dimanche 21 décembre 2008

Ketil Bjornstad and David Darling - The River (1997)



This is a splendid ECM album recorded as a side project, during the sessions of The Sea, the quartet album of Ketil Bjornstad (with Terje Rypdal, Jon Christensen and David Darling).

In the 12 tracks of this album, we can listen to a very inspired dialogue of Bjornstad's piano and Darling's unique cello sound. One of the starting point of these sessions was William Byrd's and Orlando's Gibbon's melodic invention, translated into a modern idiom. Improvisation and unexpected creative moments offered the materials for the other tracks.

Chamber music, experiments in harmonic ambient music, exploration of all the creative possibilities between two gifted musicians, research in the blending of sounds and climates...

The River is an emblematic recording (among hundred of others) of what ECM is about... Intimate, deep, conceptual and emotional at the same time, crossing all the borders, creating its own place, its own identity at the crossroads of so many roads...

Ambient music at its best, music to swim through, if you love to dive into deep sound...

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6 commentaires:

Jonathan a dit…

Hi, thanks for linking me and thanks for sharing your stuff too.

Anonyme a dit…

hey man, the dream's classic, but love the faraway stuff, and this guy darling's cello makes cool ambient musick,.. diggin' the floatier more obscure releases you come up with.. the pedal steel's not as suited, i feel, to the ambient drone.. although you'd think it would be, maybe if it was filtered more.. anyway, i'm most grateful, and always looking forward to the next inspired post.... bosco

nigeyb a dit…

This album is absolutely stunning. Thank you so much. I would never have discovered it were it not for your wonderful blog.

Anonyme a dit…

wonderful album, thanks!

Anonyme a dit…

Many, many thanks. The more I hear it, the more I get out of it. Thanks for sharing, Merci.

The Walking Dead Man (TWDM) a dit…

Thanks once again for the amazing sound - my head has really been opened up this week.