Peter Visti's 12 minute reworking of "Jolene" has been on repeat through my speakers and in my headphones for three solid months. Parton's country classic, in all its melancholy top-heavy original has been ground down, torn away and spread into a thick, grey grind of dark materials.
This is a gloriously brutal rehash; the looped guitar that rolls heavy and solitary through the echoes of strings that are only a whisper of the wind pulled through abandoned houses slowly builds into a mesmeric balearic slow dance. It incorporates a minimal, unassuming beat, a slow pulse heralding the eventual influx of programming that sifts slowly through to male vocals that bounce off sheer desolation. The beat hypnotises, infiltrating and occupying the psyche until the harsh snap back to reality twelve minutes later
Visti hails from Denmark and is signed to Eskimo, which is also home to the likes of Lindstrom & Prins Thomas, LSB and Aeroplane. He does not appear to have a website, and only has half a dozen or so releases under his belt. His myspace is a simple personal account, where he mostly waxes lyrical about the joys of parenthood. However, his records are stocked by the likes of Phonica and Piccadilly Records (links on sidebar).
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