Elpmas

by Moondog

Elpmas cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Kopf
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:11:49
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The legendary avant-garde composer's late-career masterpiece reflects his deep fascination with Native American culture and environmentalism. Marimba-driven minimalist structures form the backbone of this hypnotic, conceptual ode to nature and indigenous rights.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, repetitive, rhythmic, atmospheric, nature, minimalistic, ensemble, melodic, eccentric, orchestral, minimal

Tracklist

  1. Wind River Powwow (7:11)
  2. Westward Ho! (6:00)
  3. Suite Equestria (Trail Versus Road And Trail) (7:14)
  4. Marimba Mondo 1 • The Rain Forest (5:33)
  5. Fujiyama 1 (Instr.) (4:43)
  6. Marimba Mondo 2 • Seascape Of The Whales (5:51)
  7. Fujiyama 2 (Lovesong) (5:01)
  8. Bird Of Paradise (2:40)
  9. The Message (A Cappella Male Chorus) (1:01)
  10. Introduction And Overtone Continuum (2:25)
  11. Cosmic Meditation (24:10)

Credits

  • Moondog - primary artist, composed by [compositions by]
  • Götz Alsmann - banjo
  • Henry Schuman - oboe
  • Johannes Leis - piccolo flute [piccolo], alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass saxophone
  • Peter Wendland - violone, viol [viola da gamba (diskant, tenor, bass)]
  • Akbar Huck - voice
  • Max Alsmann - voice ["little man"]
  • Nobuko Sugai - voice [recitation]

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