So Flows the Current

by Patrick O'Hearn

So Flows the Current cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 February 2001
  • Label: Campfire
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 52:16
  • Community rating: 3.71/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Shifting significantly away from his previous synthesizer-heavy compositions, the veteran ambient artist employs entirely acoustic instrumentation. The album features delicate cello, fretless bass, and piano to construct a highly meditative, organic, and spiritually soothing new age soundscape.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, forest, atmospheric, ambient, synthesizers, piano, gentle, melodic

Tracklist

  1. A Lovely Place to Be (8:50)
  2. So Flows the Current (6:11)
  3. The Cold Sea's Embrace (3:52)
  4. Panning the Sands (7:27)
  5. Beyond This Moment (4:49)
  6. Along the Waterfront (6:19)
  7. Northwest Passage (4:25)
  8. Like So Much Lost Time (3:56)
  9. Traveler's Rest (6:23)

Credits

  • Peter Maunu - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar
  • Pat Johnston - cello
  • Robin Tolleson - drums, cymbal, shaker
  • David Torn - guitar [additional processed guitar]

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