Both a polymath and erudite musician, Jabir (real name, Francisco Javier Sánchez González) decided to pay homage to the marriage of spirituality and science inspired by the legacy of Al-Andalus, the muslim Spanish civilisation. For that aim, he relied on a vast array of acoustic instruments (ney, violin, ud, bendir and daf), as well as on digital synthesizers and a complex system of computers able to generate aleatory melodies in Middle Eastern scales. He released two albums, the cassette 'Vuelo por las Alturas de Xauen' (1989, EKG) -old, crude-sounding synths and flute, violins or drums over looped synth melodies, over background noise; a beautiful, calming source of forgotten mysticism-, and the LP 'Vuelo por las Alturas de Alhambra', originally published in 1988 on Discos Esplendor Geométrico and a hidden gem in the catalogue of this influential Spanish label. The album unfolds a series of subtle and mesmerising compositions, and it's a recommended listening for those into the most narcotic side of Muslimgauze, the Dariush Dolat-Shahi's lps on Folkways, Jon Hassell's "Fourth World" explorations or even the recent work of contemporary Iranian experimentalists like Sote and Saba Alizadeh. [SOURCE: AGUIRRE RECORDS]
Label:
EGK – EGK 012
Format:
Cassette, C60
Country:
Spain
Released:
1988
Style:
Experimental, Progressive Electronic, Post-Minimalism
Tracklist:
A1 Vuelo Por Las Alturas De Xauen
A2 Cuadro De Una Exposición Árabe
A3 Billik Sami
A4 Cúpula Y Alminar
A5 Yoryina
B1 Calles, Mezquitas Y Puertas
B2 Meditación Anatolia
B3 Bismillah
B4 Y Los Espacios Vacios
Other Versions:
'Vuelo Por Las Alturas De Xauen' (Cassette, C60) (1989, Linea Alternativa), Spain
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