Bill Nelson - Chance Encounters In The Garden Of Lights download mp3 album

Complete your Bill Nelson collection. Becoming aware of Bill Nelson's body of works via his musicianship on albums such as David Sylvian's 'Gone To Earth' has always left me rather frustrated. His sublime guitar work is often overshadowed on solo releases by studio noodling and uncool pop/rock synthesis. This album, however, makes up for all his scratchy solo output in one fell swoop.
Chance Encounters in the Garden of Lights is a double instrumental album issued by Cocteau Records. It was Nelson's third consecutive non-vocal album released in less than 12 months.
Studio Album, released in 1987. Songs, Tracks Listing. 1. West Deep (1:20) 2. The Spirit Cannot Fail (2:07) 3. Pilots of Kite (1:58) 4. Seventh Circle (2:17) 5. Phantom Gardens (1:43) 6. The Angel of Hearth and Home (1:47) 7. Villefranche Interior (1:13) 8. Night Tides (2:00) 9. First Memory (1:29) 10.
The same year, Nelson's debut solo album Northern Dream, released on his own independent Smile label, drew further attention from Peel which eventually led to Nelson's band Be-Bop Deluxe signing to EMI's Harvest Records subsidiary and releasing Axe Victim in 1974. Nelson replaced the original band members for Futurama in 1975. The lineup of Bill Nelson (guitar), Andrew Clark (keyboards), Charlie Tumahai (bass) and Simon Fox (drums) recorded Sunburst Finish and Modern Music in 1976, the live album Live! In The Air Age in 1977 and their final studio album Drastic Plastic in 1978. Chance Encounters in the Garden of Lights - The Angel at the Western Window (1987) Cocteau. Chance Encounters in the Garden of Lights - The Book of Inward Conversation (1987) Cocteau. Demonstrations of Affection - Chimes And Rings (1989) Cocteau.
This two cd set is a reissue of this 1987 album, comprising numerous pieces recorded by Bill Nelson between 1980 and 1987.
Clarence William "Bill" Nelson II (born September 29, 1942) is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party who serves as the senior United States Senator from Florida, in office since 2001. Nelson began his career in the Florida House of Representatives, where he served from 1973 to 1979. He was elected to United States House of Representatives in 1978, serving to 1991. In January 1986, Nelson became the second sitting member of the United States Congress to fly in space. He flew as a Payload Specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia . Heartbreakland released: 1989. Chance Encounters in the Garden of Lights released: 1988. Ecclesia Gnostica (Music for the Interior Church) released: 1987. Map of Dreams released: 1987.
Bill Nelson himself said of this music that it was the most personal and least demonstrative he had made, conceived in moments of intense stillness and musical vacuity. Not very many artists were doing ambient in the late 80s, just prior to the chillout post-rave era, but Nelson had always had an interest in the genre, paying homage to Erik Satie, who arguably conceived the genre on Furniture Music. Often clocking in at under two minutes, the 63 tracks on this collection are an accumulation of discreet pearls, vivid but fleeting musical sketches whose titles (Revolving Globes, Staircase.
and the music composed for Chance Encounters in the Garden of Lights). Yes, there’s no question in a world of so much static, confusion and fast-food fashions it’s the perfect time for some chance encounters in the garden of (de)lights, fully restored with original artwork in digipack fold-out presentation format, 8 page booklet and 24 bit digital mastering.
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Tracklist
The Angel At The Western Window | ||
A1 | West Deep | 1:20 |
A2 | The Spirit Cannot Fall | 2:05 |
A3 | Pilots Of Kite | 1:57 |
A4 | Seventh Circle | 2:16 |
A5 | Phantom Gardens | 1:41 |
A6 | Angel Of Hearth And Home | 1:46 |
A7 | Villefranche Interior | 1:16 |
A8 | Night Tides | 1:57 |
A9 | First Memory | 1:26 |
A10 | Azure Extension | 1:29 |
A11 | Radiant Spires | 1:02 |
A12 | The Evening Peal | 1:05 |
B1 | Threnodia | 1:09 |
B2 | A Short Drink From A Certain Fountain | 1:29 |
B3 | Body Of Light | 1:28 |
B4 | At The Center | 2:09 |
B5 | Self-Initiation | 2:03 |
B6 | The Word That Became Flesh | 1:59 |
B7 | The Hermetic Garden | 1:27 |
B8 | Revolving Globes | 1:45 |
B9 | The Four Square Citadel | 1:12 |
B10 | Little Daughters Of Light | 1:56 |
B11 | Orient Of Memphis | 1:43 |
B12 | The Angel At The Western Window | 2:58 |
The Book Of Inward Conversation | ||
C1 | My Dark Daemon | 3:17 |
C2 | The Dove Consumed (The Serpent Slumbers) | 1:28 |
C3 | Calling Heaven, Calling Heaven, Over | 3:41 |
C4 | Path Of Return | 3:35 |
C5 | Theurgia | 1:04 |
C6 | Staircase To No Place | 1:51 |
C7 | Evocation Of A Radiant Childhood | 5:39 |
C8 | The Kingdom Of Consequence | 1:53 |
D1 | The Divine Raptures Of Sisterhood | 1:23 |
D2 | Bright Star (Moonlight Over Ocean Blue) | 1:01 |
D3 | A Bird Of The Air Shall Carry My Voice | 3:12 |
D4 | Clothed In Light Amongst The Stars | 3:32 |
D5 | Gnosis | 2:40 |
D6 | Bringers Of Light To The Feast | 0:59 |
D7 | Hastening The Chariot Of My Heart's Desire | 3:10 |
D8 | Transcendant | 2:44 |
D9 | Consolamentum | 3:39 |
Credits
- Photography By – Bill Nelson
- Producer, Composed By, Performer, Recorded By – Bill Nelson
Notes
Including an insert sheet with tracklists and credits.Gatefold sleeve printed in Canada.
Recorded at The Echo Observatory, Yorkshire, England.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 0 1877-73337-1 9
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Other versions
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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JEAN 20 / COQ 22 | Bill Nelson | Chance Encounters In The Garden Of Lights (2xLP, Album + 7") | Cocteau Records | JEAN 20 / COQ 22 | UK | 1987 |
TC JEAN 20 | Bill Nelson | Chance Encounters In The Garden Of Lights (Cass) | Cocteau Records | TC JEAN 20 | UK | 1988 |
JEAN 20 | Bill Nelson | Chance Encounters In The Garden Of Lights (2xLP, Album) | Cocteau Records | JEAN 20 | UK | 1987 |
CD JEAN 20 | Bill Nelson | Chance Encounters In The Garden Of Lights (2xCD, Album) | Cocteau Records | CD JEAN 20 | UK | 1988 |
D4-73337 | Bill Nelson | Chance Encounters In The Garden Of Lights (Cass, Album) | Enigma Records , Cocteau Records | D4-73337 | US | 1988 |