Dark Wood

Artist: David Darling
Label: Ecm Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD

UPC: 781182151925
EAN: 0781182151925
ASIN: B0000031Y8

Release Date: 1995-03-14

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Tracks:

Darkwood IV: Dawn
Darkwood IV: In Motion
Darkwood IV: Journey
Darkwood V: Light
Darkwood V: Earth
Darkwood V: Passage
Darkwood VI: Beginning
Darkwood VI: Up Side Down
Darkwood VI: Searching
Darkwood VI: Medieval Dance
Darkwood VII: The Picture
Darkwood VII: Returning
Darkwood VII: New Morning

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Customer Reviews:

Different!.......2007-01-29

I liked the clips of this music when I heard it, and was not familiar with the artist. You must be in a mood to listen to this CD. It is not for a road trip; but for a serious music ear and somewhat medatitive. It is what it says, Dark Wood serious, somber and chilling in part. I like it though.

One of the best soothing dark albums ever.......2004-05-19

The sonorous cello tones that rhythmically ride through this album make it one of my favorite albums ever, and a favorite of many I have shared it with. It is not a typical taste. It is dark and, literally the feeling tones of a dark wood instrument come to life. It is the feeling of moving through a beautiful night in a dark forest. A music to match a heavy heart and lift it up into something more sublime and optimistic. Highest recommendation if you like rich slow music that is never boring.

Good album, but short measure........2004-01-09

This is a good album of dark, introspective, solo cello music. As much as ECM has a reputation as a jazz label, much of their music is more new age than jazz, and this album is no exception. The problem I have with this album is that, for a "premium priced" CD it's too short: with the last track essentially being a reprise of the first, this is album is actually less than 40 minutes long. Record labels (and artists to some degree) need to get a clue at some point that with CD's being able to hold close to 80 minutes of music, filling an album with less than half of that capacity for a full priced CD just doesn't cut it, especially when they are only paying one artist. Also, as an aside, a word to Marketplace sellers: charging $14 for used copies of these ECM CD's is a ripoff. Marketplace sellers should be monitoring the list prices of the albums they are offering, because it doesn't make them look very good when they are selling a used CD for nearly the same price as a new one.

As far as introspective cello music goes, this is a nice CD, but I'd just as soon listen to the Bach cello suites; as far as "dark" music goes, I'd just as soon listen to some real "dark ambient," like Lustmord.

Shakuhachi cello.......2003-07-23

This is beautiful, spare and meditative, like shakuhachi cello. Its only flaw is that it's a little grim; but that doesn't mar its beauty.

Get Lost in this Darkwood.......2001-05-14

David Darling's sonnorous music moves gently, slowly, often in the depth's of the cello's range. This is appropriate for it conveys an intended woody-ness and darkness. The music is sparse - not unlike music for the shakuhachi, the Japanese baboo flute - and not minimalist as some have described (at least not in the sense of Terry Riley, Philip Glass, John Adams or Steven Reich). Nor is it depressing; it is instead the woods at dusk - haunting, foreboding, and intensely beautiful.

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