On the 4th of November Nibs van der Spuy released his all acoustic album, ‘Morning Star’, in what is seen as a radical departure
to Nibs’ highly acclaimed solo catalogue. What sets this album more apart is that it was recorded in one day and all the material was
written 4 months prior to entering the studio. Secondly this is Nibs at his most musically naked. It album features only his voice and
various guitars recorded simultaneously, usually in the first or second take.
When asked for the reasoning for this different approach, Nibs had the following to say. “I’ve always wanted to record an album
essentially ‘live’ in the studio and totally solo. In pretty much the way Bob Dylan recorded his first 3 solo albums, saying it the way
it is, in an organic and real fashion. Those albums still sound fresh and timeless 50 years later. Nick Drake did it 10 years after Dylan
with his ‘Pink Moon’ album. Recorded in ten hours, it has now become a folk masterpiece and a reference to the NU FOLK movement
of the new millennium”.
“Another huge inspiration for this departure to the norm is Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ album, recorded in his lounge. With
this nakedness the imagery is so powerful that you can taste the dust in your mouth. Lyrically and musically I wanted it to be so fresh
and close to the bone, almost as if I was singing the songs for the first time. With ‘Morning Star’ I wanted the ‘out back’ South African
experience to be the backdrop. Ghost trains travelling through desolate landscapes. Dry River beds, bitter wine and abandoned Cape
Dutch houses”.
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