Dr. Aftershave And The Mixed Pickles – For Missus Beastly
A favorite of our good friend Justin Gage of Aquarium Drunkard, Cycles is the second solo album by cellist David Darling on Manfred Eicher’s seminal ECM Records. With support from greats Colin Walcott on sitar, tabla, and percussion, Steve Kuhn on piano, Jan Garbarek on saxophone, Arild Anderson on upright bass, and Oscar Castro-Neves on guitar, Darling crafts a vast and imaginative sound-world that sits somewhere between contemporary classical, jazz, folk, and world music. Both cavernous and filled with light, the music floats with that classic crystalline ECM sound where silence and space infinitely magnify the beauty of each chord, melody, and note.
Recommended – Full Listen
Tags: Contemporary Jazz / ECM / Floating
Tracklist:
A1 Cycle Song
A2 Cycle One: Namasté
A3 Fly
B1 Ode
B2 Cycle Two: Trio
B3 Cycle Three: Quintet And Coda
B4 Jessica’s Sunwheel
Credits:
Bass – Arild Andersen
Cello, Cello [8-String Electric] – David Darling
Design – Susan Nash (2)
Engineer – Erik Kongshaug*
Guitar – Oscar Castro-Neves
Photography By [Cover] – Christian Vogt
Photography By [Liner] – W. Patrick Hinely*
Piano – Steve Kuhn
Producer – Manfred Eicher
Saxophone [Tenor and Soprano] – Jan Garbarek
Sitar, Tabla, Percussion – Collin Walcott
