Nomad Songs
| Nomad Songs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by Stephan Micus | ||||
| Released | June 19, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2012-2014 | |||
| Studio | MCM Studios | |||
| Genre | New-age, Neofolk | |||
| Length | 55:56 | |||
| Label | ECM Records ECM 2409 | |||
| Producer | Stephan Micus | |||
| Stephan Micus chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz |   |
Nomad Songs is a New-age and Neofolk studio album by the German world musician Stephan Micus. This album was released in the label ECM Records, in June 2015.[2] Like all of his albums, it was produced by Micus himself, unlike most of the other records on the ECM label, which are produced by label boss Manfred Eicher.
Composition
Stephan Micus is always seeking to find new traditional instruments. He learned their history and how to play. Then he composes new music and plays all of these traditional instruments on albums. On Nomad Songs, he plays two new instruments, a genbri (a Moroccan lute) and a ndingo (a Botswanian lamellophone).[2]
Reception
John Kelman in his review for All About Jazz gave a four and a half stars and says that "Recorded between 2012 and 2014, Nomad Songs is, despite the perennially pensive and reflective nature of his entire body of work, a shift from the more conceptually focused Panagia, which was based around prayers to the Virgin Mary."[1]
Track listing
ECM Records – ECM 2409.[2]
All music composed by Stephan Micus.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Everywhere, Nowhere" | 4:40 |
| 2. | "Leila" | 5:27 |
| 3. | "The Promise" | 8:19 |
| 4. | "The Stars" | 2:47 |
| 5. | "The Spring" | 2:53 |
| 6. | "The Blessing" | 4:30 |
| 7. | "The Feast" | 5:04 |
| 8. | "Laughing at Thunder" | 4:21 |
| 9. | "Sea of Grass" | 5:01 |
| 10. | "The Dance" | 6:12 |
| 11. | "Under the Chinar trees" | 6:42 |
| Total length: | 55:56 | |
Personnel
- Stephan Micus – ndingo, genbri, steel-string guitar, suling, voice, ney, rewab, rebab, twelve-string guitar, fourteen-string guitar, tin whistle, shakuhachi
References
- 1 2 "Nomad Songs (All About Jazz Review)". All About Jazz. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Nomad Songs". ECM New Series. Retrieved June 7, 2017.