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Seven Veils (Robert Rich album)

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Released
  
August 18, 1998

Seven Veils (1998)
  
Humidity (2000)

Release date
  
1998

Label
  
Hearts of Space Records

Length
  
60:35

Artist
  
Robert Rich

Producer
  
Robert Rich

Genre
  
Ambient music

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Recorded
  
July 1996 - September 1997 at Soundscape Studio

Similar
  
Below Zero, A Troubled Resting Place, Calling Down the Sky, Fissures, Temple of the Invisible

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Seven Veils (1998) is an album by the U.S. ambient musician Robert Rich. It is inspired by Arab culture and music. This album has a heightened emphasis on rhythms, from guitar and percussion. All pieces except track 3 were composed in just intonation. Guests include David Torn on guitar and Hans Christian on cello. Ranked by Allmusic as one of Rich's best albums, it was praised as, "This Muslim psychedelia is a must for every shrinking world audiophile."

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Coils" – 6:03
  2. "Alhambra" – 10:09
  3. "Talisman of Touch" – 4:52
  4. "Book of Ecstasy" – 15:03
    1. "A Silken Thread" – 5:07
    2. "A Hungry Moon" – 4:00
    3. "A Veiled Oasis" – 5:56
  5. "Ibn Sina" – 8:33
  6. "Dissolve" – 5:34
  7. "Lapis" – 10:19

All compositions by Robert Rich. Titles: 2 refers to the Alhambra, 5 to Ibn Sina, and 6 to Lapis.

Personnel

Musical
  • Robert Rich – synthesizers, samplers, drums & percussion, bamboo and PVC flutes, lap steel guitar, rubberband marimba, dulcimer, waterphone, "glurp"
    • with
  • David Torn – guitar (tracks 2 and 4)
  • Andrew McGowan – bass (track 2)
  • Forrest Fang – violin (track 3)
  • Hans Christian – cello (track 4 and 7)
  • Mark Forry – Balkan kaval (track 6)
    • Technical
  • Recording, mixing: Robert Rich
  • Mastering: Bob Olhsson, Robert Rich
    • Graphical
  • Cover photo: Robert Holmes (Sausalito)
  • Artist photo: Brad Cole
  • Art direction: Stephen Hill
  • Design: Stephen Hill, Jeremy Hulette

    • Songs

    1Coils6:04
    2Alhambra10:09
    3Talisman of Touch4:52

    References

    Seven Veils (Robert Rich album) Wikipedia
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