Kites (album)
| Kites | ||||
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| Studio album by Jade Warrior | ||||
| Released | 1976 | |||
| Genre |
experimental rock progressive rock | |||
| Length | 36:27 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Jon Field, Tony Duhig | |||
| Jade Warrior chronology | ||||
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Kites is the sixth studio album by the British progressive/experimental rock band Jade Warrior released in 1976 by Island Records. Kites, more layered and complex than Waves, the duo's previous outing, took nine months to record.[1]
Style
Kites presented the band "at their most musically abstract and progressive",[2] featuring a larger number of guest musicians than any previous album. Each side here is a long concept piece: side A - Jon Field's side (partly inspired by abstract artist Paul Klee's painting "The Kingdom of the Air", otherwise meaning to convey the sounds of a kite drifting through skies),[1] on side B, driven by Tony Duhig, the wandering Zen boat monk Teh Ch'eng in 9th century China provided a conceptual focus.[3] Casey Elston of AllMusic describes the result as "dense and dramatic" and a "rare example of intense ambient sound".[1]
Musicians
- Tony Duhig – guitars, percussion, keyboards, production
- Jon Field – flutes, guitar, percussion, production
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Studio guests
- Roger Bryson - piano
- Fred Frith - violin
- Pete Gibson - brass, horn
- Coleridge Goode - bass guitar
- Debbie Hall - violin
- Jeff Westley - electric piano
- Graham Morgan - drums
- Joe O'Donnell - violin
- Clodagh Simonds - vocals
- Gowan Turnbull - saxophone
- Geoff Westley - piano
- Willie - drums, percussion
- Elmo - mexican foot drums
Personnel
- Tom Newman - audio engineer, engineer
- David Platt - liner notes
- Mark Powell - reissue producer
- Paschal Byrne - digital remastering, remastering
- George Chkiantz - audio engineer, engineer
- Hugh Gilmour - package design[4]
Tracklist
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Songs of the Forest" | 3:12 |
| 2. | "Wind Song" | 4:05 |
| 3. | "The Emperor" | 1:58 |
| 4. | "Wind Borne" | 6:52 |
| 5. | "Kite Song" | 3:04 |
| 6. | "Land of the Warrior" | 3:29 |
| 7. | "Quietly by the River" | 3:20 |
| 8. | "Arrival of the Emperor: What Does the Venerable Sir Do?" | 1:06 |
| 9. | "Teh Ch'eng: Do You Understand This?" | 2:32 |
| 10. | "Arrival of Chia Shan: Disclosure and Liberation" | 4:10 |
| 11. | "Towards the Mountains" | 2:03 |
| 12. | "The Last Question" | 0:36 |
All songs written by Duhig and Field.
References
- 1 2 3 4 Casey Elston. "Kites album review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ↑ Peter Thelen. gnosis2000.net "Jade Warrior" Check
|url= - ↑ "A History of Jade Warrior (version of 28 June 2010)". www.radagast.org. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ↑ "Kites Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-01-01.