{"id":14759,"date":"2021-02-25T12:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T12:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=14759"},"modified":"2021-02-25T12:39:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T12:39:03","slug":"estonian-guitarist-robert-jurjendal-releases-fourth-solo-album-water-finds-a-way-on-newdog-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2021\/02\/25\/estonian-guitarist-robert-jurjendal-releases-fourth-solo-album-water-finds-a-way-on-newdog-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Estonian Guitarist Robert J\u00fcrjendal Releases Fourth Solo Album \u201cWater Finds a Way\u201d on NEWdOG Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cOne can take the album WATER FINDS THE WAY as a coded story.\u00a0 Instrumental music has the power of imagination. It doesn’t say directly, the hidden meaning behind the title may be something else. I call this \u2018coded.\u2019 It carries a secret which I can’t open up to the end. I\u2019m sure that a sensitive listener will find his\/her own way into this complex world of music and art.\u201d \u2013 Robert J\u00fcrjendal, Aaviku Farmstead Studio, Estonia<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cWater Finds A Way\u201d continues the colorful guitar\/effects-based conception that J\u00fcrjendal began with his previous three solo efforts. With rich harmonies and melody lines, his musical language takes influence from the particular guitars and effects he uses. A graduate of Robert Fripp\u2019s Crafty Guitar School, J\u00fcrjendal became a member of Toyah Wilcox\u2019s band as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the new album, Robert plays his new custom-built electric guitar – a fully equipped system containing a Sustainer pickup which gives a life for the long-sustained notes. Using a guitar synth (though it’s hard to recognize) mixed with natural guitar sounds creating a unique hybrid.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Robert\u2019s previous release, \u201cSimple Past\u201d (Strangiato Records, 2016) was more rock-oriented, featuring one of the best Estonian drummers, Andrus Lillepea. \u201cOn Water Finds A Way\u201d Robert doesn’t use drums, except some percussion played \/programmed by himself. WFAW is also a \u201cfamily-affair,\u201d as Robert\u2019s wife, Signe, joins him for background vocals and there are beautiful themes and improvisations played on cello by Robert’s son Anti J\u00fcrjendal.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


For the first time on one of his solo albums, J\u00fcrjendal requested a track from an outside composer, Venezuelan synthesist Miguel Noya. Noya contributes Grey and Blue. The two had previously collaborated on the 2019 NEWdOG album, \u201cThe Power of Distance,\u201d as well as (with Paul Godwin) \u201cSamliku\u201d (NEWdOG 2018). They are also members of the new international ensemble project from Eternal Return \u201cOnce Only,\u201d due out February 23, 2021 on NEWdOG.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABOUT ROBERT J\u00dcRJENDAL\u00a0<\/strong>
Robert J\u00fcrjendal is an Estonian guitarist and composer, studied classical guitar and composition (Anti Marguste) at Tallinn Georg Ots Music School. During 1992-1997 he participated in Robert Fripp Guitar Craft Courses. Robert has composed for classical and contemporary guitar, cembalo, mixed ensembles, choirs; documentaries, art exhibitions and theater, across genres from folk to post-rock to ambient-jazz. With more than 50 albums, his recordings and performances include: T\u00f5nis M\u00e4gi, Riho Sibul, Celia Roose, Kaido Kirikm\u00e4e, Weekend Guitar Trio, Fragile, UMA, Markus Reuter, Tim Bowness, Jan Bang, Colin Edwin, Arve Henriksen, Jon Durant, Paul Godwin & Miguel Noya, Five Seasons, Vox Clamantis, Estonian Philharmonic Choir, Ellerhein Girls Choir etc.

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