Eros In Arabia
General
| Feb 2018
Reviews
Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2018-03-01
Reviewed 2018-03-01
Lush gorgeous evocative listenable experimental along the lines of John Hassel/Brian Eno, David Byrne, looping like Steve Reich and Phillip Glass, engaging, cinematic. Like Hassel, Byrne, this stuff takes on a serene primal, world, tribal feel, like the origins of music distilled. Play with/also check out Hassel/Eno collaboration “Possible Musics” and the epic Byrne/Eno “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts”.
I wrote the above before realizing this is a re-release of Horowitz’ first debut record from 1981, and at the time he was indeed working with John Hassel. Horowitz is a heavy hitter now: 40 years’ experience working in jazz and Hollywood film scores, collaborating with the likes of Anthony Braxton and, of course, John Hassel.
1) (4:55) pretty looping airy with breathy Hassel’esque woodwind/flute 2) (5:17) tribal looping drums, quite pleasant with flutes and other winds 3)* (4:43) very tribal, African veldt feel, almost kalima’like, called “Baby Elephant Magic” and the music indeed evokes such an image 4)* (3:31) treated vocal chantings, looped and layered with tribal drums 5) (3:27) very metallic overall, mildly melodic, certainly hypnotic 6) (3:34) looping player piano composition, an ode to the master of the player piano, Nancarro 7) (3:28) pretty almost toy like pianos 8)* (21:46) “Elephant Dance”: wow epic spacey trippy dripping, east meets west loveliness
I wrote the above before realizing this is a re-release of Horowitz’ first debut record from 1981, and at the time he was indeed working with John Hassel. Horowitz is a heavy hitter now: 40 years’ experience working in jazz and Hollywood film scores, collaborating with the likes of Anthony Braxton and, of course, John Hassel.
1) (4:55) pretty looping airy with breathy Hassel’esque woodwind/flute 2) (5:17) tribal looping drums, quite pleasant with flutes and other winds 3)* (4:43) very tribal, African veldt feel, almost kalima’like, called “Baby Elephant Magic” and the music indeed evokes such an image 4)* (3:31) treated vocal chantings, looped and layered with tribal drums 5) (3:27) very metallic overall, mildly melodic, certainly hypnotic 6) (3:34) looping player piano composition, an ode to the master of the player piano, Nancarro 7) (3:28) pretty almost toy like pianos 8)* (21:46) “Elephant Dance”: wow epic spacey trippy dripping, east meets west loveliness
Recent airplay
Queen Of Saba
Brownian Motion — May 09, 2018
Baby Elephant Magic
Brownian Motion — Apr 04, 2018
Elephant Dance
Markov Chain Gang — Mar 10, 2018
Queen Of Saba
A Night on the Roof — Mar 08, 2018
Elephant Dance
Brownian Motion — Mar 07, 2018
Elephant Dance
Magnetized Toner — Mar 06, 2018
Charting
2018-03-06 — 2018-05-08
Classical/Experimental
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Apr 8 | 1 |
| Mar 11 | 4 |
Track listing
| 1. | Bandit Nrah Master Of Rajasthan | ||
| 2. | Eros Never Stops Dreaming | ||
| 3. | Baby Elephant Magic | ||
| 4. | Queen Of Saba | ||
| 5. | Never Tech No Foriegn Answer | ||
| 6. | 23/8 For Conlon Nancarrow | ||
| 7. | Tamara Alexa | ||
| 8. | Elephant Dance |