Aquarian Rain Explained

Aquarian Rain
Type:	Album
Artist:	Barre Phillips
Cover:	Aquarian Rain.jpg
Released:	1992
Recorded:	May 1991
Studio:	Rainbow Studio Oslo, Norway
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	53:01
Label:	ECM ECM 1451
Producer:	Manfred Eicher
Chronology:	Barre Phillips
Prev Title:	Arcus
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	No Pieces
Next Year:	1992

Aquarian Rain is an album by bassist Barre Phillips recorded in May 1991 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features James Giroudon and Jean-François Estager on tape manipulation and percussionist Alain Joule.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

AllMusic review awarded the album 2 stars.^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jean-François Estagér, James Giroudon, Alain Joule and Barre Phillips except as indicated

1. "Bridging" (Alain Joule, Barre Phillips) - 5:21
2. "The Flow" - 4:04
3. "Ripples Edge" (Joule, Phillips) - 5:37
4. "Inbetween I and E" - 9:28
5. "Ebb" (Phillips) - 1:54
6. "Promenade de Memoire" (Joule) - 8:02
7. "Eddies" (Joule, Phillips) - 2:48
8. "Early Tide" - 7:09
9. "Water Shed" (Phillips) - 3:05
10. "Aquarian Rain" - 6:05

Personnel

• Barre Phillips – bass
• James Giroudon, Jean-François Estager – tape
• Alain Joule – percussion

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/ecm-records/catalog-1400-series/#ecm-1451 ECM discography
2. Kurdilla, R., Barre Phillips discography accessed May 19, 2014
3. http://www.allmusic.com/album/aquarian-rain-mw0000610686 Allmusic listing