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After “Tain”, Allan got divorced, and had to give up his home studio. He therefore recorded this album almost exclusively with his SynthAxe in a temporary dwelling, as it did not require the complex setup of guitar recording. The music is brooding and quirky, with the fitting subtitle “Music for a Non-Existent Movie”. Tracks like “Eeny Meeny” and “Bo Peep” still feature some of Allan’s jazziest solos, with the aid of Dave Carpenter’s acoustic bass.
[[File:Flattire.jpg|200px|right]]"Flat Tire" is a 2001 solo album by Allan Holdsworth. After “Tain”, Allan got divorced, and had to give up his home studio. He therefore recorded this album almost exclusively with his SynthAxe in a temporary dwelling, as it did not require the complex setup of guitar recording. The music is brooding and quirky, with the fitting subtitle “Music for a Non-Existent Movie”. Tracks like “Eeny Meeny” and “Bo Peep” still feature some of Allan’s jazziest solos, with the aid of Dave Carpenter’s acoustic bass.


https://threadoflunacy.blogspot.no/2017/10/27-flat-tire-music-for-non-existent.html
==Track listing==
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|+Allan Holdsworth: Flat Tire ([[Allan Holdsworth Discography|D]] - [[Allan Holdsworth Solo Albums|S]] - [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k6BJDwjHtzCrTgAQgVms-u18RTlUVaz1U YT])
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!style="text-align:left;"|Track title
!style="text-align:left;"|Composer
!style="text-align:left;"|Length
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!1.
|The Duplicate Man (Intro)
|Holdsworth
|1:52
|-
!2.
|The Duplicate Man
|Holdsworth
|4:41
|-
!3.
|Eeny Meeny
|Holdsworth
|4:48
|-  
!4.
|Please Hold On
|Holdsworth
|4:01
|-  
!5.
|Snow Moon
|Holdsworth
|8:04
|-  
!6.
|Curves
|Holdsworth
|5:35
|-  
!7.
|So Long
|Holdsworth
|5:31
|-  
!8.
|Bo Peep
|Holdsworth
|3:46
|-  
!9.
|Don't You Know
|Holdsworth
|9:12
|}


'''Allan Holdsworth''': SynthAxe, guitar on "The Duplicate Man (intro)"<br>
'''Dave Carpenter''': Acoustic bass on "Eeny Meeny" and "Bo Peep"
=Quotes on "Flat Tire"=
==[[Untitled (Guitar Magazine? 2001)]]==
==[[Untitled (Guitar Magazine? 2001)]]==


Q: Did you change the members from last year?

A: I’ve been playing with these members for a few years in California. I played with Gary Husband on drums and Jimmy Johnson on bass last year. But this time Dave Carpenter on bass and Joel Taylor on drums.

Q: Have you recorded with this new trio?

A: No, but I’m going to do it, and I can’t say when it’s going to start because I don’t make any contract with record companies. Recently I recorded a new solo album using only Synthaxe. I recorded it besides the band and itís almost finished,though recording the bass and mix the tracks aren’t done. The album constitutes with Synthaxe and bass, no drums. Most numbers are like orchestra.
Q: Did you change the members from last year?


 
A: I’ve been playing with these members for a few years in California. I played with Gary Husband on drums and Jimmy Johnson on bass last year. But this time Dave Carpenter on bass and Joel Taylor on drums.


 
Q: Have you recorded with this new trio?




Q: So, can we hear the new album soon?

A: The album will be finish within a few months. But the release depends on record companies.
A: No, but I’m going to do it, and I can’t say when it’s going to start because I don’t make any contract with record companies. Recently I recorded a new solo album using only Synthaxe. I recorded it besides the band and itís almost finished,though recording the bass and mix the tracks aren’t done. The album constitutes with Synthaxe and bass, no drums. Most numbers are like orchestra.
 
Q: So, can we hear the new album soon?


 
A: The album will be finish within a few months. But the release depends on record companies.


==[[Allan Holdsworth interview (Music Maker 2003)]]==
==[[Allan Holdsworth interview (Music Maker 2003)]]==
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“Most of the things I played weren’t particularly technical in the sense of requiring exceptional dexterity,” he explains. “They were all about the emotion and staying true to supporting visual images. That’s very different from making a normal record, where the focus is on pieces of music and soloing within them. Also, other than having Dave Carpenter play upright bass on two of the pieces, I played all of the parts myself, including the ‘drum’ parts, which were done with an Alesis HR-16 drum machine. From a compositional standpoint, I’m most happy with the final piece, ‘Don’t You Know,’ which has the fake clarinets in the middle. That’s definitely the highlight of the album for me. I managed to do something I am quite proud of.”
“Most of the things I played weren’t particularly technical in the sense of requiring exceptional dexterity,” he explains. “They were all about the emotion and staying true to supporting visual images. That’s very different from making a normal record, where the focus is on pieces of music and soloing within them. Also, other than having Dave Carpenter play upright bass on two of the pieces, I played all of the parts myself, including the ‘drum’ parts, which were done with an Alesis HR-16 drum machine. From a compositional standpoint, I’m most happy with the final piece, ‘Don’t You Know,’ which has the fake clarinets in the middle. That’s definitely the highlight of the album for me. I managed to do something I am quite proud of.”


=Links=
YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k6BJDwjHtzCrTgAQgVms-u18RTlUVaz1U
Ed's blog: https://threadoflunacy.blogspot.no/2017/10/27-flat-tire-music-for-non-existent.html
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/master/560063-Allan-Holdsworth-Flat-Tire-Music-For-A-Non-Existing-Movie


Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Tire:_Music_for_a_Non-Existent_Movie
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