William Ackerman - Conferring With the Moon
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Artist: William AckermanEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1998-08-25
Music Label: Windham Hill Records
Soundtracks:
- Conferring with the Moon
- Improv 2
- Lago de Montañas (Mountain Lake)
- Big Thing in the Sky (For Jess)
- Climbing in Geometry
- The Last Day at the Beach
- Singing Crocodile
- Processional
- Shape of the Land
- Garage Planet
- Conferring with the Moon (Solo)
Free Music Notes for Conferring With the Moon
Free Music Review: Intense
Hit: 5 Stars
In the liner notes to this release, Ackerman writes of trying to understand love with the moon's help: "Now I remember clearly that I knew, but I have no memory of what I knew." This sums up the way I feel after listening to this album. I learn something, but I cannot place my finger on just what that something is. This is the single best work of William Ackerman's career thus far. It was also, luckily enough, the first one I heard.I discovered this album at my local library, attracted by the title, the gray cover (of the original CD release) and the stark forest photograph on the front. Listening to it changed my life. The title track is seven and a half minutes of "unrequited love and misery," as Ackerman writes. Guitar, bass, violin, and the amazing sound of the lyricon mix to create something completely fresh, familiar and yet distant. The musical theme of this song is so deeply stirring. The rest of the album continues this mood, but in many different ways. There is nothing weak about this album.
The original vinyl release, which I also have, is missing (for space reasons) two tracks: "Processional," Ackerman's third and best recording of this piece, and "Garage Planet," a minimalist, multilayered effort. Buy the CD for the full experience. This music will carry you to so many different places. From the tranquil pan-pipes of "Lago de Montanas" to the soaring heights of "Climbing in Geometry," which features a memorable contribution by pianist Ira Stein, each piece is something new, but tied in to the recurring theme of love and loss and sadness and mixed emotions. Another personal highlight is "Singing Crocodile," which Ackerman admits he subconsciously drew from a Creole lullaby. Original or not, the piece is hauntingly beautiful. The album ends with a solo reprise of "Conferring with the Moon," which is not gratuitous but in fact a perfect ending for this watershed of an album.
Once heard, this album will not leave your memory.
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