Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Caverna Magica - Andreas Vollenweider


Album : Caverna Magica
Artist : Andreas Vollenweider
Genre : Jazz, Ambient
Year Released : 1983
Rating : 8½*/10

    A kewl album cover for a kewl LP; according to Wikipedia, this was Andreas Vollenweider's second studio album.  I've converted about five of his records now; they're all good.

    About the worst I can say about the conversion is that the first and last tracks include sound effects of two people mucking around a cave, and the de-scratching program simply went nutzo with that.  So I was forced to remove the scratches manually, which was okay since it was a very clean disc.

    To boot, Mr. Vollenweider likes to merge the ending of one track with the beginning of the next, so I ended up just simply making it two tracks total.

- TRACKS -
01. Caverna Magica  (3:54)
02. Mandragora  (3:03)
03. Lunar Pond  (2:18)
04. Schajah Saretosh  (3:17)
05. Sena Stanjena?  (2:28)
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06. Belladonna  (5:21)
07. Ahgoh!  (2:45)
08. Huiziopochtli  (5:08)
09. Con Chiglia  - Geastrum Coronatum - La Paix Verde (5:16)

    I've yet to listen to a "meh" album from Andreas Vollenweider.  They're all good "soft jazz", and freaking excellent background music when you're reading a book.  8½ Stars

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