The Last Place To Go...(Dutch Harbor European Tour)

Boxhead Ensemble | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 31, 2009)
• Original Release Date: October 20, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: ATAVISTIC
• ASIN: B00000AG72
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #422,612 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Introduction

2. Coastal Boarder

3. Nobody

4. Dust and Rain

5. Fading Cold

6. Two Ravens

7. Carolyn's Theme

8. Last Place to Go

9. Choices Made

10. Deep Sea

11. Far Gone/Big Sky

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars austere and beautiful..., May 4, 2000

By 

Christopher Kingman "Philosopher / Revolutionary" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Last Place To Go...(Dutch Harbor European Tour) (Audio CD)

the music on this CD are snippets of a live, improvised soundtrack to the movie "Dutch Harbor: Where the Sea Breaks Its Back." the original soundtrack for the movie consisted of improvised sketches done by a collective of chicago musicians. because the movie received an amount of critical praise in europe, the film-makers decided to do a screening/performance tour of europe, where each night a group of musicians would improvise the score while the movie was playing. some of the musicians that participated on the tour were Edith Frost, Charles Kim, Michael Krassner, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Julie Pomerleau, Will Oldham, Ken Vandermark, and Mick Turner and Jim White (both from The Dirty Three).

the music on this CD complements the movie perfectly. the movie is a slow, lyrical, black and white documentary about one of the last frontiers in the world today, the tiny industrial fishing community of Dutch Harbor, on Unalaska Island in the Aleutian chain. like the movie, and it's original soundtrack, the music here drifts out of the environment, melodies drifting and surfacing like waves out of the sea, only to recede back into the atmosphere. the interplay between the various combinations of musicians is absolutely incredible, and though different musicians are improvising on each track, the whole is united by the theme and emotional substance of the movie itself, such that this music sounds amazingly cohesive. at the same time, even though there are hints of influences from the players' personalities and other projects, this music stands apart from anything else i've heard. in short, the music captures the mood of the movie, from the stark lonliness and isolation, to the heartbreaking remorse and nostalgia for days gone by. this music is incredibly moving and touching, and highly reccomended

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ahhhh., August 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Last Place To Go...(Dutch Harbor European Tour) (Audio CD)

This IS dutch harbor--I wish I've been