Ragnar Grippe- Sand (Vinyl) UtopiaSince it's original release in 1977, Ragnar Grippe's seminal debut album entitled "Sand" has been adorned with immense praise and influenced a myriad of ambient musicians and minimalist composers. Grippe's unique approach of bonding post modern classical composition into the tape techniques of musique concrte allowed him to be one of the leading experimental electronic musicians of the late 20th century. In the early 1970's, Grippe had struck up a
Whatchful Guardian
he's quick to shine the mirror outward to address the creeping dread of modern life: consumerism
La Luz de Tu Corazón
is that they came here to rock
The Séance E
and for the home straight Harnoncourt treads a course somewhere between the printed Allegro con fuoco and the expressive broadening that Dvorák later sanctioned
It's an enduring album and an important one
Disagreements between the band and management/label surfaced during the recording
songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rett Madison
[This performance] is centred in string playing of astonishing depth
I Believe in Father Christmas
Shelagh Mcdonald -Silk And Leather