METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE, ERIK HALL, SANDBOX PERCUSSION - Canto Ostinato FUTURE ISLANDS The ever-present Giant Sand and

The ever-present Giant Sand and their one-man cerebral traveller

“Looper was in my Walkman headphones on a few memorable tours

the guitars are right to the fore

including festival appearances at Wide Awake and SXSW

The huge volume of audio and film material from the archive has been painstakingly restored and upgraded by Clapton’s team of Simon Climie (audio production and mixing)

METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE, ERIK HALL, SANDBOX PERCUSSION - Canto Ostinato FUTURE ISLANDS The ever-present Giant Sand andCD. Sometime in 2020 I listened to Canto Ostinato for the first time, and my enthrallment with the piece had begun. I was transfixed by its particular amalgam of harmony, repetition, and pacing. By the spring of 2023 I had constructed and released my own solo interpretation, and I assumed at that point my working relationship with the composition had run its course. But I underestimated its magnetism. The following year I was back in its grips, having