Nigel Gavin

nigel-gavin.jpgNew Yorker Nigel Gavin has called New Zealand home for over a decade. After founding the now legendary Gitbox Rebellion in the late 80’s, Nigel collaborated with Robert Fripp for several years as a member of The League of Crafty Guitarists.

In NZ, Nigel was a founding member of well-known local bands The Nairobi Trio, The Jews Brothers Band and Snorkel. He has most recently played with The Blue Bottam Stompers, Below the Bassline, Caitlin Smith, Jonathan Besser and many others. He has also featured with Australian bands Gumbo
Fever, Beacastuff, and Monsieur Camembert.

Nigel Gavin - Music for Flem Vol. II

flem 117 px.jpgMusic for Flem is a quirky, atmospheric and beautiful soundtrack for an imaginary movie by guitar virtuoso Nigel Gavin. The instruments used are guitars, basses, frame drums, 5 and 8 string banjos, sheng, flower pot, mandolin, and loops of various combination of the above, played and recorded by Nigel.

Music for Flem Vol. II

Music for Flem Vol. II (CD) $25
Music for Flem Vol. II (DD) $17.50
01 Rain Dance $1.75
02 Bugnuts and Beefcake $1.75
03 Storm in a Teacup $1.75
04 Aspiration $1.75
05 Dodi Li $1.75
06 The Smug Archangel $1.75
07 Six Saintly Shrouded Seamen $1.75
08 The Nine Changes of the Watery Star $1.75
09 Bass Grain $1.75
10 Sving-ing-ing! $1.75
11 B $1.75
12 Overtime at the Spoon Factory $1.75
13 In Tension $1.75
14 Glad Tidings $1.75
15 Spiral $1.75
16 Ground Luminosity $1.75

Reviews

“Over (the) 16 tracks, Gavin conjures up images of dark alleys behind a funky poolhall (the Waitsean Bugnuts and Beefcake), moonrise over a forest (Aspiration), what he appropriately calls a “spaghetti eastern” (the middle eastern cowboy theme on Dodi Li), a hypnotic rippling of repeated guitar figures (Bass Grain), some 80s casino-lounge swing (Sving-ing-ing), a cheerful morning on a warm Pacific beach (Glad Tidings) and much more. Whatever you imagine, in fact.”

The Herald

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