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| Story of Iceland |
| Eyvind Kang |
| első megjelenés éve: 2000 |
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| (2000)
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| 3.821 Ft
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| 1. | The Story of Iceland/Circle of Fair Karma. Part 1
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| 2. | The Story of Iceland/Circle of Fair Karma. Part 2
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| 3. | The Story of Iceland/Sweetness of Candy
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| 4. | The Story of Iceland/Hour of Fair Darma. Part 1
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| 5. | The Story of Iceland/Hour of Fair Darma. Part 2
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| 6. | (The Beloved One)
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| 7. | Ayanamsha
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Jazz
Eyvind Kang - Bass, Engineer, Erhu, Euphonium, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Oud, Penny Whistle, Percussion, Producer, Tuba, Viola, Violin, Vocals, Voices
Allan Tucker - Mastering
Bar McKinnon - Flute
Bill Frisell - Guitar (Acoustic), Sampling
Courtney Agguire - Vocals, Voices
Evan Schiller - Drums (Snare), Engineer, Location Recording, Marimba, Percussion, Processing, Producer, Sampling
Jessica Lurie - Flute
Kala Ramnath - Violin
Keith Lowe - Bass (Acoustic)
Lesli Dalaba - Trumpet
Nancy Scranton - Gamelan
Paul Moore - Cymbals
Philip White - Uillean Pipes
Tim Young - Guitar, Voices
Tucker Martine - Drums, Engineer, Voices
* Ikue Mori - Design
* John Zorn - Executive Producer
* Kazunori Sugiyama - Associate Producer
* Trey Spruance - Engineer
Violinist/composer Eyvind Kang seems to take his time and try to do something distinct with each album -- from the noisy, quick-change collages of 7 NADEs to the mellower, more song-based instrumentals of theater of mineral NADEs -- and this CD is something else again. Its centerpiece, "The Story of Iceland," is a five-part, 30-minute suite that brings together elements of minimalism, quietly droning soundscapes, and various world music strains (without any of the "icy" imagery or wind noises one might expect, given the title). It is built on a simple six-note motif that first shows up in "Circle of Fair Karma," a sort of oriental funeral march with tuba, violin, trumpet, martial snare drumming, and Uilleann pipes (Irish bagpipes). The theme shows up later in the Indian-flavored "Sweetness of Candy" and again in the marimba/oud/acoustic guitar finale, "Circle of Fair Karma." "The Story of Iceland" is followed by the entirely different-sounding "10:10," a sort of psychedelic rock song with David Bowie-esque singing and swirling cymbal effects; this track repeats the same three-chord progression and main vocal part for the entire ten minutes, meanwhile continually layering other parts on top. The album closes with a short gamelan piece that, while again totally different in terms of style, does in fact tie in with the record's unstated minimalist theme. Like theater of mineral NADEs but unlike 7 NADEs, The Story of Iceland hides its perversity and strangeness underneath a peaceful surface. Also like that album, it maintains, through all of its stylistic detours, a peculiar and unsettling atmosphere that clearly bears Kang's stamp.
---William York, All Music Guide
Eyvind Kang
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Genre: Avntg
Styles: Avant-Garde, Modern Composition, Experimental, Experimental Rock
Violinist Eyvind Kang is from Seattle, where he studied music at Cornish College for the Arts, in addition to studying violin with Michael White. In 1994, Kang received an Artist Support Program grant (by the Jack Straw Foundation) and used it to record the first seven of his series of musical compositions called "NADEs." This recording, 7 NADEs, was released on the Tzadik label in 1996, followed two years later by his Theater of Mineral Nades. Using structures similar to those of classical music, and conventions similar to those in jazz, Kang draws from a variety of traditional and popular styles. Besides composing and playing his own material (and occasionally playing the tuba), Kang has played violin in Bill Frisell's quartet, with John Zorn, the Sun City Girls, and in Wayne Horvitz' 4 + 1 Ensemble. In 1999, an album with clarinetist Francois Houle and drummer Dylan VanDerSchyff entitled Pieces of Time was released on the Canadian label Spool.
---Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide |
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