Andy Summers - Mysterious Barricades

EX-POLICE GUITARIST Andy Summers Mysterious Barricades (Private Music) should come as a pleasant shock to those who dismiss all New Age instrumental music as self-indulgent cosmic doodling. Summers' guitar-and-keyboard opus recalls a less abstract but more spiritually vibrant version of Brian Eno's otherworldly soundscapes. Gentle arpeggios create a kind of celestial geometry through which flow smears, blurs and other guitar graffiti similar to those of his work on the Police's Tea in the Sahara. The result is as artful and graceful as a Zen painting. Elsewhere, Summers creates an almost holographic space populated with achingly beautiful chords that hang suspended in a numinous dreamscape that seems more real than life. This is music perfectly balanced between active and passive listening-the sort of thing you put on at night while working or resting. A genuinely healing musical experience.




		MYSTERIOUS BARRICADES
		Red Balloon Mysterious Barricades When That Day Comes Train Song Luna Satyric Dancer Shining Sea Emperor's Last Straw Rain Tomorrow In Praise Of Shadows The Lost Marbles How Can I Forget
		Andy Summers Electric/acoustic guitars:David Hentschel KeyboardsRecording engineer:Bob Casale Technical assistance:Dennis Smith Mixed by Hentschel/Casale/Summers Recorded 10.21.81 at Devoland, Mar Vista, California Produced by Andy Summers and David Hentschel Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood California Digitally mixed on Mitsubishi's X80All music written by Andy Summers published by Evoke Music Inc. (BMI) except Red Balloon, Satyric Dancer & The Lost Marbles, written by: Andy Summers & David Hentschel, published by: Evoke Music, Inc (BMI)/David Hentschel Music (PRS) Cover painting by Anne Seelbach 'The Blue House' Colour portrait: Bonnie Schiffman Black & White portrait: Marc Abraham Still life photo: Andy summers Art direction: Norman MooreDedicated to the spirit of Eric SatiePrivate Music 1987
		MYSTERIOUS BARRICADES PRIVATE MUSIC PLAYBOY MAGAZINE- 1989 BY VIC GARBARINI EX-POLICE GUITARIST Andy Summers Mysterious Barricades (Private Music) should come as a pleasant shock to those who dismiss all New Age instrumental music as self-indulgent cosmic doodling. Summers' guitar-and-keyboard opus recalls a less abstract but more spiritually vibrant version of Brian Eno's otherworldly soundscapes. Gentle arpeggios create a kind of celestial geometry through which flow smears, blurs and other guitar graffiti similar to those of his work on the Police's Tea in the Sahara. The result is as artful and graceful as a Zen painting. Elsewhere, Summers creates an almost holographic space populated with achingly beautiful chords that hang suspended in a numinous dreamscape that seems more real than life. This is music perfectly balanced between active and passive listening-the sort of thing you put on at night while working or resting. A genuinely healing musical experience.