light rivers Brad Allen Williams

• 1 laika 06:02
• 2 lux 03:49
• 3 satellites are spinning 05:03
• 4 theeme 03:57
• 5 novæ 05:42
• 6 the fruit 03:47
• 7 stars in a row 03:40
• 8 light rivers 01:53
• 9 cloud 788 05:07
• 10 sartorius 04:11
• Total Runtime 43:11

Info zu light rivers

Brad Allen Williams is a guitarist, producer and creative person who splits time between Los Angeles, where he lives, and New York City, where he’s a partner in The Bunker Studio. He’s toured and recorded with artists like Brittany Howard, Bilal, Nate Smith and Kinfolk, and Cory Henry, among others. He’s performed on Grammy-winning recordings and major feature film soundtracks, and has written and produced material for numerous indie artists.

Brad Allen Williams, programming, production
Fay Victor, vocals
James Francies, J. Hoard, vocals
Denitia, vocals
Melissa McMillan, vocals

Brad Allen Williams
Although known for his surrealistic guitar stylism, Brad Allen Williams describes himself as a “professional listener.” He serves music in many capacities—recording artist, guitarist, composer, producer—but in every role he centers absorption, openness, and response.

An early fascination with improvisation persisted to become a core musical value, animating collaborations and solo projects alike. It informs the openness, curiosity, presence, and relentless thirst for context that are his hallmarks—whether or not an instrument is in his hands, and whether or not the music centers the extemporaneous in any literal fashion. These qualities have made him one of the most unique and in-demand guitarists in the industry, performing and recording with artists like Brittany Howard, Bilal, and Nate Smith and Kinfolk. In every role, Brad Allen Williams brings a style that’s equal parts subtle and maximal; singular and stylized, but always in service of the music.

In Williams’s own words: “In some respects, I consider myself more of a professional listener than a professional player.” That’s not to suggest that Williams isn’t much of a player; few can play the guitar like he does. But the ability to place sounds within observed context ensures that each note has weight and purpose.

Perhaps the most magnetic element of Williams’ work: a penchant for kinetic playing scans not as academic exercise, but as artistic springboard. On his 2023 Colorfield Records release œconomy, he cast himself in productive opposition to his own instrument, which he feels became “over-leveraged in the last 100 years of popular music.” The mission is at once modest and extremely ambitious: he aspires to reimagine the guitar’s role and function on an atomic level, all while keeping service of music at the center.

“I'm obviously primarily a guitarist, and there's a little bit of a creative restlessness with the electric guitar in particular, because for the better part of a century now it's been strip-mined for all sorts of cultural significance,” Williams explains. “There's very little you can do on an electric guitar in 2023 that doesn't–whether intentionally or unintentionally–evoke some past cultural moment.”

Brad Allen Williams grounds outwardly-bold aesthetic choices in encyclopedic knowledge. The recording studio is just another instrument to him, a place where his passion for process and mechanics serves as a counterweight to the mischief. His entire world is built around the way we comprehend and respond, and when he says “I need to be well-informed about anything that I feel drawn to artistically,” it feels less like an offhand comment and more like a statement of purpose. (WILL SCHUBE)

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