Old Oak Tree
Banana Moon · 1985
Track previews.
Eleven Toronto artists pool their resources
to peer over musical horizons and see where
leader Charlie Ringas is heading with his drums,
keyboard and six lengthy compositions.
The multi-textured soundscapes belong to no
obvious genre but range wide in that vague area
of serious “new music”.
The instrumentation, giving equal weight
to all including voice melody and voice harmony,
and exploratory forays by soloists that colleagues
pursue with zest make for fascinating,
always accessible listening.
Banana Moon · 1985
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