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Andreas Vollenweider - Down To The Moon (1986)

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Andreas Vollenweider - Down To The Moon (1986)

Andreas Vollenweider - Down To The Moon (1986)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 227 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 83 Mb | Scans ~ 85 Mb
New Age, Instrumental, World Fusion | Label: Columbia | # COL 485165 2 | 00:36:28

Andreas Vollenweider's Grammy-winning effort is dominated by the Swiss musician's electrically modified harp. Its distinctive sound runs throughout the album, supported by the usual tinkering synthesizer effects and light percussion. After an extended introductory interlude, the title track zips into a vaguely Caribbean-styled rhythm. "Water Moon" features a different, more organic harp sound; it's mixed with the windy tones of a flute, suggesting ghostly moonshafts lancing through falling rain. Vollenweider plays the harp strings off of guitar strings on the surprisingly twangy (for new age, anyway) "Drown in Pale Light." The composer weaves the album's instrumentals together with a goody bag of pan-ethnic influences; the album's margins are full of these little touches that nevertheless make a big difference. Down to the Moon will appeal to anyone looking for music that's as interesting as it is soothing.

Andreas Vollenweider - Storyteller (2006)

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Andreas Vollenweider - Storyteller (2006)

Andreas Vollenweider - Storyteller (2006)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 385 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 143 MB | Covers - 16 MB
Genre: New Age, World | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Edel Records (0167572CTT)

A musical journey with a special Best Of collection with songs from almost all of the historic albums, selected by Andreas. Songs, which are particularly refering to Andreas' speciality: musical storytelling.
Andreas Vollenweider was one of the few musicians to gain superstar status as a "new age artist" back when the term was first used as a marketing category in the mid-'80s. The Swiss harpist, however, quickly transcended the need for alternative record sales when his albums simultaneously broached Billboard's pop, jazz, and classical charts in 1986. Born in Zurich in 1953, Vollenweider was ensconced in the city's fine art scene, courtesy of his father, one of Europe's leading organists…

Andreas Vollenweider & Friends - Live 1982-1994 (1994)

Posted By: gribovar
Andreas Vollenweider & Friends - Live 1982-1994 (1994)

Andreas Vollenweider & Friends - Live 1982-1994 (1994)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 760 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 312 MB | Covers - 14 MB
Genre: New Age, World | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Columbia/Sony Music (COL 478042 2)

Selections from "Trilogy", "Down to the Moon", "Dancing with the Lion", "The Book of Roses" and "Eolian Minstrel", performed live by Vollenweider and his collaborators in concert tours from 1992 through 1994. This 2-CD set also includes an additional nine tracks of previously unreleased material done in a similar style to the cuts on the aforementioned albums - a wonderful bonus for fans of vintage Vollenweider. It's nice to hear the in-concert variations and improvisations of old favorites, and how gratifying also to hear all the live cheers and applause for this truly amazing artist and his repertoire of uniquely fascinating compositions.

Andreas Vollenweider - Book Of Roses (1991)

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Andreas Vollenweider - Book Of Roses (1991)

Andreas Vollenweider - Book Of Roses (1991)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 275 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 116 MB | Covers - 6 MB
Genre: New Age, World | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Columbia/Sony Music (CK 48601)

Andreas Vollenweider's Book of Roses marries concept to contemporary instrumentalism, and blends the music of numerous cultures into the composer's already worldly sound. Separated into four chapters (where each song is an "episode"), the album chronicles the journey of a young girl from dances in grand ballrooms, through mysterious woods full of magical jugglers, to an eventual meeting with the Sphinx. In between there are numerous other adventures, each punctuated by some of the most ambitious music of Vollenweider's career. His trademark electric harp is still here, and the flair for sweeping arrangement is intact. But the straightforward pop-jazz of "In Doga Gamee" (complete with lyrics) suggests Soul Cages-era Sting, while "In the Woods of Kroandal" marries a romantic classical swell to flamenco guitar and nature sounds…

Andreas Vollenweider & Friends - 25 Years Live (1982-2007) (2008)

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Andreas Vollenweider & Friends - 25 Years Live (1982-2007) (2008)

Andreas Vollenweider & Friends - 25 Years Live (1982-2007) (2008)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 799 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 321 MB | Covers - 36 MB
Genre: New Age, World | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Kin Kou (KIN 17711)

A selection of live concerts from all over the world, from the early 80s until 2007. It is an interesting time document, highlighting the many stages of development of the Andreas Vollenweider & Friends project over 25 years.
Andreas Vollenweider was one of the few musicians to gain superstar status as a "new age artist" back when the term was first used as a marketing category in the mid-'80s. The Swiss harpist, however, quickly transcended the need for alternative record sales when his albums simultaneously broached Billboard's pop, jazz, and classical charts in 1986.

Andreas Vollenweider - Eolian Minstrel (1993)

Posted By: gribovar
Andreas Vollenweider - Eolian Minstrel (1993)

Andreas Vollenweider - Eolian Minstrel (1993)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 291 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 119 MB | Covers - 32 MB
Genre: New Age, World | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Colomba/SBK Records (7243-8-27897-2-7)

Eolian Minstrel is Andreas Vollenweider's debut SBK Records release and the long awaited followup to his 1991 #1 NAC and jazz album, Book of Roses. Andreas plays a harp, but one that has been modified to produce an extraordinary range of sounds. A damper which he designed himself allows him to strum and pluck with more crispness and percussive attack. A microphone attached to each string allows for greater articulation of individual notes, and hand-made strings further define his unique sonorities. This recording is Andreas' most daring album to date and for the first time features guest vocalists, such as Carly Simon and Eliza Gilkyson.

Andreas Vollenweider - Kryptos (1997)

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Andreas Vollenweider - Kryptos (1997)

Andreas Vollenweider - Kryptos (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 329 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 130 MB | Covers - 40 MB
Genre: New Age, World | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Sony Music/Columbia (COL 486878 2)

Swiss harpist Andreas Vollenweider continues his exploration of world fusion on this ambitious, genre-blending release. In addition to the usual presence of Vollenweider's electrified harp, on which he manages to combine the instrument's lush, classical sound with unusual rhythmic effects and uncharacteristic tones, Kryptos boasts a range of other instruments, including flutes, synthesizer, human choruses, and a variety of percussion.
Stylistically Vollenweider draws on African influences, Greek folk songs, Celtic airs, contemporary Western classical, and dramatic film music. Vollenweider also has a soft spot for mythological themes, as on "Hermes' Wedding" and "Circulus Finalis," which recounts the travels of a hero in musical terms. Vollenweider is clearly building on his successful albums of the early 1980s with Kryptos, expanding the reach of his music to encompass the globe.

Andreas Vollenweider - Quiet Places (2020)

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Andreas Vollenweider - Quiet Places (2020)

Andreas Vollenweider - Quiet Places (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 201 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 101 Mb
Full Scans ~ 170 Mb | 00:41:47 | RAR 5% Recovery
New Age, Meditative | MIG #MIG02262

Swiss harpist Andreas Vollenweider is back! A new album "Quiet Places", a novel "Im Spiegel Der Venus", concerts and open-airs. Let us remember: Andreas Vollenweider stands for sold out tours worldwide in auditoriums like Carnegie Hall or Radio City Music Hall in New York, Universal Amphitheatre Los Angeles, Palladium in London, NHK Hall in Tokyo or Town Hall in Sydney. He has released 18 albums from 1980 to the present day and has sold more than 15 million physical records. Grammy Award, Latin Grammy and World Music Award as well as other Grammy nominations, most recently in 2007, stand for his unique success.

Andreas Vollenweider - Behind The Gardens - Behind The Wall - Under The Tree... (1981) {1988 CBS} **[RE-UP]**

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Andreas Vollenweider - Behind The Gardens - Behind The Wall - Under The Tree... (1981) {1988 CBS} **[RE-UP]**

Andreas Vollenweider - Behind The Gardens - Behind The Wall - Under The Tree… (1981) {1988 CBS}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 192 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 69 mb
Genre: new age

Behind The Gardens - Behind The Wall - Under The Tree… is the 1981 album by Andreas Vollenweider, who plays the majority of the instruments on this. It was his second album but his breakthrough album to the mainstream. This comes from the first digital version of the album, released by CBS in 1988.

Andreas Vollenweider - The Trilogy (1990)

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Andreas Vollenweider - The Trilogy (1990)

Andreas Vollenweider - The Trilogy (1990)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2CD | CBS, 467629 2 | ~ 724 or 302 Mb | Artwork(png) -> 228 Mb
Modern Classical, Ambient, New Age

This compilation includes Andreas Vollenweider's first three albums, the new composition "Pace Verde," and selections from 1984's Eine Art Suite. While it's Vollenweider's trademark electric harp playing that unifies these songs, the composer features numerous other instruments, including acoustic guitar, accordion, and the ever-present synthesizers. "Trilogy"'s extended intro of hushed voices and shuffling feet gives way to raindrop percussion before a song seems to emerge out of the ether, featuring crisp snare drum and a dreamy melody plucked out on Vollenweider's modified instrument…

Andreas Vollenweider - White Winds (1984)

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Andreas Vollenweider - White Winds (1984)

Andreas Vollenweider - White Winds (1984)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 208 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 95 MB | Covers (8 MB) included
Genre: New Age | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: CBS Inc. (MK 39963)

Andreas Vollenweider's 1984 effort White Winds, subtitled "Seeker's Journey," features the composer's modified electric harp in pieces that are much more experimental than what would later emerge as the prevailing sound of new age. A brief introduction features the lapping of a boat in a slip, but it soon fades into the angular forays of "Hall of the Stairs," which itself drifts into the more conventional ethno-jazz of "Hall of the Mosaics (Meeting You)." Vollenweider's harp is joined by full percussion and a bank of synthesizers for "The Glass Hall (Choose the Crystal)," breaking the song down to showcase the unique sound of his instrument. Even when it's accessing the soothing tones of new age, White Winds seems to lie closer to contemporary jazz instrumentalism, as the repeated phrasing of these songs suggests…