The Beating of Wings

by Andrew Poppy

The Beating of Wings cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1985
  • Label: ZTT
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

As one of the few contemporary classical acts signed to Trevor Horn's pop-oriented ZTT label, Poppy introduced strict, mathematical minimalism to a broader audience. 'The Beating of Wings' utilizes aggressively percussive acoustic arrangements augmented by subtle electronic processing, forming a rigid, highly kinetic approach to modern orchestral music.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, instrumental, technical, minimalistic, reprise, minimal, repetitive, ambient, spacious, long-form

Tracklist

  1. The Object Is A Hungry Wolf (12:36)
  2. 32 Frames For Orchestra (8:31)
  3. Listening In (13:06)
  4. Cadenza (15:03)

Credits

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