Faeries: A Musical Companion To The Art Of Brian Froud
Faeries: A Musical Companion To The Art Of Brian Froud
表演者: Various Artists
流派: 轻音乐
专辑类型: 选集
介质: CD
发行时间: 2002-09-24
唱片数: 1
出版者: Windham Hill Records
条形码: 0019341165224
专辑简介
Subtitled "A Musical Companion to the Art of Brian Froud," Faeries comprises a mixed bag of music--techno, trance, cinematic soundscapes, New Age--befitting the mythical objects of Froud's paintings and drawings: at times impish, lovely, annoying, majestic, curious, and beguiling. Overall, it's an interesting if not wholly satisfying hodgepodge of pop-techno vocal tracks (all using female voices) and instrumental works that have no actual link to the notion of faeries (or, for that matter, to one another). After four female-rooted vocal selections (the most notable being the inventive, pulsating "Dreaming" from producer-DJ BT), we arrive at the disc's showcase track, "Miserere," a radiant choral mini-epic borrowed from Paul Schwartz's State of Grace disc.
Also of interest is the stroll along a gleaming, heavenly pathway (augmented by a percussive, Mardi Gras-like atmosphere) from James Hood and Grant Showbiz (a.k.a. Moodswings). The disc's two concluding numbers are the only ones with ties to Windham Hill's traditional sound: the anticipation-edged title track from Aerial Boundaries by the late, great Michael Hedges and the slightly wistful "Hugh" by Nightnoise, which provides the album's lone hint of Gaelic influence. The package includes a 16-page CD booklet, which contains some Froud artwork. The enhanced CD adds an interview and more artwork, some of it not seen before.
--Terry Wood
曲目
Hugh - Nightnoise