Guitar Sounds

Dirk Dresselhaus, who records as Schneider TM, toyed with the poppy side of glitchtronica on his 2002 album Zoomer, a record that remains his best known work. Guitar Sounds is about as far away from that as you can get, instead emphasizing his aptitude for drone oriented pieces, improvisation, and explorations on the margins of music.

Arriving shortly after Construction Sounds, Guitar Sounds suggested that Schneider TM's Dirk Dresselhaus was working on a series of albums that explored different kinds of instruments -- some conventional, some highly unconventional -- and the wide range of sounds they can make.

There are a few basic questions that everyone should keep in mind when sampling the new Schneider TM record Guitar Sounds: a.