We Begin
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| Studio album by Mark Isham and Art Lande | ||
| Released | 1987 | |
| Recorded | January, 1987 at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway | |
| Genre | New Age | |
| Length | 41:51 | |
| Label | ECM | |
| Producer(s) | Manfred Eischer | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Mark Isham chronology | ||
| Film Music (1985) |
We Begin (1987) |
Castalia (1988) |
| Art Lande chronology | ||
| Hardball (1987) |
We Begin (1987) |
World Without Cars (1999) |
We Begin (1987) is a collaborative album by the American jazz musicians Mark Isham and Art Lande. It is a highly experimental album featuring a wide range of compositional styles.
The first track on the album is a piece titled “The Melancholy of Departure”. It consists of a soft and mournful trumpet melody set against a harsh and almost mechanical rhythm. “The Melancholy of Departure” takes its title from a 1916 work by the Italian pre-surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico.
The two most experimental tracks on the album are “Ceremony in Starlight” and “Surface and Symbol”. “Ceremony in Starlight” is an eerie avant-garde composition with muted trumpet, piano and synthesized bells. “Surface and Symbol” is a complex arrangement of looped trumpet, piano and percussion with synthesizer accompaniments.
[edit] Track listing
- ”The Melancholy of Departure” (Isham) - 6:32
- ”Ceremony in Starlight” (Isham) - 7:34
- ”We Begin” (Lande) - 6:19
- ”Lord Ananea” (Lande) - 2:42
- ”Surface and Symbol” - (Isham/Lande) - 10:45
- ”Sweet Circle” (Lande) - 4:09
- ”Fanfare” (Lande) - 3:26
[edit] Personnel
- Mark Isham - trumpet, fluegelhorn, piccolo trumpet, synthesizer, percussion
- Art Lande - piano, synthesizer, percussion
