2013年3月3日日曜日

[643] Kay Gardner - Moon Circles


Label: Urana Records
Catalog#: ST-WWE-80
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1975
DISCOGS OFFICIAL

A1 Prayer To Aphrodite 3:16

A2 Changing 4:33
A3 Beautiful Friend 4:30
A4 Moon Flow 5:47
A5 Wise Woman 3:33
B1 Inner Mood I 1:30
B2 Touching Souls 5:38
B3 Inner Mood II 1:29
B4 Lunamuse 9:00

1970年代よりリラクゼーション/サウンドヒーリングや瞑想のための音楽を開拓したフルート奏者Kay Gardner(ケイ・ガードナー)による初作。東洋的な侘び寂び、流麗で甘美なその音色はヒーリング・アート/音楽音響医学分野で認められ、大学や企業で数々のレクチャーやコンサートを行ったといいます。DJ Shadowのサンプリングネタとしても知られるニューエイジ・クラシックの一枚。



bio.
Born in Freeport, New York, Gardner wrote and performed her first piano composition at the age of four. She subsequently went on to gain performance experience in chamber, orchestral, and vocal music. Gardner is considered a founder of the women's recording industry, and founded her own independent record label, Even Keel Records. She produced 17 albums, both of her own music and of others'. Gardner composed works for flute, piano, chamber ensemble, orchestra, and choir.