Composed by Pierre Moerlen
My electronic interpretation for a tune originally composed by the late Pierre Moerlen.
The original Xtasea tune was released in the album Downwind by Pierre Moerlen's Gong in 1979 and featured Pierre Moerlen on drums and vibraphone, Benoît Moerlen on vibraphone and percussion, Didier Lockwood playing the solo violin, Hansford Rowe on bass and Ross Record on electric guitar.

Xtasea - featuring Manu Herrera

Variation I - Strings

The Blacksmith, aka Blacksmith Courted Me, is a is a traditional English folk song. It was recorded by numerous artists. The most notable recordings were by Steeleye Span, with Maddy Prior as the lead vocalist. Prior published a live, a-cappella performance of this song in her album Ballads and Candles, released in 2000. I added my own interpretation to this unique performance. This is part of my recent album "Variations", and the playback is a variation on the album's theme tune and other tracks.

Variation VII - Blacksmith (featuring Maddy Prior)

Variation VIII - Finale

Theme - Piano

Variation VI - The Smithy

Vocals: Caroline Joy
Mastering: Yoad Nevo

Variation III - Piano Trek III

Variation II - Synths and Samples

Variation IV - Electronic

Bass: Nikita Astrakhantsev
Clarinet: Nadav Haber
Flute: Miguel Vargas

Variation V - Woodwinds

Sample Barak

Electro Loops

Mission

Long Haul

All tracks played on a single acoustic piano in a 1 hour session, including percussion sounds. Additional processing added during production and mixdown.
Acoustic piano recorded at Bardo Studio, Ramat-Gan, Isarel
Recording engineer: Erez Caspi

Piano trek 1

Piano trek 2

Orchestral attempts in analog, virtual and in between.

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