Earthstar - French Skyline
Label:
Catalog#:
GTR 085, CSP 00501
Format:
CD, Album, Remastered, Reissue
Country:
Germany
Released:
1999
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Experimental,
Ambient
Tracklist
| 1 | Latin Sirens Face The Wall - Part I Sirens | 4:14 | ||
| 2 | Latin Sirens Face The Wall - Part II The Amazon | 10:18 | ||
| 3 | Latin Sirens Face The Wall - Part III The Flourshing Illusion | 5:07 | ||
| 4 | Splendored Skies And Angels | 6:21 | ||
| Arranged By - Dennis Rea | ||||
| French Sky Lines Suite (18:40) | ||||
| 5.1 | Movement I Morning Song (For Iris And Richard) | 3:50 | ||
| 5.2 | Movement II Sources Change, Including "The Movement" | 4:48 | ||
| 5.3 | Movement III 3 Demensional Music | 4:47 | ||
| 5.4 | Movement IV Wind And Sky Symphony/ Reprise: Morning Song | 5:13 | ||
Credits
Arranged By -
Craig Wuest
(tracks: 1 to 3, 5)
Artwork By [Graphic Design] - Stephan Kopschinski
Bass, Electronics [Devices] - Norm Peach
Choir [Hu Choir] - Craig Wuest , Joan N.* , Marla T.* , Phil N.*
Composed By - Craig Wuest
Electric Guitar, Guitar [Treated], Electronics [Tonewall] - Dennis Rea
Engineer - Craig Wuest (tracks: 4, 5) , Klaus Schulze (tracks: 1 to 3) , Shocking Louie* (tracks: 4, 5)
Engineer [Additional Recordings] - Craig Wuest , Dirk Schmalenbach , John Bunkfeldt , Rick P.
Engineer [Bass & Strings Recording] - John Bunkfeldt
Flute, French Horn - Marla Thomson
Flute, Woodwind [Templewind] - Tim Finnegan
Mixed By - Craig Wuest , Eberhard Panne
Producer - Craig Wuest , Klaus Schulze
Recorded By [Additional Recordings, Frankfurt] - Craig Wuest , Eberhard Panne
Recorded By [Sea Birds At The French Coast] - Louis Deponté
Remastered By [Digital Remastering] - Jürgen Crasser
Sitar - Craig Wuest , Dirk Schmalenbach
Synthesizer, Keyboards, Mellotron, Piano, Percussion, Bells [Tibetan Bells], Loops [Tapeloops & Treatments], Voice, Vocoder, Harp, Effects [Sundrys, Glass Games, Night Machine, Tone Doctor] - Craig Wuest
Viola, Violin [Violin I], Electronics [Treatments] - Louis Deponté
Violin [Violin Ii] - Phil Novak
Violin [Whaling], Electronics [Sheets Of Sound] - Daryl Trivieri
Artwork By [Graphic Design] - Stephan Kopschinski
Bass, Electronics [Devices] - Norm Peach
Choir [Hu Choir] - Craig Wuest , Joan N.* , Marla T.* , Phil N.*
Composed By - Craig Wuest
Electric Guitar, Guitar [Treated], Electronics [Tonewall] - Dennis Rea
Engineer - Craig Wuest (tracks: 4, 5) , Klaus Schulze (tracks: 1 to 3) , Shocking Louie* (tracks: 4, 5)
Engineer [Additional Recordings] - Craig Wuest , Dirk Schmalenbach , John Bunkfeldt , Rick P.
Engineer [Bass & Strings Recording] - John Bunkfeldt
Flute, French Horn - Marla Thomson
Flute, Woodwind [Templewind] - Tim Finnegan
Mixed By - Craig Wuest , Eberhard Panne
Producer - Craig Wuest , Klaus Schulze
Recorded By [Additional Recordings, Frankfurt] - Craig Wuest , Eberhard Panne
Recorded By [Sea Birds At The French Coast] - Louis Deponté
Remastered By [Digital Remastering] - Jürgen Crasser
Sitar - Craig Wuest , Dirk Schmalenbach
Synthesizer, Keyboards, Mellotron, Piano, Percussion, Bells [Tibetan Bells], Loops [Tapeloops & Treatments], Voice, Vocoder, Harp, Effects [Sundrys, Glass Games, Night Machine, Tone Doctor] - Craig Wuest
Viola, Violin [Violin I], Electronics [Treatments] - Louis Deponté
Violin [Violin Ii] - Phil Novak
Violin [Whaling], Electronics [Sheets Of Sound] - Daryl Trivieri
Notes
There are 5 tracks on this CD. Track 5 is one entire track and its Movement track times are shown on the artwork.
Recorded between '78/'79. "Latin Sirens Face The Wall" recorded at Klaus Schulze studio, Hambühren, W. Germany. Bass & Strings recorded at Aura Sound Studio. All other tracks recorded at Deponté la rue Studio, Paris. Additional recordings at ICs Studios Ovelgönne, W. Germany, Aura Sound Studios, N.Y., Eden Studio, W. Germany, Sterling Studio, N.Y. Mixing & additional recording done at Studio Panne-Paulsen, Frankfurt.
Bird sounds recorded using artificial headsystems.
"This album was originally due for march '79. Timing & the launching of projects & collaborations with musicians scattered near & far, delayed it from taking its final shape until late spring '79."
℗ 1979 German News Musikverlag, Hamburg
© 1999 MI Records, Berlin
Recorded between '78/'79. "Latin Sirens Face The Wall" recorded at Klaus Schulze studio, Hambühren, W. Germany. Bass & Strings recorded at Aura Sound Studio. All other tracks recorded at Deponté la rue Studio, Paris. Additional recordings at ICs Studios Ovelgönne, W. Germany, Aura Sound Studios, N.Y., Eden Studio, W. Germany, Sterling Studio, N.Y. Mixing & additional recording done at Studio Panne-Paulsen, Frankfurt.
Bird sounds recorded using artificial headsystems.
"This album was originally due for march '79. Timing & the launching of projects & collaborations with musicians scattered near & far, delayed it from taking its final shape until late spring '79."
℗ 1979 German News Musikverlag, Hamburg
© 1999 MI Records, Berlin
Under Schulze's guidance Wuest and Earthstar created what some have called a "wall of sound": heavily multitracked and layered pieces so dense that it is often impossible to tell which instruments are playing. It's a rich, textural electronic sound that in many ways resembles Klaus Schulze's work more than other Earthstar albums, particularly on the two long pieces, "Latin Sirens Face the Wall" and "French Skyline Suite". The shorter piece sandwiched in the middle, "Splendored Skies and Angels" opens with the only discordant section of this album and is a bit harsh to my ears. The rest of the album flows beautifully and is an absolute pleasure for fans of '70s electronic music in general and Klaus Schulze in particular. It's an excellent album and it, by far, is Earthstar's most coherent in terms of sticking with one style.
-Caitlyn Martin