Arcane

Various Artists - Jazz - Fusion/World Fusion | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 10, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Real World
• ASIN: B000000HPB
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #324,354 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Mother Is Not the White Dove

2. Ginger

3. Chinese Canon

4. Yodel 3

5. Youth and Age

6. Which Way Out/Esmerelda Pia Finj

7. Thoughts on the Departure of a Lifelong Friend

8. Cage Dead [Word Version]

9. Morecambe Bay

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique. Amazing. Beautiful. My #1 Deserted Island Disc., June 28, 2000

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DocGuy "jallen42" (Los Angeles, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arcane (Audio CD)

This is a gorgeous album that completely defies categorization. Throughout the album, one can hear elements of jazz, classical, trance, pop, and world music (from all continents). Despite this eclectic blend, everything holds together for an album that can be enjoyed start to finish.

I have yet to meet anybody who doesn't like this album. As a matter of fact, I have yet to play it for anybody who hasn't purchased it for themselves shortly thereafter.

While I like every single track (rare for me), standout tracks are, IMHO, My Mother is Not the White Dove, Youth and Age, and Morecambe Bay.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely beautiful!, March 16, 2000

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Silent Abstraction - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arcane (Audio CD)

This is one of the most beautiful records I know, and I have quite a few. Here a various musicians playing very different styles, coming together at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios to record a calm and focussed album where all songs - however different they are - have a unique atmosphere. This is World Music at its very best - too bad there was no follow-up to this wonderful album.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another spectacular product of Real World fusion, January 30, 1999

By A Customer

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This review is from: Arcane (Audio CD)

9 tracks may not seem like a lot of music for a CD in this day and age; particularly when those cuts have titles like "Ginger","Chinese Canon", and "Cage Dead (Word Version)." But, like all of the Real World recordings, this album is a radiant example of the music that happens when individual talents collide and fuse together.

Recorded during the famous "Real World Recording Week," which brings together diverse artists to see, quite simply, what will happen, this album is jazzy and meditative in its overall feel. Tracks like "Chinese Canon", "Ginger", and "Morecambe Bay" will be precious gems to someone looking for a balm to the hectic everyday life. For those who find solace through more energized tracks, "Yodel 3" and "Youth and Age" provide a welcome boost of energy.

For those looking for a "world music" collection of excellent quality and wide variety of styles, this album is a must.