Name: Rhymes of Chance
Brand: Roy Montgomery

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

GY11-3CD

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-10-22

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Forte

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

60019761132

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

GY11-3

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600197611319

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Roy Montgomery

Genre GB

Experimental / Avant-Garde / Industrial / Noise

Label GB

Grapefruit

Grapefruit is a UK-based music label that specializes in psych/garage-era music from the 1966-70 timeframe. Managed by Cherry Red, Grapefruit focuses on releasing single-artist career anthologies and definitive versions of rare and classic albums. Each release features sympathetic artwork, rare photos, detailed liner notes, and high-quality sound from the original masters.

Roy Montgomery (born 1959) is a composer, guitarist and lecturer from Christchurch, New Zealand. His mostly instrumental solo works blend post-rock, lo-fi, folk and avant-garde experimentation. With a signature sound that can be described as atmospheric or cinematic, Montgomery creates complex layers of chiming, echoing and droning guitar phrases. Currently the head of the Environmental Management department at Lincoln University in New Zealand, he has played in several bands since 1980 and released solo albums on various labels.

Montgomery's musical journey began in the early 1980s when he started playing with different bands in his home country. Notably, he was part of [a299466], [a58470], [a58480] and [a277139]. Throughout his career, he has explored diverse genres while maintaining his unique style.

In addition to his band contributions, Montgomery has also released numerous solo albums on respected labels such as [l606] and [l23611]. These albums showcase his talent for creating captivating compositions that push boundaries and defy categorization.

Roy Montgomery, a pioneer of the NZ underground, believes there is always new sonic terrain to investigate. His latest series of albums for Grapefruit marks forty years of rigorous exploration in which he’s managed to navigate disparate genres, scenes, and atmospheres, always at the forefront of experimental independent music. . The third release of the series, Rhymes Of Chance, is the darkest entry of the four. Songs sound particularly spacious and minimal, with two tracks centering forlorn melodies around trusty collaborator Emma Johnston’s singing and two others sung by Montgomery himself. While Side A presents the six-part “Rhymes Of Chance” suite, Side B’s “Aspiratory” holds a clue to Montgomery’s approach on this record; a floating dirge stretches time, much in the manner Mark Hollis (to whom the song is dedicated) approached music.

Rhymes of Chance

Music GB