Andreas Vollenweider - White Winds - 1984 (24/96 Vinyl Rip) *NEW-RIP+REPOST*

A beautiful and classic Andreas Vollenweider album with an excellent soundquality and an energetic positive mood. Enjoy this timeless album!

Note > gapless burning is essential to hear the album without interruptions

Review:

For me, this release and the other early work of Andreas Vollenweider defined New Age music. Artful, complex, imaginative and ever-changing, "White Winds" is the third (and my personal favorite) in a trio of complimentary recordings that bring to life the magic and mystery of our world through the eyes of an artist of rare depth and clarity. The first and third parts of the Trilogy are "…Behind the Gardens–Behind the Wall–Under the Tree…" and "White Winds". All feature Vollenweider's signature sound of dreamy, jazzy electroacoustic pedal harp and cheng accompanied by voice, synthesizer, a wide range of gentle percussion, and occasional contributions from other instruments.

This is true music at its finest–playful, intricate compositions that are soulfully performed and ingeniously constructed, flowing one into another through an ever evolving succession of moods. Vollenweider has this to say about his art: "The making of music, dancing, painting–creativity–all of this has so much to do with the ongoing process of `finding oneself', or better, of searching for the things that give us such an individual, complex, and miraculous depth of emotions…ideas…dreams…" He calls his endeavors "wonderful adventures" and "seeker's journeys", and relishes "making this music and bringing it to its listening friends."

And indeed, Vollenweider and his fellow musicians have found riches within and many friends without. In an era where the dumbing down of the New Age genre has resulted in a plethora of mindless dronings of ambient whitenoise, this album stands as a reminder of what meditative electroacoustic music can truly be. If you like this release, try its two companion works as well, either separately, or as packaged together in the two CD set "The Trilogy". To follow Vollenweider's continuing evolution as an artist, try the next albums he recorded: "Down from the Moon" and "Dancing with the Lion".

Brianna Neal@Amazon.com


Track List:

01 The White Winds/The White Boat (First View)
02 Hall of the Stairs/Hall of the Mosaics (Meeting You)
03 The Glass Hall (Choose the Crystal)-The Play of the Five Balls-The Five Planets-Canopy Choir
04 The Woman and the Stone
05 The Stone (Close-up)

06 Phases of the Three Moons
07 Flight Feet & Root Hands
08 Brothership
09 Sisterseed
10 Trilogy (At the White Magic Gardens)-The White Winds