Tashi Dorji :: Appa

Describing Tashi Dorji's music makes it seem pretty esoteric. The Bhutan-by-way-of-North Carolina guitarist creates improvised solo guitar pieces made up of skittering runs, buzzing strings, gamelan-like harmonics and other possibly unnameable sounds. But don't let that scare you off. Dorji's unusual approach translates into something positively magical -- and extremely listenable.
There was a great collection of earlier Dorji material on Ben Chasny's fledgling Hermit Hut label last year, but

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