Corbett vs. Dempsey pubblica in cd per la prima volta in modo integrale - alla versione apparsa nel 1993 in coppia con The Death of the Rare Bird Ymir era infatti stato tolto qualche minuto, per ragioni di spazio - uno degli album più belli del compianto Hans Reichel (1949-2011): Bonobo Beach, fulgida gemma della collana Fmp fin dal suo primo apparire, nel 1981.
Subtitled “some more guitar solos,” Bonobo Beach was German guitarist and instrument inventor Hans Reichel’s fourth and final record of solo guitar works. After this record, Reichel would turn much of his attention to the bowed wooden-tongued instrument he created called the daxophone. Reichel recorded the six tracks at his home in Wuppertal in April, 1981, and in the process made what might be his masterpiece. These are not just some more guitar solos. Concentrating largely on acoustic guitar with no frets as well as his electric pick-behind-the-bridge guitar, he transforms tones into crystalline formations – patience with resonances, attention to silence, formation of symmetries around a common sonic point, jetting notes that arc and spread and then hover. This CD reissue, licensed directly from FMP, restores Reichel’s original artwork and design for the LP, as well as an amusing insert tracking the development of his guitars from 1972-1981. A beautiful, essential document from one of the great outsider guitarists of all time.