Ever the sonic experimentalist, Mike Oldfield uses guitars exclusively (strummed, plucked, struck, sampled, and more) to create every sound on “Guitars”. The more delicate, acoustic pieces, such as “Summit Days,” “Muse,” and “Enigmatism” possess the meditative, elegant quality listeners have come to expect from Mike Oldfield. By contrast, the crunchier rock guitar ensembles seem to lack his usual sense of order and purpose. “Four Winds,” an unfinished cluster of distorted racket, particularly misses its mark. Innovative and at times beautiful, “Guitars” remains another intriguing experiment from one of modern music’s most ambitious icons.

 
• A BOLD CONCEPT ALBUM CREATED ENTIRELY FROM GUITAR SOUNDS ONLY.
• A SHOWCASE OF GUITAR VERSATILITY, FEATURING STRUMMED, PLUCKED, STRUCK AND FULLY SAMPLED TEXTURES.
• INCLUDES BEAUTIFULLY ATMOSPHERIC PIECES LIKE SUMMIT DAYS, MUSE AND ENIGMATISM, HIGHLIGHTING OLDFIELD’S MELODIC SENSITIVITY.
• FEATURES DYNAMIC ROCK-ORIENTED TRACKS THAT PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF GUITAR-BASED COMPOSITION.