Don Robertson: Celestial Ascent - VINYL LP

Don Robertson: Celestial Ascent - VINYL LPTitle: Celestial Ascent Artist: Don Robertson Label: Black Sweat Records Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 769791909144 Genre: Rock Release Date: 2015 06 23 Number of Discs: 1 If his 1969 debut album, Dawn, offered a magical ethnic sound from an 80 string guitar zither, American multi instrumentalist Don Robertson's 1980 follow up, Celestial Ascent, uses the Austro Germanic instrument as a viaticum for a timeless journey into the depths of the soul and

Title: Celestial Ascent
Artist: Don Robertson
Label: Black Sweat Records
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 769791909144
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2015-06-23
Number of Discs: 1

If his 1969 debut album, Dawn, offered a magical ethnic sound from an 80-string guitar-zither, American multi-instrumentalist Don Robertson's 1980 follow-up, Celestial Ascent, uses the Austro-Germanic instrument as a viaticum for a timeless journey into the depths of the soul and psyche. The album was originally released as a cassette, and this is it's first reissue since then. Traditionally designed to accompany the singing of psalms in religious communities, here the zither is the perfect way to explore the power and the formal purity of the natural pentatonic scales of eastern derivation, investigated by Robertson in New York City at the end of the '60s. According to the same respect for the cosmic rhythms also found in Indian ragas, the album is divided into two parts: the first side (Oracle of Love) is the music of the day, while the second (Isis Unveiled) is the sound of the night. Music for Elevation and Transformation with an extraordinarily peaceful effect and a holistic and transcendent approach that aligns it with other investigations of the sacred sound, like those of Stephan Micus, Paul Horn, or Deuter.

Tracks:
1.1 Isis Unveiled 15:53
2.1 Oracle of Love 16:44