Third and my personal favorite album by harpist/new age cheeseball Andreas Vollenweider. Each song runs into the next, colored by a bright, lush, ever-changing instrumental tapestry. Super cornball, guilty pleasure material.
Track listing:
1. Caverna Magica
2. Mandragora
3. Lunar Pond
4. Schajah Saretosh
5. Sena Stanjéna?
6. Belladonna
7. Angóh!
8. Huiziopochtli
9. Con Chiglia
10. Geastrum Coronatum
11. La Paix Verde
Hands and clouds
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| Constance Demby - Skies Above Skies (1978) |
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Best album the bloke ever recorded. Still doesnt sound dated a testament to a great record. Guilty pleasure who cares good music with a + vibe the world needs more! Need to check out his 1st release Eine Art Suite in XIII Teilen it was way ahead of its time mixing jazz, new age!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the positivity. I almost posted the first one, but went with this one because I listen to it more.
DeleteHi friend: Could you post the one you mention ("the first one")? Tks - Carlos
ReplyDeleteSure: http://www20.zippyshare.com/v/i4Vbw3nY/file.html
DeleteGreat! Tks - Carlos
ReplyDeleteHey Spirit all I can say is you have quite a collection of rarities beside your taste is diverse and NO RAP!
ReplyDelete"NO RAP" God I hate people like you
DeleteHate it in when people write off rap, didn't notice that when I approved that comment. Also, I've posted a bunch of rap.
DeleteI haven't thought about him in years. I actually got to see him in the eighties and I remember it being a decent show. There was a level of nausea involved from the overt new age-ness of the whole thing ("Welcome to our friendship" he said and the yuppie women were delighted), but I have no regrets.
ReplyDeleteWell AW isnt really new age he was just pigeon holed like alot of artists ie Steve Roach, John Serrie ad nausea just to sell their music. I would consider Andreas more world music/jazz that sap drivel like say David Lanz or Yanni! Lucky you to have seen an 80s show. I wouldnt see him today for free I just think his music today sux!
DeleteYep,I would say his music is cornball, there's plenty of other music out there I'd consider over Vollenweider. I say he was just a pop harpist, and had sort of an Alpine sounds (Swiss). I saw him back in the day and it was a wonderful evening. I have many of his lp/cds.
ReplyDeleteIts not cornball but if you really take 1981 into consideration no one was doing what he was doing with a harp so in that regard he was really pushing the harp beyond cartoon music and classical music trappings. But to each his own.Btw what the hell is Alpine sounds? Birds? Water dripping? Seriously.....
ReplyDeleteExcellent record! Is it possible to renew the link please? It seems to be down right now. Many thanks!
ReplyDeleteJust re-upped, have at it
DeleteMany thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi Dear_Spirit, any chance of re-up on this?
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! Love the blog, this must be my no1 spot finding new things that i didn't even know i liked!
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