<span class="_5yl5"><a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Erik_Nilsson_2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-12500" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Erik_Nilsson_2-300x300.jpg" alt="Erik Nilsson" width="300" height="300" /></a>On 'Ex Nihilo', the quicksilver opener to his superb 2015 album <a title="Hearing Things" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/erik-nilsson/"><em>Hearing Things</em></a>, <a title="Erik Nilsson" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/erik-nilsson/">Erik Nilsson</a>'s impressionistic deployment of the guitar is very much in the tradition of Talk Talk's Mark Hollis: minimal notes, maximum impact. The track beautifully sets the stage for the album to follow, putting the listener in a receptive, contemplative mood that allows Nilsson to work his magic to best effect.
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