{"id":8625,"date":"2014-03-11T16:06:50","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T16:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=8625"},"modified":"2014-03-11T16:06:50","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T16:06:50","slug":"tangent-project-calm-after-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2014\/03\/11\/tangent-project-calm-after-the-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Tangent Project &#8211; Calm After The Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ec7c47e7602023876bc830c60af0e204.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8626\" alt=\"ec7c47e7602023876bc830c60af0e204\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ec7c47e7602023876bc830c60af0e204-300x284.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Winnipeg guitarist Tangent Project spent 18 months living in Mexico and returned home with his first album in a decade.<!--more--> The resulting music has rounder notes and warmer tones with a more human touch than his last effort, 2003\u2019s Emoticon. \u00a0The sound itself on <em>Calm After The Storm<\/em> is mellow mix of Lee Ritenour, Chris Rea, and Keller Williams; light and earthy, and \u00a0warrants comparison to Ritenour\u2019s Portrait and Keller Williams\u2019 Breathe.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The connection between song titles and music is tenuous at best for listeners when it comes to instrumentals, but with <em>Calm After The Storm<\/em>, the song titles are as integral to the experience as they for Mussorgsky\u2019s Pictures At An Exhibition; they eloquently frame the music contained. The result is a pleasant journey through Tangent\u2019s vacation photos. He does an excellent job of imparting his experiences, especially the intangible, emotional elements to the listener. \u201cJust Another Rainy Night\u201d sounds like a walk in the warm tropical rain. \u201cNight Walk In Centro\u201d has a slight Dick Tracy surf feel, and \u201cMariposa Dangerosa\u201d creates the air of excitement you feel as you explore your new surroundings with light staccato bup-bup-bup-bahs.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s a wonderful Sunday afternoon album full of hooks, riffs, and understated melodies that quietly embed themselves into your brain, emerging in the tunes you hum as you walk down the street.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">(Independent, <a href=\"http:\/\/tangentproject.com\/\">tangentproject.com<\/a>) <strong>Broose Tulloch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Winnipeg guitarist Tangent Project spent 18 months living in Mexico and returned home with his first album in a decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[563],"class_list":["post-8625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}