In Europe

by Moondog

In Europe cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Kopf
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:44
  • Community rating: 3.91/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded shortly after the legendary blind street musician permanently relocated from New York City to Germany, this project strips back his complex orchestral arrangements to their stark, rhythmic core. Performed primarily on pipe organ alongside intricate, self-invented percussion instruments, the compositions highlight his unique mastery of strict contrapuntal canons. It serves as an intimate, deeply resonant European rebirth for one of American minimalism's founding eccentric geniuses.

Genres

Descriptors: minimalistic, instrumental, rhythmic, repetitive, chamber, melodic, ensemble, strings, sophisticated

Tracklist

  1. Viking I (3:00)
  2. Chaconne In G (4:50)
  3. Heimdall Fanfare (3:10)
  4. Romance In G (5:20)
  5. In Vienna (2:10)
  6. Chaconne C (2:57)
  7. L枚gr眉ndr III (1:15)
  8. L枚gr眉ndr XII (2:23)
  9. L枚gr眉ndr XIII (2:12)
  10. L枚gr眉ndr IV (5:00)
  11. L枚gr眉ndr VII (2:05)
  12. L枚gr眉ndr XIX (Portrait Of My Mother) (8:22)

Credits

  • Moondog - primary artist, percussion [all percussions]
  • Fritz Storfinger - organ
  • Bertalan Ikrenyi - cello
  • Klaus K枚nig - viola
  • Gabor Gui - violin [1. violin], violin family
  • Ludovik Sandrik - violin [2. violin], violin family
  • Guy Carmichael - horn [waldhorn], French horn
  • Malte Heygster - celesta

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