Legendary pedal steel guitarist BJ Cole and Cristal Baschet player Secondson come together for a collaboration unlike any other. Though best known to many for his performance on Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer,” Cole has spent more than five decades redefining the pedal steel through work with artists including Brian Eno, David Sylvian, Björk, John Cale, R.E.M., and The Orb.
Written through a long-distance exchange before evolving into improvisation in the studio, Believed to be the first recording devoted to the interplay between pedal steel and the Cristal Baschet, There is Wonder Here explores the meeting point between Cole’s fluid, expressive pedal steel and the haunting resonance of the Cristal Baschet—an extraordinary acoustic instrument played by rubbing chromatically tuned glass rods with wet fingertips. The result is a deeply immersive dialogue that moves between ambient music, minimalism, improvisation, and contemporary composition while remaining remarkably song-oriented. Out now on Geology Records.
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