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ARTIST
EMMANUEL, JD
TITLE
Rain Forest Music
FORMAT
Cassette
LABEL
IMPORTANT RECORDS
CATALOG #
IMPREC 516CS
IMPREC 516CS
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
7/29/2022
Fans of deep, dark, minimal, and meditative new age music on cassette will be chuffed to learn that Important Records is reissuing three of
JD Emmanuel
's earliest releases on tape.
Rain Forest Music
(1981),
Wizards
(1982), and
Trance Formations 1: Ancient Minimal Meditations
(1986) are all available for the first time in many years.On
Rain Forest Music
(1981), JD Emmanuel builds gentle, short cycles of notes into floating clouds of sound, mostly improvising around single chords. The "minimalism" in his music lies not in repetitive patterns that barely change but more in the spare arrangements that focus the listener while also taking them on a sonic journey. A tape loop technique used by
Brian Eno
,
Terry Riley
,
Robert Fripp
(and likely many more) called "Continuous Looping" was used in the creation of this album and a loop diagram is included in the packaging.
"I originally designed this music to enhance relaxation and meditation, as a background for massage or for counseling to help a person relax and open up faster. Dr. Robert Pennington, PhD., a clinical psychologist and friend, was very interested in the idea of using music in this way. So, he used the
Rain Forest Music
in his counseling sessions as background and noticed a marked difference in the quality of the patient's sessions. He continues to use this and similar music as a background for his counseling." --JD Emmanuel.
"
If you have been wondering what all the fuss about 'private press new age' is, go here to find out. Your mind shall be subtly blown
..." --Fader
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