Length 36:27 Artist Jade Warrior Producer Jon Field | Kites
(1976) Way of the Sun
(1978) Release date 1976 Label Esoteric Recordings | |
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Genres Progressive rock, Experimental rock Similar Waves, Floating World, Released, Last Autumn's Dream, Elements: The Island Anthology | ||
Jade warrior kites full album 1976
Kites is the sixth studio album by the British progressive/experimental rock band Jade Warrior released in 1976 by Island Records. Kites, more layered and complex than Waves, the duo's previous outing, took nine months to record.
Contents
Style
Kites presented the band "at their most musically abstract and progressive", featuring a larger number of guest musicians than any previous album. Each side here is a long concept piece: side A - Jon Field's side (partly inspired by abstract artist Paul Klee's painting "The Kingdom of the Air", otherwise meaning to convey the sounds of a kite drifting through skies), on side B, driven by Tony Duhig, the wandering Zen boat monk Teh Ch'eng in 9th century China provided a conceptual focus. Casey Elston of AllMusic describes the result as "dense and dramatic" and a "rare example of intense ambient sound".
Musicians
Studio guests
Personnel
Track list
All songs written by Duhig and Field.
Songs
1Songs of the Forest3:13
2Wind Song4:05
3The Emperor Kite1:58