Splash!!!Mythical deep sea library music from covert Swiss multi-instrumentalist Joel Vandroogenbroeck under the false Eric Vann guise for German catalogue Coloursound Library.
The little pocket of ‘wet’ library music continues to be, for us at least, the most interesting sector of an otherwise daunting genre.Italian’s do it better - Alessandroni / Tommasi / Tamponi’s 70’s Nature Series, A.R Luciani’s pair of sub-aquatic exploration or the great Egisto Macchi, but in enter Vandroogenbroeck.The Swiss musicians’ background in psychedelic krautrock group Brainticket and his jazz flute credentials stand him in good stead here, using the wind instrument to add a sense of cosmic weightless to the fluttering electronics and flourishes of harp here.It’s purely instrumental, evoking a range of submerged themes, from the tense ‘Sonar’ to the other-worldly ‘Sea World’ and effervescent new-age bliss of ‘Bubble Snail’.Easily one of the most enduring, effective and well-aged library records of its kind, with strong appeal to any staunch new-age or spiritual jazz fiend.Rare!!(NM/NM - top copy)
