MARK WINGFIELD — Proof of Light (review)

MARK WINGFIELD — Proof of Light album cover Album · 2016 · Fusion Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
kev rowland
Over the years, Wingfield has built up a considerable reputation for being one of the most interesting and dynamic fusion guitarists around, and this 2015 release finds him yet again exploring the outer reaches of what sounds can be achieved on an electric guitar. That he has been influenced by Holdsworth is never in doubt, while the fluidity of Metheny is very much in play, along with some sounds more normally connected with Reuter. In fact, the other two people involved in this 2015 release are bassist Yaron Stavis and drummer Asaf Sirkis, and the three of them would soon join together with Markus Reuter to release the wonderful ‘The Stone House’.

Recorded in just two days, this is music that can only be created when everyone is totally confident in their own ability, and in each other’s, so that the music just flows like a river. All three at times appear to be following totally different musical paths, yet somehow it all connects together in manner that is full of space and light. All three are listening to the input of the others, while also creating something that is vibrant and dynamic. Sometimes the ears become distracted by the way that Stavis is creating his own melody, or Sirkis is driving though in a totally different manner, and focusses on them as the lead instrument before coming back to Wingfield. There are complete sections where he allows the others to take the lead and he hardly pays at all, waiting the right moment to come back in. The guitar stylings are quite unlike what many other musicians are producing, and the result is a distinctive sound that is refreshing, beguiling, innovative and entrancing, all at the same time.
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