Label: Virgin Records (Japan), VJD-5017
Style: Canterbury Scene, Progressive Rock, Jazz Rock
Country: Paris, France
Time: 40:44
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 257 Mb
The album, produced by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, was recorded in December 1975 by a unique line-up referred to later as "Shamal-Gong". It is usually regarded as a transitional album between Daevid Allen's incarnation of the band and the Pierre Moerlen-led fusion line-up of the late 1970s.
The greatest thing about Shamal is that it's so versatile. There are only six tracks here, but each one seems to explore a different tone and aspect of musical experimentation. The softer tracks such as opener "Wingful of Eyes" and beautiful, elegant flute-led "Bambooji" are complementary to the album's quirkier tracks, such as the almost Frank Zappa-inspired "Cat in Clark's Shoes" and eccentric closing title track. Yet what really glues all these songs together is the absence of self-indulgent musicianship and a definite knowledge of perfect instrumental placements.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamal_(album))
Album recorded and mixed in the analog domain - AAD. That is, a minimum of digital processing.
A=Analog. D=digital. The first letter stands for how the music was recorded. The second letter for how it was mixed. The third letter stands for the format (all CD's will have D as the last letter).
01. Wingful Of Eyes (06:20)
02. Chandra (07:18)
03. Bambooji (05:13)
04. Cat In Clark's Shoes (07:43)
05. Mandrake (05:04)
06. Shamal (09:03)
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