colors from elsewhere

Formed in 1970, Oregon (originally from the state of the same name) is one of the first in the jazz universe, having practiced the merger, and that from the start, mixing jazz to acoustic base already original full electrical period or electronics, Indian music elements of folk, space music or avant-garde, which remained his trademark, although several musical periods may be released during the now long career of this group went through countless record labels (little or less corresponding to these different musical phases), the most prestigious, ECM, that is precisely where under the auspices of which was published in 1983 this landmark album, without title, as if he played by himself the style and essence of this training and the original place it occupies in the world of jazz, with unusual instrumentation including among others oboe, English horn, sitar, tabla, viola, classical guitar ...
This is the first album released by ECM (the group will leave a few years later), and is also the first to incorporate a synthesizer, even if used in a relatively unobtrusive manner by Ralph Towner, who is also the guitarist training.
Recently reissued (along with 39 other references to the house including Bill Frisell, Dave Holland, Pat Metheny, Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Jon Hassell, Kenny Wheeler, Lester Bowie, Jan Garbarek, Jack DeJohnette, Shankar or the Art Ensemble of Chicago and another album of Oregon, "Ecotopia" from 1987, directed without percussionist Colin Walcott died in the meantime and several solo albums of different members of the group), beautiful packaging "digisleeve "that puts again showcase the beautiful original illustration.
Hovering and different.