Source Signals is an album with music I recorded between 1981 and 1985. The album showcases a transition from pop-oriented guitar tracks to experiments with electronics in which the guitar was the main sound source. Several bass guitar overdubs and one guitar overdub were made before the album was released in 2019. My rediscovery of these tracks and the decision finally to release them also triggered a renewed interest in the guitar as a musical instrument.
After the LP Source Signals was released, I had been playing guitar at home almost on a daily basis, initially without a concrete plan. Gradually, however, an idea developed to compose an acousmatic multichannel work in which guitar playing would be the only source. This became Source Signals 2, an acousmatic eight-channel composition of almost 28 minutes.