The album is an eclectic mandala of drones, eruptions of ecstatic liberation, and snatches of melody from both near and far. Influences range from Japanese folk melodies to Alpine herding calls, and all of them strung by a powerful understatement of continuity
Tracks
1. Nan Madol
2. Love For Living
3. Call From The Sea
4. The Way Of...
5. Areous Vlor Ta
6. The Wind
EDWARD VESALAdrums, percussion, harp, flutes
JUHANI AALTONENsaxophones, bells, flutes, voice
SAKARI KUKKOflute
SEPPO PAAKKUNAINENflute, soprano saxophone
CHARLIE MARIANOalto saxophone, flute, nagaswaram
PENTTI LAHTIsoprano saxophone, bass clarinet
ELISABETH LEISTOLAharp
All composed and arranged by Edward Vesala
Recorded April 25/26, 1974 at Alppi Studio, Helsinki
ECM 1077 / 829 376 – 2