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A Rainbow In Curved Air

Terry Riley Format: Audio CD

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1	A Rainbow In Curved Air
2	Poppy Nogood And The Phantom Band

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* NEW REMASTERED EDITION OF THE CLASSIC AMBIENT EXPERIMENTAL WORK BY THE LEGENDARY TERRY RILEY
* BOOKLET WITH FULLY RESTORED ARTWORK & ESSAY
Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce a new remastered edition of the wonderful ambient and experimental work by composer Terry Riley, "A Rainbow in Curved Air". One of the great modern musical works, Riley composed this influential piece utilising tape loop recording in 1967, performing every instrument himself.

A pioneer of modern music, Riley's all night performances of his work were ground breaking experimental events and influenced composers such as Philip Glass. Released as an album in 1969, "A Rainbow in Curved Air" brought Riley to a wider rock audience. The British band CURVED AIR took their name from this work and PETE TOWNSHEND of The Who was inspired by Riley's music to create the seminal songs "Baba O' Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again". "A Rainbow in Curved Air" remains a highly influential creation.

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Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.4 x 13.59 x 0.99 cm; 104.04 Grams
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ ESOTERIC
Item model number ‏ : ‎ ECLEC2306
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2012
Label ‏ : ‎ ESOTERIC
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B006GE6BJI
Country of origin ‏ : ‎ Germany
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Very successful interpretation

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 October 2013

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Despite being between 3 and 4 times longer than Terry Riley's original recording, this version does not sound laboured, nor does it outstay its' welcome. It is in fact, somewhat miraculous how the time flashes by, reminding me that one of the many names appled to this musical genre was 'trance music.'

Mark Jenkins says he used, among an array of synths, an original Yamaha organ as used by Riley himself, thus preserving many of the timbres of the original.

Riley has described the 'score' for A Rainbow (worked, I think, retrospectively from the recording of the improvised performance) as a set of sketches that would not be suitable for live performance, but Mark Jenkins has presumably taken the set of cards Riley produced and created a piece which he can perform live - and he surely has substantial familiarity with Riley's recording, since his performance sounds so authentic.

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An amusement is the introduction of the main theme from Tubular Bells around half-way through, underlining the influence Riley had on more than one composer-performer over the years.

It's great to think that this piece is something that one can see in live performance, and Riley himself doesn't play like this anymore. With so many recordings of Riley's In C available, it's good to see this recording of A Rainbow join Katrina Krimsky's piano version and Riley's original. Well worth buying, and I hope Mark Jenkins would consider recording more Riley and minimalist composers generally, since he displays verve and flair. A very nice touch is the incorporation into the recording of a reading of the little fantasy printed on the back cover from Riley's recording.

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Vaughan

Fantastic Reissue

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 March 2012

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I'm not going to comment on the music as such - readers likely know what this is, and why it's so interesting. Early Philip Glass works are indeed pretty close to what we have here, except the Riley pieces have more vitality, taking repetitive passages and infusing them with infinite variety. There's a liveliness here you don't normally associate with the category.

I bought this reissue because the label, Cherry Red/Reactive have been doing an phenomenal job reissuing titles from the Tangerine Dream catalog (come on Virgin, give it up and let Cherry Red have access to your catalog!)

As such this remastered edition sounds terrific, the music sounds pure, vibrant, and alive. The booklet folds out (think of a front cover as one panel - the fully unfurled booklet is eight panels in size, if that makes sense). The unfolded booklet contains a new, and lengthy article written by Sid Smith. It's a decent read too, and includes a reproduction of the original French release.

All in all this is excellent - some might be bothered by the relatively short playing time (approx. 40 minutes total), but that's being a bit churlish when the music is this good. As reissues go, this is great. I bought the reissue of In C at the same time, well done Cherry Red!

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Normann Aaboe Nielsen

Ambient and daring

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 January 2003

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I first heard "Rainbow" in a radiocast around 1973. Second time was 6 years later, at school. And third time was in 1987, also in a radiocast. Now I have bought the CD.
The morale of this small story is that the music is something that is not heard often, but that it for some shapes the future. It was the first electronic piece that I know that I have heard (excluding "popcorn") and it was a direct inspirator for listening in to some even more advanced pieces of music.
I call the music ambient - and that is true, as the music is flowing and intonating with a form but without a solid theme. "Rainbow" is not trance music, but more demanding.
I also call the music daring, referring to the point in time where it arrived. And then again - it was all so psykodelic then. Perhaps it was daring for us, not wanting to listen exclusively to Manfred Mann or Beatles. Well...
The music is classical electronica. It should be a must-listen.

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Brian C.

Timeless

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 August 2021

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Will never fade away.Like meeting an old friend.

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Arcticwind

Minimalistic Classic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 April 2012

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Its taken a long time for a Re-Mastered copy with art work that does it justice.Side 1 is Terry at his Keyboard with looped and delayed revox tape recorders reminscent of his all night live performances.Side 2 he switches to Soprano sax also using tape delay and looping.Its magical. My first copy was bought in 1969 on CBS Masterworks and It still remains in my top 20 of all time classics.Just put it on and chill and if you enjoy this treat yourself to "Persian Surgery Dervishes" Absolutely essential music

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Bluesboy

Into the Twilight Zone!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 August 2016

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A wonderful re-mastering of this all time classic. I always felt the title track was a mere introduction to a piece of music that lasted 24 hours. A few minutes in and you have entered another time zone, but sadly it only lasts about 18 minutes. I must have about 15 albums by Terry Riley, and this has stood the test of time. One of the better Esoteric reissues.

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Kludge

Still stunning after all these years

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 April 2012

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I owned this on LP years ago. What on earth happened to it? Half-inched or borrowed no doubt. I just happened to see this newly polished remastered edition and can happily report that it retains its power to delight. This came out originally in 1969!! It sounds great today; imagine what it would have sounded like then. Brilliant.

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Peter E

Rainbow in Curved Air - electronic music

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 March 2018

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Bought this on Vinyl when first released (1969, the electronic version of Rainbow in Curved Air) and wanted the CD, still most enjoyable

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