David Darling: Journal October

Posted By : Rommeo | Date : 20 Aug 2009 14:28:51 | Comments : 6 |

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These October 1979 sessions by David Darling were the first of his solo career chez ECM. This CD is in the same league as later material, like "Cello" or "Dark Wood", except that it contains a bit more of what i'd call "musical exploration" - common to many ECM discs from that era (e.g., the second track "Bells and Gongs" with its use of percussions). Albeit dissimilar, his solo playing is as effective as Dave Holland's in his dazzling "Life Cycle" (ECM 1238). A number such as "Clouds" overtly anticipates the then-to-come, twelve years later, "Cello" album. That i would label avant-garde, in some ways. From the very first track ("Slow Return") to the closing title cut, a cool musical journey of motion and stillness, sometimes just like caught between dusk and daylight, unveils an autumnal Zeit und Raum admirably captured by the clear recording of a virtually flawless Manfred Eicher's production. amazon.

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Eac Log

Tracks:

Slow Return
Bells And Gongs
Far Away Lights
Solo Cello
Minor Blue
Clouds
Solo Cello
Solo Cello And Voice
Journal October, Stuttgart

David Darling: acoustic and electric cello, voice, percussion.