welcome, like 'Coyotes Proclaim Her Arrival,' with has some dolorous double-stops and dissonance. 'Among the Oaks' is resonant, with low-end rumbling pitches vying for dominance, which the bassist controls deftly, giving precedence to one and then bringing another into focus. Lumley employs a rainbow of techniques: strumming, bowing, tapping, hammer-ons, pull-offs, scrapes and scratches, all on gut rather than steel strings, which brings increased challenging unpredictability into the sound-making process. Because he's always changing how he elicits his sounds and which ones are combined there are no dull moments. For a solo bass recording &amp;#8213; often sober, oh-so-serious documents &amp;#8213; Wilderness is relentlessly energetic and engaging."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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