Collage [Import]

Track Listings

1. Duo Concertant (Milhaud)

2. Vocalise (Ellerby)

3. Idylle (Bozza)

4. Canzonetta (Gabriel Pierne)

5. Pastrol (Bliss)

6. Three Intermezzi (Standford)

7. Sonatine (Honegger)

8. Petite Piece (Debussy)

9. Piece En Forme Da Habanera (Ravel)

10. Two Majorcan Pieces (Horovitz)

Editorial Reviews
Album Details
The Musical Miniature Has Usually Taken a Fairly Lowly Place in the Hierarchy of Musical Structures, Unfairly Since the Miniature Distils Into a Short Space of Time all the Drama, Colour and Excitement of the Larger Forms. "Light Music" Has Been Frowned Upon, but as the Music on this Disc Illustrates, all the Characteristics of Musical Identity Are Present - from the Comfortable to the Austere, the Multi -coloured to the Monochrome. The Other Strand which Runs Through the Music on this Recording is the Spirit of the Dance.

Tracks:

Hover
Softer
Water
Only These Things Count
Sober
Darker
Feeder
Dancer

Customer Reviews:

Not for all tastes (or pockets) but ineffable, enchanting, and profoundly aesthetic........2006-12-06

Upon reading the titles of the tracks on "ER," I was prepared for a Windham Hill sampler of programmatic "nature-music" pieces. But Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer's muse, it soon becomes evident, is more closely related to the genius presiding over "In a Silent Way," "Bitches Brew" and similar projects by some of Miles Davis' '70s progeny. It's New Age music with a beat, but with nuanced textures mixed so deliberately and motifs insinuated so subtly that the inattentive listener is likely to miss altogether the gossamer fabric of these fragile yet frequently appealing, inviting constructions.

Molvaer's trumpet is too much in the background for this music to be mistaken for a Miles Davis session. Instead, the horn becomes another vibrant freqency floating in the sonic ether, whether producing muted plaintive sounds without the mute or suggesting a momentary chill when Molvaer blows through his mouthpiece sans horn. Even the multiple tracking of the instrument along with the layering of bird calls and human voices does little to disturb the Noh-like stillness of "Water," following "Softer" like diaphanous gauze yielding to the glimpse of a golden carp suspended in a moon-lit pool.

"Only These Things Count" is verbalized, sung moreover in English, thus threatening to rupture the listener's connection with the safe and magical harbor of the musical Zen garden. But soon the churning textures of the accompaniment lead to another quiet, intimate moment during which Molvaer's breathy trumpet supplies incandescent incantations over a single sustained pitch, a note evoking a wordless plainsong resonating with the dynamic energy field of consciousness itself.

The next piece, "Darker," momentarily establishes an almost funky groove, perhaps Molvaer's turn to run the voodoo down, but again he moves skyward, as "Feeder" offers the most extended, extreme trumpet solo on the CD--loud in dynamics or high in register only relative to its previous unobtrusive presence. The role of the trumpet as an "individual" voice is an open-ended question in music of such exacting scale and ecological balance.

"Dancer," the final piece--or, more precisely, movement of a continuous work (there are no silences between the compositions)--is descriptive of the acoustic properties of the piece itself, which emphasizes the rhythms of primitive percussion. But in its metaphoric invoking of dance, it's also an interpretive, revelatory key to Molvaer's paradoxical and poetic, even mystical, compositions that blur the lines between soloist and accompaniment, text and context, confounding any attempts at easy categorization of this music.

The listener's epiphany is that "ER" is, above all, a delicate but vital and indivisible organism, recalling if not demonstrating the understanding implicit in the poet W.B. Yeats' famous question about the relationship between the artist and his creation: "How can you know the dancer from the dance?"

GREAT TRUMPET PLAYER, GOOD ALBUM.......2005-11-08

Nils Petter Molvaer has made some good music over the years. His trumpetplaying is very moody and he can set an atmosphere that not a lot of people can. The beats and electronics he uses are unique. The beats and sounds he uses create a lot of space in wich he can let a solo come to full advantage. The particular Molvaer-sound is only to be heard in the group of musicians Molvaer works with (the guitarist Eivind Aarset for instance; try his album Electronique Noir!).
I own three albums of Molvaer: Khmer, NP3 and ER. The first one (Khmer, 5 stars easily) is without a doubt the best. Most songs take their time to develop, but there always is a lot going on. Within the songs the tempo or volume build up. The beats are not the only things that count. And that maybe is Molvaer's trap: he manages to make his beats sound better and better, but they become so important that the rest of the music gets less attention.
NP3 had bigger beats than Khmer, but the album as a whole is a bit flat. But it's the most accessible and if possible happy one.
ER is down. Way down. And I like that. The album starts of really good. The first song is a killer! The second one is very sad. The intro's the songs lead to good beats that have a good dark atmosphere. But just like NP3 I miss the evolution of the songs beyond the beat. When Molvaer could pull that off again he could make a 6 star album.
There's one thing about the album I almost forgot to mention: there are voices on two of the songs of the album. The voice of Sidsel Endresen is a treat. She doesn't sound like a jazzsinger, and I/m glad about that. It wouldn't fitt. The singing is like a beat up Sally Oldfield or holds somewhere in the middle of Portishead and Clannad. Very tastefull!

When you don't own a Molvaer-album and you've got nothing against fantastic electronic beats, soundscapes and trumpet you must get yourself a Molvaer-album. This album for me is a five star album untill song number six. It's good enough, especialy the way the beats are recorded is good, but I believe Khmer has more to offer.

Hello Kronos: Best of the Kronos Quartet

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Hello Kronos: Best of the Kronos Quartet

Manufacturer: Japanese Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0000C4GGB
Release Date: 2003-12-30

Tracks:

Aaj Ki Raat (Tonight Is the Night) - Zakir Hussain, The Kronos Quartet
Se Me Hizo Fl (It Was Easy for Me) - The Kronos Quartet,
Pannonia Boundless
12/12 - Cafacuba, The Kronos Quartet
Turceasca (Turkish Song)
Mini Skirt
Plasmaht
Lyric Suite: IV. Adagio Appassionato
Requiem for Adam: Third Movement [Excerpt]
Triple Quartet: First Movement
String Quartet No. 4: V. Meditation

Album Description

Japanese exclusive 'memorial edition' compilation commemorating the Kronos Quartet's appearance there. 11 tracks. Nonesuch.

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Enochian Sessions for the serious student
Be affraid
Rise of new Aeon

The Great Beast Speaks
Alestair Crowley
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Sound Effects | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Miscellaneous | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00000I77E
Release Date: 1999-04-20

Tracks:

Call of the First Aethyr [Enochian Version]
Call of the First Aethyr [English Version]
Call of the Second Aethyr [Enochian Version]
Call of the Second Aethyr [Enochian Version]
Call of the Second Aethyr [English Version]
La Gitana
Pentagram
One Soverign for the Woman
Poet
At Sea
Fingernails
Titanic
Hymn to the American People
Excerpts from the Gnostic Mass
Vive la French Republic

Album Description

Spoken word release encompassing the only known recordings of the infamous satanist & black magician, all digitally enhanced & available officially for the first time ever. Theoriginal recording is believed to have been made circa 1920 on a wax cylinder. 22:42 long, the disc scans as 15 tracks. 1999 Master release.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Recording of the Famous Satanist. Initial Copies Are Limited Numbered Editions (Of 500) that Come with an Exclusive 16 Page Booklet.

Customer Reviews:

Enochian Sessions for the serious student.......2005-10-07

If you're into Crowley, you will definitley want this cd.
no one does it quite like Crowley.
Understand this recording was made around 1915-1920 on Thomas Edisons wax cylinder recorder.THE QUALITY IS POOR!
However,ANY recording of this man is worth having.
and if you've ever struggled with Enochian,hearing him saying the calls,the correct pronounciation will help you 100%[along with book Enochian sex magick]
Look this aint no rock n roll,its a tool.

Be affraid.......2004-04-19

Does anyone really know who this man is? He still exits.

Rise of new Aeon.......2003-09-04

This recording of Aleister Crowley is wery precious for all who know about him, and learn from his books. Aleister Crowley clearly speaks about Lux Hermeticum (Western occultism) and Thelema which means "Will" (translated from the Greece language).Precious for the people who are the memmbers of O.T.O. (Ordo Templi Orientis), which means Order of the western Templar knights. Templar knights used to guard Jesus's grave by the time of Cross wars.
Wery precious CD, what else can I say...but only for the right people...

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Original Hitz Vol 5 - HITZ FM
Blue Boy, BBE, Sandy B, Dead Or Alive, Natural Born Grooves, Deborah Cox, Disco Citizens Sybil , and Universal Love-Natural Born Grooves Deborah Cox Jellyhead-Crush Believe-The Absolute [3:34] 12 Don't Go-Awesome 3 [4:03] 13 Colour Of Love-Amber [3:31] 14 Footprint-Disco Citizens [3:42]Time-Denine With Collage Frances Ruffelle-Sheryl Lee Ralph
Manufacturer: AUSTRALIA IMPORT
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000J5N22O

Product Description

Original Hitz Vol 5 Artist: Various Artists Year: 1997 Length: 1:10:19 Genre: General Rock Label: DANCENET Notes: Tracks: 01 When I'm Good And Ready-Sybil [3:52] 02 Remember Me-Blue Boy [3:59] 03 Flash-BBE [3:58] 04 Make The World Go Round-Sandy B [3:51] 05 Dai La Li La La-C J Wilson [4:36] 06 Sex Drive-Dead Or Alive [4:19] 07 My Love Is For Real-Strike [3:49] 08 Universal Love-Natural Born Grooves [5:04] 09 Who Do You Love-Deborah Cox [4:01] 10 Jellyhead-Crush [4:24] 11 I Believe-The Absolute [3:34] 12 Don't Go-Awesome 3 [4:03] 13 Colour Of Love-Amber [3:31] 14 Footprint-Disco Citizens [3:42] 15 Love Of A Life Time-Denine With Collage [5:27] 16 Lonely Symphony-Frances Ruffelle [4:04] 17 In The Evening-Sheryl Lee Ralph [4:07]

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Liverpool Sound Collage
Paul McCartney
Manufacturer: Mca Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00008G57T
Release Date: 2000-08-29

Tracks:

Plastic Beetle - Paul McCartney
Peter Blake 2000 - Paul McCartney, Super Furry Animals
Real Dub Gone Manifest in the Vortex of the Eternal Now - Youth
Made Up - Paul McCartney
Free Now - Paul McCartney, Super Furry Animals

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