Two years ago we went for an evening at an old friend's house. Like me he's an inveterate music lover and record buyer. The record spinning on his turntable when we arrived was The Ecstatic Music Of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda, a double album of music made by Alice Coltrane while at the Sai Anantam Ashram in California.
Even though I was only half listening it was a bit of a moment, this beguiling devotional/ spiritual music, a collision of synth drones, harp and Indian chanting, ensemble voices, melody and space. It left quite an impression on me. I ordered the album the next day. It's impossible not to feel uplifted by the ten tracks, some short and some very long. One reviewer (for Pitchfork) said the recordings feel like 'prayers for humanity' and that may be a tad pretentious but it also rings true.
This one is nearly ten minutes long and like the rest of the album (assembled from a variety of cassette recordings in the 80s and 90s) has an energy unlike almost any other music.
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Adding this to the library right away.
Sometime in the future my 'Dj Stretch' smart playlist will fade this into a Spiritualized song. It will be very pleasing indeed.
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