A Dream Of Another releases on October 13th.
Portland, Oregon guitarist Ilyas Ahmed has announced the release of a new solo album.
A Dream Of Another is scheduled for release on October 13th through independent imprint Geographic North and is cited to see the nuanced songwriter scale his sonic palette back to little more than his favoured instrument and the accompaniment of a solitary drum machine. A prolific and far-reaching creative, Ahmed has spent close to two decades carving out a unique space within the wide spectrum of guitar-based music as a solo performer, a member of fabled instrumental outfit Grails and as a collaborator working with the likes of Liz Harris of Grouper notoriety.
Elaborating on his creative output, Ahmed explains
“The focus of my solo work has become existing at the nexus of form and formlessness. Like an overheard conversation or found object, an exposed exoskeleton of the idea of what an album is. A middle ground where each impulse is allowed and given equal space. Like a hazy memory of a faded picture. These pieces exist like the point waves retreat from the shore.”
A transfixing statement of intent that reinforces Ahmed’s chiming and meditative melodic sensibilities with a skeletal, mechanic groove, hear the forthcoming album’s first preview entitled ‘Little Devil’ in advance below.
A Dream Of Another releases on October 13th via Geographic North. Pre-order the album on limited blue vinyl here.
Words by Sam Wilkinson.
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