Perrim, Paul
Itara
Itara is the debut solo album by Paul Pèrrimguitarist, composer, and anthropologistfeaturing a set of guitar-driven compositions that blend hallucinatory acid folk, abstract blues, mutant Eastern jazz, surreal ambient, and free improvisation into a vivid and distinctive sonic tapestry. With a background in ethnomusicology and a degree in Music Education, Pèrrim's work bridges popular and experimental music. He contrasts the acoustic guitar's austerity with the expansive possibilities of the electric guitar, drawing from late '60s folk traditions, contemporary fingerstyle, sound collage, drone, psychedelia, and improvisation. A key figure in the Canary Islands' experimental scene, he released two albums in the 2010s under The Transistor Arkestra, a Catalan collective merging free jazz and psychedelia. As Transistor Eye, his solo project, he merges analog electronics with guitar, using vintage synths and effects.