Earning his stripes playing on French Jazz / experimental acts in the 70’s, Ariel travelled the well-worn path to India, studying their centuries old classical music traditions and reportedly learning circular breathing techniques from a snake charmer.The time-lag accumulated soprano sax piece that occupies the entire A-side feels heavily indebted to Terry Riley’s pioneering minimalist pieces, although by no means a pastiche, both pieces feel vital to the Western embrace of Eastern music traditions.All structures are dissolved into music with no beginning or end, drifting, swelling and clustering together at points but always *-infinite-*.On Bakafrika, a laid-back g’nawa precession is run thru the time-lag gear, creating a gently stoned delay / phasing effect that could effectively continue endlessly, whilst Reternelle is explores the overlapping modalities of his trusted soprano sax.A vital brick in the canon of early minimalist / ambient music - beautifully hand-decorated cover by Ariel himself, rare to find in this condition too.(NM/NM)
Tracklist A Le Temps Des Moissons 16:58 B1 Bakafrika 9:42 B2 Reternelle 12:12
