Ian Wadley – Three Uneasy Pieces CD

Using a guitar and a few electronic devices, Ian Wadley creates meandering soundscapes that will stick in your head and haunt you long after the performance has concluded. Fresh ideas mingle with hints of familiar tunes and random access reworks of a musical career that spans decades. Once described as "Derek Bailey channelling Jimi Hendrix", Ian is equally at home with ambient transistor radio as the sound of a passing tram. "Three Uneasy Pieces" (Sweatlung, 2006) is Ian Wadley's debut solo CD. Ian has spent time as a member of numerous groups (Bird Blobs, Holy Ghosts, Minimum Chips, Function, Small World Experience, the Closesthing, Dumdums, GobbleGobble, the Deep End, Tendrils, and more). Ian hails from Brisbane, has spent decades in Melbourne, toured the US, Europe, UK and Japan, playing and recording solo and with various others. "Three Uneasy Pieces" was recorded live in Melbourne by Jared Nelson and mixed by Chris Grier. It was Ian's first solo guitar gig in a while, having been through a phase of improvising compositions for piano.