Steve Tibbetts is a Minnesota-based guitarist, composer, and sonic explorer known for weaving hypnotic tapestries of sound that defy easy categorization. Blending fingerstyle acoustic guitar, heavily processed electric tones, and global percussion, his work feels like a cross-continental trek through deserts, jungles, and misty mountains—all from your headphones. A longtime collaborator with ECM Records, Tibbetts has spent decades merging his love for Indonesian gamelan, Tibetan chant, and raw electric blues into albums like *Natural Causes* (2010) and *Life Of* (2014), often featuring percussionist Marc Anderson’s rhythmic alchemy. His 2022 remasters of classics like *Black Mountain Side* and *Vision* reintroduce his 1980s-’90s fusion experiments, while anthologies like *Hellbound Train* showcase his knack for turning guitar loops into meditative, otherworldly journeys. Equal parts studio tinkerer and globetrotting mystic, Tibbetts crafts music that’s as introspective as it is expansive.
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