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PREMESSA: LA SUPERIORITA’ DELLA MUSICA SU VINILE E’ ANCOR OGGI SANCITA, NOTORIA ED EVIDENTE. NON TANTO DA UN PUNTO DI VISTA DI RESA, QUALITA’ E PULIZIA DEL SUONO, TANTOMENO DA QUELLO DEL RIMPIANTO RETROSPETTIVO E NOSTALGICO , MA SOPRATTUTTO DA QUELLO PIU’ PALPABILE ED INOPPUGNABILE DELL’ ESSENZA, DELL’ ANIMA E DELLA SUBLIMAZIONE CREATIVA. IL DISCO IN VINILE HA PULSAZIONE ARTISTICA, PASSIONE ARMONICA E SPLENDORE GRAFICO , E’ PIACEVOLE DA OSSERVARE E DA TENERE IN MANO, RISPLENDE, PROFUMA E VIBRA DI VITA, DI EMOZIONE E DI SENSIBILITA’. E’ TUTTO QUELLO CHE NON E’ E NON POTRA’ MAI ESSERE IL CD, CHE AL CONTRARIO E’ SOLO UN OGGETTO MERAMENTE COMMERCIALE, POVERO, ARIDO, CINICO, STERILE ED ORWELLIANO, UNA DEGENERAZIONE INDUSTRIALE SCHIZOFRENICA E NECROFILA, LA DESOLANTE SOLUZIONE FINALE DELL’ AVIDITA’ DEL MERCATO E DELL’ ARROGANZA DEI DISCOGRAFICI .
ALASDAIR FRASER / PAUL MACHLIS
the road north
Disco LP 33 giri , 1989, Sona Gaia Productions / MCA, N – 62755 , Usa
ECCELLENTI CONDIZIONI, vinyl ex++/NM , cover ex++/NM, sealed although open .
The Road North is one of the key albums in the Celtic craze of the late ’80s and ’90s. Working with keyboardist Paul Machlis, fiddler Alasdair Fraser
created an album of original material that sounds timeless (there are a
few standards and covers thrown in for good measure, too). The reason
the record works is because the performances are lively and rhythmic,
keeping one eye on the past and one eye on the future. When Machlis
plays a synthesizer, things drift into new age territory, which may
upset some listeners, but the wondrous thing about the album is how it
keeps the spirit of Celtic music alive without treating it as a museum
piece. And that’s also the reason why it, along with Clannad and Enya records, kickstarted the Celtic-new age fusion that exploded in popularity in the ’90s.
Splendido LP di violino e pianoforte tra la tradizione armonica celtica e le
innovazioni new age. Soffici passagi lirici e momenti di danza
aggressivi. Un capolavoro ottenuto attraverso una fantasiosa e talentuosissima improvvisazione musicale.
- Interprete: Alasdair Fraser and Paul Machlis
- Etichetta: Sona Gaia Productions
- Catalogo: N-62755
- Data di pubblicazione: 1989
- Supporto:vinile 33 giri
- Tipo audio: stereo
- Dimensioni: 30 cm.
- Facciate: 2
- White paper inner sleeve
Staccate per un attimo la spina dal caos e dalla confusione e concedete ai vostri martoriati padiglioni auricolari un rilassante e distensivo tour nelle magiche, bucoliche e suggestive atmosfere del folk easy listening di radice celtico-albionica eseguito dall’ equivalente scozzese del duo di Piadena, ossia l’abilissimo violinista Fraser e il virtuoso pianista Machlis , coadiuvati nell’ esecuzione della loro impeccabile performance dalla loro efficacissima band nonchè da diverse casse di whisky solo e rigorosamente scotch di malto, proprio quello che tracanna abitualmente anche il mostro di lochness.
Track Listings
SIDE
1
Laughing
Wolf / Mountain Madness 3:10
Traditional Gaelic Melody 3:13
Tommy’s Tarbukas 2:29
Bennachie
Sunrise / Willie’s Trip to Toronto 6:02
Slow Train 5:31
SIDE 2
Invercassley Falls / Trip To
Ballyshannon 4:50
Calliope House / The Cowboy Jig 3:49
Bovaglie’s Plaid 3:48
The Banks of
Spey/ Brenda Stubbert’s Reel 3:50
The Road North 4:12
Fiddle, Viola: ALASDAIR FRASER
Grand Piano, Synthesizer (both Yamaha): PAUL MACHLIS
Guitar: MICHAEL O’DOMHNAILL
Bodhran, Tarbukas, Bendir, Friction Drum: TOMMY HAYES
String Bass: GLEN MOORE (più volte avvicendato da GLEN GRANT e da GLEN LIVET)
Recorded at Nightnoise Studios, Portland, OR , November 1987 and January 1988
Cover Peter Adams
Alasdair Fraser
is one of Scotland’s most influential tradition-rooted fiddlers. A
two-time winner of the open competition of the Scottish National Fiddle
Championship, Fraser
continues to expand the musical traditions of his homeland with his
expressive and virtuosic playing. In addition to performing more than 50
times on BBC radio and television shows (and, in the U.S., on A Prairie
Home Companion), Fraser has been featured on the soundtracks of such films as Titanic, Braveheart, The Spitfire Grill and The Last of the Mohicans. Fraser’s 1996 album, Dawn Dance,
which represented his first all-original recording, received a NAIRD
award as best Celtic album of the year. The album’s success inspired Fraser to form a band, Skyedance, with the musicians featured on the album. The group includes Eric Rigler (a veteran of concerts and/or recordings with Paul McCartney, Rod Stewart and Michael Oldfield on Scottish and Irish bagpipes, Chris Norman (a member of the early music ensemble The Baltimore Consort and a founding member of the international trio Helicon) on wooden flute, Peter Maund
(a founder of the medieval and renaissance music group the Ensemble
Alcatraz and the president of the San Francisco Early Music Society) on
percussion, Mick Linden (known for his adapting R&B and African rhythms to the bagpipes) on standup bass, and long-time Fraser collaborator Paul Machlis on piano and keyboards. Fraser
and Skyedance released their first album as a band, Way Out to Hope
Street, in 1997. The album included 13 group composed instrumentals and a
reworking of a medley of traditional dance tunes that Fraser and Machlin recorded in 1986. Fraser has appeared as a guest during concerts by Los Angeles Master Chorale and the Waterboys.
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