Catalog#: N.2
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Italy
Released: 1991
DISCOGS
A1 Pil 6:40
A2 Venti (Searching For The Right Cycle) 5:15
A3 Eb-0 (from "Guerilla") 5:30
B1 Basemart (Searching For The Right Loop) 5:25
B2 Taunus (from "Pangea") 6:00
B3 Afree (Following The Ground Effects) 4:50
Arranged By, Composed By, Recorded By, Mixed By – Bebo Baldan
Cover, Artwork By – Gian Uicich
Drums, Percussion, Bass, Bass [Fretless], Guitar [Treated], Sampler, Tape, Computer, Synthesizer – Bebo Baldan
Photography By – Diego Landi
Producer [Assistant, Technical Assistence] – Marco Pandin
Technician [Technical Assistence] – Gianni Visnadi
Violin, Sarod – Steve James
ヴェニス出身の打楽器奏者Bebo Baldan（ベボ・バルダン）と、Ravi Shankarの門下としてインドの撥弦楽器・サロードを学んだ、ニューヨーク生まれのヴァイオリン／ギター奏者Stephen James（ステファン・ジェイムズ）による「Vapor Frames 86/91」。天と地のあわいに浮游するヒンドスタニー、エクスペリメンタル/ジャズのエッセンス、ミニマルなリズムシークエンス、高揚と平静を潜めたクワイエット・ヒップな作品。Stephen Jamesは1992年、同レーベルよりタブラ奏者のAnindo Chatterjeeとのデュオ作「Raga And Tala」、Bebo Baldanは1994年にソロ作「Soniaskiri: A Day Of Music」、1995年にはECMからの作品で知られるギタリストDavid Tornとの共作「Earthbeat」などリリース。Divergoは、イタリアのニューウェイヴ期から編集者／ライターとして活動するMarco Pandinが設立したstella*neraの前身レーベルで、本作に続くカタログn.3はGigi MasinとAlessandro Montiの名作「The Wind Collector」。
edizione originale su vinile dell'esordio del percussionista veneziano bebo baldan, realizzato con la collaborazione di stephen james (virtuoso di sarod, nonché allievo di ravi shankar). ritmi intrecciati come fili colorati, a comporre un disco lontano dalle dimostrazioni di abilità fine a sè stesse. una finestra sonora aperta su panorami non ancora contaminati dalla world music obbligatoria. in copertina una fotografia di diego landi.
percussionist bebo baldan's debut vinyl release, featuring sarod virtuoso stephen james. cover photo by diego landi. "...baldan sets up some very inviting and alluring textures, colours and moods: while he uses repetitive techniques the music does not sound modular or minimalist. rather, the focus is placed on colour, exoticism and sensuousness..." [audion].
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