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AEOLIAN STRING ENSEMBLE - Eclipse

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: Robot Records RR-32 Release Year: 2005 Note: second album of this British wind harp and "wind vanes" project, who created dreamy ether sounds, extremely sublime and mesmerizing: this CD contains 3 tracks recorded 1981-1999, a must for any contemplation / nature drone lover; artwork: CHRISTOPH HEEMANN; BACK IN STOCK Price (incl. 19% VAT): €16.00 Warning: Currently we do not have this album in stock! More Info Nach Jahren endlich das zweite Album dieses anonymen, wohl britischen Drone-Projekts, das schon seit über 20 Jahren existiert, und die v.a. mit Wind-Harfen und „Wind Vanes“ arbeiten.... enthalten sind hier drei Stücke mit träumerischen Äther-Drones, sublim und erhaben: ESPACIOS von 1986 (gewidmet CESAR MANRIQUE), K1 von 1981 (!), und das Titelstück ECLIPSE, welches live zur Sonnenfinsternis am 11.August 1999 eingespielt wurde! Artwork: CHRISTOPH HEEMANN. „This is the follow-up to 1998's 'Lassithi/Elysium' CD on ROBOT RECORDS and feat. a collection of recent, early, and live material. Cover artwork by Christoph Heemann.” “The first time I got across the name of Aeolian String Ensemble was perhaps twenty years ago. Despite all the hiss on a tape it was nice ambient guitar tracks that was on one of the 'Rising From The Red Sand' compilation cassettes. I liked it, and wished I could hear more, but the information was sparse and in none of the fanzines they were ever mentioned. A couple of years ago, Robot Records released, rather out of the blue, a full length CD by them, which I heard in passing. Not bad, but not something I needed to add to my collection. Still we are left clueless as to the ensemble is, but somewhere along the lines there is some involvement of Steve Stapleton and Christoph Heemann (who drawn some of images on the cover). The three pieces on the new release were made over a couple of years, the oldest is from 1981 and the most recent was completed in 2003. The Aeolian String Ensemble sound like their name, like wind. I believe the ancient greeks used wind instruments (aeolian is greek for wind), strings that were blown and resonated by the wind. Probably one of the more purer forms of ambient music. The oldest piece here 'K1' sound quite similar to the 'Rising From The Red Sand' track: processed guitar sounds (or any kind of strings really). It's stretched out, slow and peaceful. That can also be said of the other two pieces, of which one was recorded during the eclipse of the sun on August 11, 1999, using Air Harps and Wind Vanes, all fed through a whole bunch of sound effects. The music of the Aeolian String Ensemble is close to that is populair right now from bands like Mirror, Ora and Monos. Sonically deep ambient music, made in a rather unconventional way, avoiding the cliches that sometime lurk around the corner of this kind of music.” [FdW / Vital Weekly]