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Pat Metheny Group: Offramp

3 May 1982 · 45 YEARS

Offramp

Pat Metheny Group

ECM Records provided the setting for these expansive, lush arrangements. The work highlights how Lyle Mays utilized keyboard textures to complement the experimental tones generated by the Roland GR-300 guitar synth.

The resulting compositions feel both futuristic and deeply human. It documents a change in direction for the collective, as they moved toward an electronic-focused style during the early eighties.

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