The Album Club: "September Winds" by Evan Parker, Hans Anliker, Reto Senn, Peter A Sc
 

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Moving towards the end of round four. Here's Frownland's contribution. Discuss, debate, rate, vote and review here.

I'm in minute and a half and I wanted to stop in say so far it sounds like Stria but played with didgeridoos instead of FM synthesis.

This turning out to be one of the best didgeridoo albums I ever heard, seriously thinking either a 8 or a 9.

September Winds- Evan Parker, Hans Anliker, Reto Senn, Peter A Schmid, Jurg Solothurnmann (2001)


Best Tracks: Everything flows into each track with similar music that’s it hard to discern which track is better than the next.


Weakest Tracks: See best tracks


Well, the best thing I can say about this album is that it’s clearly ambient. It’s not especially bad, but it isn’t especially good either. On the other hand, it is certainly listenable and I can see how you can be into this rather unconventional album. For me though, it sounds more like a movie soundtrack, kind of like I’d imagine in something like Avatar.

So I guess I’ll have to give this a strong meh for what it’s worth. I think if I had to hear this all the time (at work for example- and I have an experience with something similar to this), I’d probably would go mad if I wasn’t already. But a one-time listen isn’t all that bad, just nothing I’d shake the rafters for.





6/10 (the Word has spoken :D)

Evan Parker’s career is so prolific and so consistent his work and distinctive style can seem like a singular entity and while it is important to take his albums individually and with awareness about who he’s collaborating with you can also rest easy that his name comes with a guarantee of quality. Two albums besides this that are definite stand outs for me are The Trees and The Science Set. This album placed itself in my consciousness a couple years back when Frown pointed it out as one of his faves.

The footsteps Parker (sometimes) follows, Coltrane and Sanders at their most intense and sacrificial is an extraordinary tradition to follow. Especially, if like Parker, your goal isn’t imitation but rather to start from there and to push the pedal to the metal. His circular breathing technique, which I figure Nea is referring to with the didgeridoo comment, allows him to push his playing into uncharted brutal playing. On the other hand, he tends to be very deferential to his band mates in the tradition of great jazz men. He’s no showboat but he certainly could be.

There’s a taste of what he can do on Insects Part 1. He lets it rip again in Sagssolo.

This album, devoid of percussion, is to me, almost as classical as it is jazz.

Unassailable of course. Highest 5/5 work of absolute genius.

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OK I began the day all jazzed about listening to something new. I looked for September Winds by Evan Parker et al on YouTube. OK I found something and start playing it. Here it took like a song and a half realized it was the wrong album. It was Short Stories. OK I searched again and I found something and started listening to it. I had to do some stuff so I had to drop the album. However instead of going back to the album I went to listen to some other albums - Punk, alt Rock, and indie. So after all of that, I decide to go back to the album and here once again realized I was playing the wrong album. Here it turned out I was listening to Alder Brook, and it was Garanoir that had the instruments that sounded like didgeridoos. OK I gotta get serious, and I got to find this album. So back to business I went. In my quest to find the right album, September Winds, stumble across September by Earth, Wind, & Fire. I couldn't resist and I just had to listen to that song. Which btw was a major mistake cause as I was listening to it I was thinking how great that song sounded I wanted to hear more EW&F. It was then I got this idea that I should go through all their albums and pick the best one for The Album Club. Thinking if only Trollheart heard how terrific the horn section (known as The Phoenix Horns) sounded on those EW&F albums, maybe, just maybe he will change his mind about them appearing on Phil Collins, and Genesis albums. Then I had to stop myself. I thought this is getting ridiculous. There is no way do I have enough time today to go through all of those albums. OK back to business I go looking for this album. It didn't dawn on me immediately but the whole problem was I was using YouTube to find the album. I just naturally assumed whatever was in the returns was the album I was looking for. So I realized the best bet was not to use YouTube and use Spotify. I go there and I had trouble with that immediately. I had to fiddle with that to get it to work. I swear Murphy's Law rules my life.

After I listen to the first track I realize I was much more comfortable listening to Adler Brook. So back to that album I went. In all honesty I did intend to listen to September Winds but I never got around to it. So the whole day is shot. I fear at this rate I'll never going to be able to review this album for The Album Club. Hopefully I will be able to listen to September Winds and review the album before the week is out.

If September Winds is as good as Alder Brook, I figure around a 7/10 to 8/10. ~ 4/5

P.S. I know I had the opportunity and lie about the whole thing and say I listening to September Winds when really I was listening to Alder Brook, but I didn't, I have integrity and I take this Album Club seriously.

I fell asleep on my desk and had a nightmare. When I woke up I was less than halfway through the album. I really really really don't want to listen to the rest of this album. It's scary. We'll see what happens; I might have to sit out for this one.

I've liked it so far, but I want to have something to say about it, so it needs a few more spins over the next few days.

One song stressed me out and I couldn't figure out if that made it a good track or a bad track.

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