Kites (album)
Kites is the sixth studio album by 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]
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Released | 1976 | |||
Genre | Experimental rock, progressive rock | |||
Length | 36:27 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Producer | Jon Field, Tony Duhig | |||
Jade Warrior chronology | ||||
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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]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic |
Casey Elston of AllMusic described the result as "dense and dramatic" and a "rare example of intense ambient sound".[1]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Tony Duhig and Jon Field.
No. | Title | Length |
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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 Bank" | 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 |
Personnel
- Tony Duhig – guitars, percussion, keyboards, production
- Jon Field – flutes, guitar, percussion, production
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
Production
- 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]
References
- Casey Elston. "Kites album review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- Peter Thelen. gnosis2000.net "Jade Warrior" Check
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value (help). gnosis2000.net. Retrieved 2010-01-18. - "A History of Jade Warrior (version of 28 June 2010)". www.radagast.org. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- "Kites Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-01-01.