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[[File:Hardhatarea.jpeg|200px|right]]"Hard Hat Area" is a 1993 solo album by Allan Holdsworth. “Hard Hat Area” features just one band: Gary Husband, Steve Hunt, and new bassist Skuli Sverrison, who toured prior to recording, so there’s a sense of cohesion not heard since since “IOU”. The music is dense, long tracks and long solos, but at the same time uplifting in rare sense for a Holdsworth record. Mostly guitar, plus a little SynthAxe, especially on the title track. | |||
==Track listing== | |||
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|+Allan Holdsworth: Hard Hat Area ([[Allan Holdsworth Discography|D]] - [[Allan Holdsworth Solo Albums|S]]) | |+Allan Holdsworth: Hard Hat Area ([[Allan Holdsworth Discography|D]] - [[Allan Holdsworth Solo Albums|S]]) ([https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nsy89_9h0ew6-HPCnVMYcByi1hD-hfbv4 YT]) | ||
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'''Steve Hunt''': Keyboards | '''Steve Hunt''': Keyboards | ||
==Summary of quotes on "Hard Hat Area"== | |||
"Hard Hat Area" is an album by Allan Holdsworth, released in 1994. The title track features synthesizers and was inspired by the imagery of a high-rise building being constructed in Tokyo. Holdsworth discusses the difficulty of playing the piece "Tullio" on the album and mentions that he prefers playing over chord changes, whether he wrote them or not. He also discusses the challenges of recording the album and the use of synthesizers, particularly the SynthAxe. The album is described as having a more live and organic feel compared to his previous work. Holdsworth expresses satisfaction with the album and his band's tight performance after extensive touring. ''[This summary was written by ChatGPT in 2023 based on the quotes below.]'' | |||
=Quotes on "Hard Hat Area"= | |||
==[[Allan Holdsworth: An interview (Atavachron 1994)]]== | ==[[Allan Holdsworth: An interview (Atavachron 1994)]]== | ||
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When it feels complete. I have a lot of ideas where something is there, but I know it’s nowhere near completed. So, I keep working on it until it makes a complete circle. It’s like putting two ends together. I keep working on a tune harmonically until I feel there’s a resolution. I also like to modulate things, so even though it sounds like I’m playing the same thing twice, it’s being played in a different key. You hear that on the tune “Tullio” on '''Hard Hat Area'''. I think it’s the longest chord sequence I’ve done. The whole solo section for keyboards and guitar is the same. It sounds like it’s almost repeating, but if you listen, you realize the keyboard solo happens just one time. It’s an example of how I let something complete itself in that I keep playing until I feel the piece makes a whole circle. | When it feels complete. I have a lot of ideas where something is there, but I know it’s nowhere near completed. So, I keep working on it until it makes a complete circle. It’s like putting two ends together. I keep working on a tune harmonically until I feel there’s a resolution. I also like to modulate things, so even though it sounds like I’m playing the same thing twice, it’s being played in a different key. You hear that on the tune “Tullio” on '''Hard Hat Area'''. I think it’s the longest chord sequence I’ve done. The whole solo section for keyboards and guitar is the same. It sounds like it’s almost repeating, but if you listen, you realize the keyboard solo happens just one time. It’s an example of how I let something complete itself in that I keep playing until I feel the piece makes a whole circle. | ||
=Links= | |||
YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nsy89_9h0ew6-HPCnVMYcByi1hD-hfbv4 | |||
Ed's blog: http://threadoflunacy.blogspot.no/2017/09/25-hard-hat-area-just-for-curious-1993.html | |||
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/master/18387-Allan-Holdsworth-Hard-Hat-Area | |||
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Hat_Area | |||
[[Category:Solo albums]] | [[Category:Solo albums]] | ||
[[Category:Discography]] | [[Category:Discography]] | ||
