Cobalt Blue

by Michael Brook

Cobalt Blue cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 June 1992
  • Label: 4AD
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 45:48
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Utilizing his custom-invented infinite guitar, the Canadian composer and producer crafted a mesmerizing tapestry of sustained, soaring fretwork. 'Cobalt Blue' elegantly merges ethno-ambient soundscapes with subtle rhythmic propulsion and vast, echoing spatial dynamics. Featuring contributions from Brian Eno, the album stands as a profoundly meditative and innovative exploration of the electric guitar's atmospheric potential.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, atmospheric, ambient, synthesizers, shimmering, minimal

Tracklist

  1. Shona Bridge (4:36)
  2. Breakdown (4:10)
  3. Red Shift (4:51)
  4. Skip Wave (3:33)
  5. Slipstream (2:05)
  6. Andean (3:36)
  7. Slow Breakdown (2:34)
  8. Ultramarine (4:34)
  9. Urbana (4:05)
  10. Lakbossa (3:40)
  11. Ten (3:49)
  12. Hawaii (4:10)

Credits

  • Brian Eno - arranged by [structural rearrangement], composed by, synthesizer [all dx7 voices], arranged by [string arrangement], drum machine, effects [treatments]
  • Pirate Design - artwork [model making by]
  • Russell Mills - artwork [northern lights]
  • James Pinker - synth bass [keyboard bass], percussion [acoustic percussion], drum [fan drum], synth bass [keyboard bass], percussion [all percussion], bells, percussion [acoustic percussion], synth bass [keyboard bass]
  • Hahn Rowe - violin
  • Roger Eno - accordion, vibraphone, piano, accordion, synthesizer
  • Nell Catchpole - violin, violin [violins]
  • Richard Henderson - performer [short wave simulation]

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