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Bill Nelson - Simplex (1990)

Bill Nelson - Simplex (1990)

BAND/ARTIST: Bill Nelson

  • Title: Simplex
  • Year Of Release: 1990
  • Label: Capitol
  • Genre: Art Rock, Ambient, New Wave
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks) / MP3 320 Kbps
  • Total Time: 01:00:57
  • Total Size: 295 Mb / 153 Mb
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Tracklist:

01. Awakening 1:51
02. Almost Unchanging 1:46
03. Bittersweet 1:14
04. Ringing True 1:36
05. Celestial East 1:46
06. Some Distant Time 1:48
07. The Profaned Sanctuary Of The Human Heart 1:30
08. Forms In Open Spaces 1:59
09. Raindrum 1:20
10. Female Form 1:36
11. Archetypes 1:58
12. Solid Spaces 1:23
13. Abstracted 2:06
14. Heptarchia 2:12
15. Climbing 2:23
16. Waiting For Rain 2:29
17. Aqua Magica 1:50
18. Summer Shower 2:49
19. Hammertheme 1:20
20. The Cloud Of Unknowing 2:10
21. Bending A Knee At The Altar Of Sacrifice 1:35
22. A Parting Of The Ways 1:09
23. Bronze 1:56
24. To Jan From The Shining Stars 1:24
25. Arrangement Of Roses 2:44
26. Likewise Is Said Elsewhere 1:19
27. Child Of The Dream 2:21
28. The Enclosed Garden 0:52
29. The Christmas Gift 1:16
30. Heros De Lumiere 5:51
31. Your Morning Blessing 3:08

Featuring some recordings made for the documentary film Henry Moore and Landscape, Bill Nelson's Simplex surrounds these commissioned bits with "complementary compositions" for an organic-meets-otherworldly instrumental album, one right in line with sculptor Moore's work. The feeling to be had here is that of walking through green acres and mossy fields with semi-abstract distractions appearing along the way. In his liner notes, Nelson describes these pieces as "haiku-like," perfectly conveying their size (short) and build (delicate). Fans familiar with his silent film soundtracks (Das Kabinet and La Belle et la Bete) will find the size of these two-minutes-or-less pieces familiar, and if Nelson's ADD-styled kind of ambient is an acquired taste, Simplex is its best advocate, coming off as a diminutive suite instead of a disjointed set of ideas. Echoing gongs and hissing synths makes "Bronze" an easy pick, while "Likewise Is Said Elsewhere" finds Nelson pulling a Penguin Café Orchestra out of his charmingly dated synth, giving the album an elegant garden party break with sampled bassoon and strings. Speaking of dated, these recordings come from 1987-1988 but didn't see release until 1990 when a fan club giveaway turned into a debacle. When "unsold" copies of the 1990 Simplex kept turning up in shops, Nelson accused his management of bootlegging the album, not considering any release "official" till it was issued in a limited run (500 copies) in 2000. Wide release followed in 2012, and suddenly the lawsuit-launching, career-changing, and mythical Simplex album revealed itself as harmless and warm stuff, better for small, personal revolutions or background listening and not what you'd put on while bringing down an empire.





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  • skipshaw3
  •  wrote in 02:01
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thanks for the reup!!!