This
latest offering from Liverpudlian composer Neil Campbell is inspired by William
Morris’s socialist and environmentalist novel News from Nowhere which along
with much classic literature, is available for download from several sources
over the internet.
Neil
Campbell produces a euphoric collage of classical and acoustic guitar to match
the fingers of John Williams, with added genius in blending the handclaps of
flamenco, the atmosphere of harpsichord and harmonium, and prog rock
synthesizer flourishes into a satisfying and coherent whole.
This
recording together with Morris’s text which it references, throws into stark
relief the big questions of our day which must be Campbell’s intention who also
comes from one of the great cities of the industrial revolution. It adds to the impetus ramped up last year by
Sir David Attenborough’s address on plastics in Blue Planet II for an urgent
rethink of the effects of industrialisation.
Reading the novel supports the need for new visionaries to confront signs
of a current malaise in our worldwide political leadership.
NE
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