Ayer me volví a acordar de este disco al leer la noticia acerca del próximo album de Four Tet . La conexión con este disco se produjo al recordar que de su tema "Neptune Rising", Hebden sampleaba un fragmento para su tema "She Moves She" de su disco más reconocido, "Rounds". Este rescate también me parece oportuno para una tarde de verano campestre al igual que con noches estrelladas debido a la sutil barrera entre el espiritualismo de la tradición folk con la cósmica jazz. Una descripción que he encontrado acerca de esta formación estadounidense:
"The Entourage Music and Theatre Ensemble were formed in Millbrook (NY). They have been active from 1970 to 1983. During their career, they recorded three brilliant albums, including Entourage (1973) and The Neptune Collection (1975), Ceremony of Dreams in 1978. All of them can be now considered as true visionary, cult albums. Built on lengthy acoustic improvised extatic pieces, these albums approaches the universe of avant-garde theatre and dance. In 1976, the musical collective was commissioned by the Royal Danish ballet to create the music for the representation of Cleopatra. They have been essentially recognised for their magic live performances. The band features Joe Clark on saxophones and keyboards; Rusti Clark on viola and guitar; Michael S. Smith on drums and percussion; and Wall Matthews on guitars, keyboards, and percussion. This is profoundly moving avant-garde / experimental pre-ambient music, offering a variety of instrumentation with a nice hermetic-poetical-exotic flavour."
"The Entourage Music and Theatre Ensemble were formed in Millbrook (NY). They have been active from 1970 to 1983. During their career, they recorded three brilliant albums, including Entourage (1973) and The Neptune Collection (1975), Ceremony of Dreams in 1978. All of them can be now considered as true visionary, cult albums. Built on lengthy acoustic improvised extatic pieces, these albums approaches the universe of avant-garde theatre and dance. In 1976, the musical collective was commissioned by the Royal Danish ballet to create the music for the representation of Cleopatra. They have been essentially recognised for their magic live performances. The band features Joe Clark on saxophones and keyboards; Rusti Clark on viola and guitar; Michael S. Smith on drums and percussion; and Wall Matthews on guitars, keyboards, and percussion. This is profoundly moving avant-garde / experimental pre-ambient music, offering a variety of instrumentation with a nice hermetic-poetical-exotic flavour."
Un absoluto mantra de placidez astral que no me cansaré de recomendar por cortes como "Neptune Rising", "Days", "Euphoric Bells" o "Nature Spirits". Toda una colección de melodías dibujadas con aparente sencillez pero alimentadas por una serie de detalles preciosistas que seguramente Jim O'Rourke en su vertiente folk disfruta cuando florecen los árboles sakura. La música de The Entourage Music & Theatre Ensemble es reparadora y mágica. Tuvo que ser una sesión de grabación interesante esta de Mayo de 1975.
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