paul dmitri wilder aka chaos/trade union - acoustic & electric guitars; ambient drone, catchy noise, limiting samples, incoherent vocals, random vs. random, and other things in this life that are familiar...vegetarian, poet, liberal, friend.
P.D.W. / 4 FIVE YEARS OR SIMILAR (hear)
P.D.W. / 5 DECEMBER (San Diego) (hear)
coming soon, available via paypal from zk.
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“drone guitarist p. d. wilder...a tad more conventional in a post-kranky sort of way, conjuring aural snapshots of ambient eno and windy & carl against the melting backdrop of swirling visuals.” – lee jackson, dead echoes roundup, foxy digitalis.
“if a broom swept the tile floor of a ghost town’s back porch, with infinity in its breadth, it might resemble the sound of this guitar...” – david caddell, the local.
“flowing sounds and sensitive dissonances seem no less fascinating than flying saucer attack...with an apocalyptic folk tendency, above all during the singing.” – salvo pinzone, losing today.
“p. d. wilder, one third of austin road warriors hotel, hotel, using his guitar as a gateway to serene places where beauty has a deep undertow” – michael chamy, dallas observer.
“expansive soundscapy guitarist with a patient mastery of timbre & texture, light & shadow” – womblife.
“he creates dense atmospheres, restrained but brimming with feedback and pulsing guitar drones.” – richard di santo, incursion.
“chaos’…otherworldly droning become the atmosphere, leaving the half-sleeping mind confused as to what’s real and what’s recorded.” – zak metz, distortion.
“consists of swirling and scratching string manipulations and percussive patterns, along with a lazy valium laced vocal style that makes for an interesting marriage of psychedelic and experimental free-improv elements.” – jerry kranitz, aural-innovations.
“acoustic guitarist chaos...lay down droning black holes of psychedelic strum.” – dead angel.
“a dissident sounding album of stark, beautiful minimalism and drone through guitars and marginal erratic, processed scat vocals, the long await...– jackal blaster.
“texas drone guitarist. minimal and ambient guitar washes create a spooky and ominous vibe. a few whispered vocals. fans of loren mazzacane connors will enjoy this. nice. recommended.” – cactus, kusf 90.3fm, lovemuzzle.
“ein torture-garden-feeling wie bei viscera oder ähnlichen knights & queens of darkness der 80er Jahre, aber eben völlig ohne Beat, nur die schwarzen Schwingungen der Saiten wie durch einen Spiegel in einem dunklen Wort (per speculum in aenigmate)” – rigo dittmann, bad alchemy.
“envision dense staticy drones accompanied by ambient drifts, grungy interference and occasional lyrics, buried deeply in reverb and further muffled by the swirling mix.” – david j. opdyke, ambientrance.
“stratospheric post-rock for sad, sensitive wanderers...powerfully resonant guitar drones evoke densely textured tracts of space.” – dave segal, alternative press.
