White Winds Explained

White Winds (Seeker's Journey)
Type:studio
Artist:Andreas Vollenweider
Cover:Andreasvollenweiderwhitewinds.jpg
Released:September 17, 1984
Recorded:1984, at Sinus Studio
Genre:New age
Length:36:43
Label:CBS Records, Later Re-released under Sony
Producer:Andreas Vollenweider
Prev Title:Caverna Magica
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:Down to the Moon
Next Year:1986

White Winds is Andreas Vollenweider's fourth studio album, released in 1984.

On his official website, Vollenweider says: "The making of 'White Winds' was like a creative harvest time.[1] Reactions from the 'outside world' had made us more confident and more courageous, but also a bit looser. Even the song title of 'Flight Feet & Root Hands' mirrors our frame of mind: freely 'flying' feet - and our hands firmly rooted in the earth."

Reception

Musician reviewer J. D. Considine wrote: "Don't call this 'mood music' unless you consider sleep a mood."[2]

John Schaefer at Spin wrote, "Vollenweider has all the tools to make great music; the melodies prove that. But, he has settled for making mood music instead. It may be great while you're reading tea leaves, but it doesn’t withstand close listening. Most of White Winds is like bathing in club soda."[3]

Track listing

  1. "The White Winds/The White Boat (First View)" - 1:49
  2. "Hall of the Stairs/Hall of the Mosaics (Meeting You)" (feat. Elena Ledda) - 5:06
  3. "The Glass Hall (Choose the Crystal)/The Play of the Five Balls/The Five Planets/Canopy Choir" - 7:38
  4. "The Woman and the Stone" - 4:25
  5. "The Stone (Close-up)" - 3:01
  6. "Phases of the Three Moons" - 2:46
  7. "Flight Feet & Root Hands" - 3:39
  8. "Brothership" - 3:22
  9. "Sisterseed" - 1:33
  10. "Trilogy (At the White Magic Gardens)/The White Winds" - 3:24

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home - Vollenweider. Andreas. Vollenweider. www.vollenweider.com.
  2. J.D.. Considine. White Winds. Musician. May 1985.
  3. John . Schaefer . John Hiatt – Warming Up to the Ice Age . . May 1985 . 1 . 1 . 32 . 0006-2510 .
  4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 330.