From Gardens Where We Feel Secure

by Virginia Astley

From Gardens Where We Feel Secure cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 29 July 1983
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.93/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Virginia Astley鈥檚 ambient tone poem is a deeply soothing, profoundly pastoral masterpiece that evokes the quiet majesty of the English countryside. The album seamlessly blends delicate neoclassical piano loops and flute melodies with lush, immersive field recordings of birdsong and summer ambiance, creating a remarkably warm and peaceful listening experience.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, ambient, piano, nature, atmospheric, gentle, dreamy

Tracklist

  1. With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming
  2. A Summer Long Since Past
  3. From Gardens Where We Feel Secure
  4. Hiding In The Ha-Ha
  5. Out On The Lawn I Lie In Bed
  6. Too Bright For Peacocks
  7. Summer Of Their Dreams
  8. When The Fields Were On Fire
  9. It's Too Hot To Sleep

Credits

  • Virginia Astley - primary artist, co-producer, photography by
  • David A. Jones - design
  • Martyn Atkins - design
  • BilBo - lacquer cut by
  • Russell Webb - producer, engineer

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