Tim Blake - New Jerusalem (1978, Classic New Age @320)

------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Blake - Blake's New Jerusalem ------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist...............: Tim Blake Album................: Blake's New Jerusalem Genre................: New Age Source...............: CD Year.................: 1978 Codec................: LAME 3.92 Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps) Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3 Information..........: Included.............: NFO ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tracklisting ------------------------------------------------------------------- 01. (00:05:13) Tim Blake - Song For a New Age 02. (00:06:46) Tim Blake - Lighthouse 03. (00:03:34) Tim Blake - Generator (Laserbeam) 04. (00:07:43) Tim Blake - Passage Sur La Cité Des Révelations 05. (00:16:12) Tim Blake - New Jerusalem Playing Time.........: 00:39:28 Total Size...........: 90.34 MB NFO generated on.....: 1/25/2006 1:03:46 AM ------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.elrose.demon.co.uk/CD_Reviews/body_tim_blake_cds. html BLAKE'S NEW JERUSALEM 1978 Tim Blake is one of the, often overlooked, early masters of New Age Synthesiser music. His early accomplishments mark him out as a great innovator in his field and puts him up with the likes of Jean Michelle Jarre. In his career he has worked with bands such as Gong, Hawkwind and Steve Hillage and there are aspects of all of these in his solo work. I first heard 'New Jerusalem' way back, in 1978/9, when it was first released on vinyl, and I was delighted to find that a re-release on CD, in 1992, was still available. Although short by modern standards, with five tracks playing for just under 40 minutes, this is a very atmospheric piece that is worthy of closer attention. The first track, 'Song for a New Age', opens with acoustic guitar work which continues throughout, playing to a backdrop of moog sounds with vocals provided by Tim Blake. This is followed by an excellent rendition of 'Lighthouse', written by Blake but known to many as a Hawkwind song - I have heard many versions of this particular track, but this has got to be my all time favourite. The use of synthesisers and vocal effects at the beginning of the track really places it in the outer space setting. Next comes 'Generator (Laserbeam)' which is a much weaker track, the vocals have a very nasal quality which detract from its appeal when compared to the rest of the album, however at 3:34 (the shortest track on the album) it's livable with! 'Passage Sur La Cite De La Revelation' is the fourth track, this is a purely instrumental piece and is superbly effective. Finally, we come to the title track of the album 'Blake's New Jerusalem', based on (and in fact using lines from) the poem 'Jerusalem' by William Blake! The introduction to this track is beautifully evocative, starting quietly with a repeating pattern than just builds up and up - it's very hypnotic, seeming to flow over you and carry you along like a river; sometimes fast, sometimes swirling slowly around, but always with an insistent driving energy pushing it forwards and keeping it moving. The vocal content is kept to a minimum, thus enhancing the overall mood rather than intruding upon it. This is a real masterpiece and turned out to be every bit as good as I remembered it from all that time ago! Over twenty years on, from its original conception, this album is, perhaps, something of a cliché. Certainly, it could be tagged 'hippy' music by those who don't trouble to take the work in context. However, the fact remains that if you like this kind of music, or if you don't, it paved the way for much that came later in the rock and progressive world and, as such, I can recommend it as an addition to the collection of any serious keyboard lovers. Simon 06/07/1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------

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MonsterCow (2006-01-26)

Wow tack, har letat efter denna :)