Lorca - TIM BUCKLEY**

Lorca/Anonymous Proposition/I Had A Talk With My Woman/Driftin'/Nobody Walkin'

Lorca sees folk singer songwriter Tim Buckley move still further in an experimental avant-garde direction, that would see him lose much of his commercial appeal.

“Tim could have coasted by on his voice and looks, yet he insisted on challenging himself and his audience. These are mostly slow experimental dirges. You have to be kind of damaged and able to become obsessed with somebody to get this.”

"Tim Buckley had intentionally begun to explore experimental ideas, free form mellow jazz and loose jamming, on his previous two albums in an attempt to move away from his original more traditional folk-rock sound. Both of those albums are however still what I’d characterize as transitional, as they feature elements from both his early mainstream folk-rock style and his future more experimental style. With Lorca the transition is complete. While never completely forsaking his folk rock roots Tim Buckley takes you on a very different journey with Lorca.”

“This is about as close to late career free-jazz John Coltrane as just about any popular artist has got, and I love it for that.”

“Side one is pretty out there, Buckley removing form and structure from his sound completely on the title track in favour of a pump organ playing in an old horror movie style whilst an electric piano improvises lines alongside his vocal experiments. This style continues on the less grating second track which is a bit more successful. Side two carries on with mellow, dreamy acoustic folk-jazz with Buckley bending and shaping his voice into new forms. Driftin’ is particularly brilliant, and he signs off with the conga driven Nobody Walkin’ which shows his new interest in abstract funk.”

“The sounds are hollow and stark, the electric piano is nightmarish on the title track, and Anonymous Proposition is an incredibly abstract composition and performance, by far the most alienating and difficult to get through, though highly original. But the album does feature more relaxing and accessible songs, I Had A Talk With My Woman is very beautiful, Buckley perfectly integrates the stark tones and atmosphere with a very much easy listening song.”