This ten-track effort, the followup to his vastly underrated (and recently reissued) debut EP, Audience of Strangers, was actually never planned upon. The idea for a new album came up rather suddenly, but Brian answered the call and delivered a tight set of all-new material while managing an even tougher task -- staying out of his band's song catalogue.
Recorded live over the course of a single day, Folk -Pas seems pre-destined to be the least calculated album in Erickson's ever-expanding catalogue. Its accessability is revealed immediately with the opener, "Speak at All," but its intimacy remains unquestioned in a song like, "Cracks."
Folk - Pas is an experiment in spontaneity, it is an exercise in songwriting, but most of all it is an example of what Brian does best -- just sitting back and letting the music happen, completely unforced.
Guitars
Ibanez PF5 Left-Handed Acoustic
Ibanez Artist Series Electric
Eastwood Violin-Style B-Bass
Amplifiers & Effects & Pickups
Fender Acoustasonic 30-Watt Amp
Fender 10-Watt Practice Amp (on loan from Bill)
Digitech Bad Monkey Tube Overdrive
Digitech Tone Driver Overdrive
Digitech Hot Head Distortion
Digitech Main Squeeze Compressor/Sustainer
Dean Markley Single Coil & Humbucking Pickups
Recording
M-Audio Pre Amp
Live Wire Cables
OM2 Stage Mic
Marshall MXL 90 & 91 Condensers
Sonic Foundry Sound Forge & Cool Edit Pro Software