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Distance vs. Desire - A Tribute To Allan Holdsworth

Video cut together by the anonymous recording artist/producer who runs this Youtube channel, using footage by cinematographers featured on Vimeo. -This is my tribute video to Allan Holdsworth, who was a massive influence on me as an artist in general, and who we lost this last Spring. The video features a piece that I always used to play for people whenever they didn't understand how much more than a guitar player Holdsworth was. It's also a piece I always played for people whenever they denied how expressive a synthesizer can be. To this day, I do not know a synth solo that is more expressive and graceful than this one. I don't even know many acoustic pieces that are. If you have any knowledge of a synth solo that matches the expressiveness and fluidity of this one, let me know, but just remember how high a standard this is. Allan Holdsworth was a revolutionary enough electric guitar player that most people didn't realize how much of a synth innovator he actually was. In the 80s, he was using synth equipment that you would rarely even find among electronic musicians, let alone jazz musicians. He was one of the first, aside from maybe Michael Brecker, to really exploit breath controller functions for synth, which raised it's level of dynamic range drastically. The music in this video highlights that more than most any other Holdsworth example I can think of. The piece is entitled "Distance vs. Desire," and it was made in 1986. It has a crystalline sound quality, and is deep, sophisticated, graceful, dynamic and heartfelt, much like his other synth-based pieces. You would usually only get these qualities from classical or symphonic composers, not jazz musicians, so try to remember that while listening. Also, I know I have a tendency to use natural landscapes in my tribute videos a lot (lol), but really, that's because I find they are often the only way to match the fluidity, complexity and vastness that the music I'm featuring conveys. Plus, I used to listen to music like this while hiking in places like that, and back when I first discovered it, so I'm just trying to share the magic I've always known there. Enjoy it, and even though the music is ambient enough to relax to, there is still a lot more going on in it, so try your best to pay close attention as well. This is still the year of Holdsworth's passing, so RIP Allan. Your musical presence will be eternally missed.-