Andreas Vollenweider - Air (2009) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Andreas Vollenweider
- Title: Air
- Year Of Release: 2009
- Label: AVAF Music
- Genre: New Age
- Quality: 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC / 24-bit/44.1kHz FLAC
- Total Time: 52:32 min
- Total Size: 302; 568 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
“Listening to music is a perfect ‘excuse’ to take a little time-out from our lives' crazy merry-go-round of speed, pressure and expectations. Listening to music is a ‘permitted time-out’, so to speak, for which nobody would criticize us … music – used this way – is like a secret door to the very personal inner space, the home of our emotions, dreams and hopes. We invite you to visit this space, in fact we strongly recommend it! After all, that’s the reason why we recorded AIR.”
AIR's strength is its consistently lyrical atmosphere. Describing the character of this basic atmosphere, terms such as ‘poetical’, lyrical, melodic, personal, intimate, close, relaxed, tender, dreamy, sensual, acoustic, live' come to mind…
There are no floating, artificial synthesizer sound tapestries on AIR, everything was recorded live by exceptional musicians who do not care about acrobatic and garrulous virtuosity and know that you have to allow ample space for that mysterious tension to build up in the pauses between the notes.
Vollenweider: “Our approach on AIR was to actually really play just very few notes and only imagine or hint at the rest of the music. This created a lot of air to breathe.”
More than three decades ago, Vollenweider reinvented harp-playing. His sound is unique in the world. In many of the songs on AIR, he no longer plays his harp as an accompanying instrument, but brings it more to the fore. Largely without extensive orchestral sonic landscapes, the subtlety, refinement and musicality of his innovative playing are allowed to be truly appreciated.
Additional instruments, such as drums, percussions, lap steel guitar, flugelhorn, baritone saxophone, ocarina and voices are used very sparingly and played in a highly sensitive way.
Special Guest: this time Xavier Naidoo, a highly respected German Singer, is Vollenweider’s guest, contributing his musical charisma. An encounter on MTV Unplugged – Andreas had been invited as Naidoo’s musical guest – spawned a fruitful cooperation which can be heard on the song “The Golden Dancing Shoes”.
Tracklist:
01. Andreas Vollenweider - Airdance (4:25)
02. Andreas Vollenweider - Prescious Smile (3:18)
03. Andreas Vollenweider - Oxygenia & Icarus (1:31)
04. Andreas Vollenweider - Windseeds (4:03)
05. Andreas Vollenweider - Milonga Magica (4:05)
06. Andreas Vollenweider - World Inside a Grain of Sand (5:13)
07. Andreas Vollenweider - Tumbleweed Dreams (5:24)
08. Andreas Vollenweider - One Breath (4:18)
09. Andreas Vollenweider - Keep on Dancing (...For Heavens Sake!) (4:34)
10. Andreas Vollenweider - Ein Liebeslied (Living of Air and Love) (2:11)
11. Andreas Vollenweider - Siesta (3:25)
12. Andreas Vollenweider - The Golden Dancing Shoes (5:26)
13. Andreas Vollenweider - Air (Epilogue) (4:37)
AIR's strength is its consistently lyrical atmosphere. Describing the character of this basic atmosphere, terms such as ‘poetical’, lyrical, melodic, personal, intimate, close, relaxed, tender, dreamy, sensual, acoustic, live' come to mind…
There are no floating, artificial synthesizer sound tapestries on AIR, everything was recorded live by exceptional musicians who do not care about acrobatic and garrulous virtuosity and know that you have to allow ample space for that mysterious tension to build up in the pauses between the notes.
Vollenweider: “Our approach on AIR was to actually really play just very few notes and only imagine or hint at the rest of the music. This created a lot of air to breathe.”
More than three decades ago, Vollenweider reinvented harp-playing. His sound is unique in the world. In many of the songs on AIR, he no longer plays his harp as an accompanying instrument, but brings it more to the fore. Largely without extensive orchestral sonic landscapes, the subtlety, refinement and musicality of his innovative playing are allowed to be truly appreciated.
Additional instruments, such as drums, percussions, lap steel guitar, flugelhorn, baritone saxophone, ocarina and voices are used very sparingly and played in a highly sensitive way.
Special Guest: this time Xavier Naidoo, a highly respected German Singer, is Vollenweider’s guest, contributing his musical charisma. An encounter on MTV Unplugged – Andreas had been invited as Naidoo’s musical guest – spawned a fruitful cooperation which can be heard on the song “The Golden Dancing Shoes”.
Tracklist:
01. Andreas Vollenweider - Airdance (4:25)
02. Andreas Vollenweider - Prescious Smile (3:18)
03. Andreas Vollenweider - Oxygenia & Icarus (1:31)
04. Andreas Vollenweider - Windseeds (4:03)
05. Andreas Vollenweider - Milonga Magica (4:05)
06. Andreas Vollenweider - World Inside a Grain of Sand (5:13)
07. Andreas Vollenweider - Tumbleweed Dreams (5:24)
08. Andreas Vollenweider - One Breath (4:18)
09. Andreas Vollenweider - Keep on Dancing (...For Heavens Sake!) (4:34)
10. Andreas Vollenweider - Ein Liebeslied (Living of Air and Love) (2:11)
11. Andreas Vollenweider - Siesta (3:25)
12. Andreas Vollenweider - The Golden Dancing Shoes (5:26)
13. Andreas Vollenweider - Air (Epilogue) (4:37)
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