Wind Journey

Erik Wøllo (Performer), Erik Wollo (Composer)

Product Details

• Performer: Erik Wøllo
• Composer: Erik Wollo
• Audio CD (September 4, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Spotted Peccary
• ASIN: B00005NT3X
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #83,995 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Beginning

2. Wind Journey 1

3. Blue Moon

4. Dream Lines

5. Going North

6. Awakening

7. Insula

8. Wind Journey 2

9. Sea

10. Open Land

11. Spring Poem

12. Rain

13. Distant View

14. Huldra 2

15. Early Autumn

16. Frost

17. Winter Shine

18. Winter Lake

19. Passage Of Time

20. Destination

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Erik Wollo's works are overlooked gems of modern instrumental music. From his home in Norway, Wollo's been sending out missives of mood and ambience since the mid-1980s with albums like Silver Beach and Solstice. Last year's U.S. release of Guitar Nova explored the acoustic-guitar side of this musician in multilayered, overdubbed soundscapes that retained the ambience and structure of his electronic works. With Wind Journey, he returns to synthesizers but keeps his electric guitar at hand for some gloriously heroic solos, especially on "Dream Line." A subtle, tugging ostinato pattern builds into layers of keyboard orchestrations topped by guitar, which starts out in a pastoral, acoustic mode but segues into a soaring lead solo that recalls Steve Hackett during his Spectral Mornings era. Wind Journey is centered by Seasons Suite, a 10-part sequence of moody vignettes. Erik Wollo's roots in progressive rock are clear and he uses them to articulate a cinematic music. While Wollo lives in a country with some of the most awe-inspiring landscapes in the world, he composes much of his music in a basement studio. The worlds he creates are strictly from the imagination, and what a vivid imagination it is. --John Diliberto

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a surprise and completely different from the last CD, September 27, 2001

By	Guardian of the Zen Sea "Indigo" (Looking after the sun and surf) - See all my reviews

The last Eric Wollo CD featured wonderful virtuoso guitar, most closely akin to a "fingerpicking" style. Each piece was different, almost like a "best of" CD. This CD is completely different in that the artist uses the guitar as part of a series of thematic atmospheric tone poems based on the idea of wind and its forms and effects. The overall feel of the music is very ambient, with the guitar used less as a melody-maker, and more as a symphonic, electronic instrument, almost like a timescape. The orchestration includes atmospheric electronic soundscapes within which the artist creates mood music of the highest quality. I was absolutely fascinated by the CD on first hearing it, and it only gets better with each re-playing as I discover new nuances to the music. What a master of the guitar this man is. I highly recommend that you take a listen to this CD, and take a journey into the wind with Mr Wollo. This is a thinking person's delight!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ambient music that takes me far, far away!, April 24, 2003

By	ManOfPrecision "Tony" (Lowers Bucks County, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

I have purchased cd in the summer of 2002. Back then, all I could think of doing was listen to 88.5 on the radio and hope that they will play music from Erik Wollo. The first song I heard was "Dream Lines". The music didn't seem familiar to me at first. I didn't consider it really ambient but it turned out that it was. After listening to it, I was into it very much. I never heard such a song played like that before and I knew it was something I would like. Wollo plays the guitar in a way that the sound echoes in my head and makes me feel like Im somewhere far and distant. In a short time, I heard "Wind Journey 1". That was amazing. After I listened to it few more times, I was into it so much that I couldn't help buying it from Amazon.com. Just about every beat and sound seems to echoe as if it was played outside where nothing surrounds you and where the music can travel and be heard. Listen to the samples and decide. Buying this cd is something to consider.

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific music, September 29, 2009

By	Mason W. Smith (Charlotte, NC United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Since picking up this, my first Erik Wollo album, I have enjoyed his music so much I have added Blue Sky, Red Guitars, Emotional Landscapes and Guitar Nova to my iPod collection. All of Eric's music is terrific and really sets a mellow mood. Although he can get it going too.