'Transversales Disques presents Kshatrya (The Eye Of The Bird), a never released before recording by French avant-garde electronic composer Igor Wakhevitch. Wakhevitch composed a bunch of major experimental albums in the '70s, such as Logos (1970), Docteur Faust (1971), Hathor (1972), Les Fous D'or (1975), Nagual (1977), and Let's Start (1979). During this 10-year period, Wakhevitch was close to Jean-Michel Jarre, Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, and legendary choreographer Maurice Bejart having with him many conversations around dance and music, human body and soul, spiritual path, collective life, new society, and human evolution. As a composer, Igor Wakhevitch collaborated with Salvador Dali, Carolyn Carlson, and Terry Riley, to name a few. He's considered as one of the first French composer using synthesizers like Synthi AKS, ARP2600, or Moog modular systems. After spending almost 30 years in India, Igor Wakhevitch dug in his archives this unreleased work recorded in 1999 on his "Mysterious Island 88" system. Esoteric, sacred, and cosmic, Kshatrya (The Eye Of The Bird) is the logical follow up of Igor's early works and a monumental piece of electronic music. A must! CD version includes a 16-page booklet.'
Tracklist
1 Love Song To Ekalavya (The Ancient Age - Introducing The Quest Of The Secret Word, The Mantra Of Immortality) Prologue 6:22
2 The Golden Night Part I 7:46
3 The Golden Night Part II: A Walk Beneath The Stars - Ursa Minor: From The North (Polaris, Alpha Ursea Minoris) To The South (Kochab, Beta Ursea Minoris) 5:55
4 The Silver Horses (Usha, The Guardian Of The East, The Goddess Morning, The Entity Of The Dawn) Om Ushaaya Nama 5:57
5 The Roarer, The Entity Of Darkness, The Guardian Of The West (Rudra, The Three Eyed One) 7:57
6 The Ride Of The Makara, The Elephant-Crocodile With A Fish Tail 1:45
7 The Workload Of The World 10:40
8 27th September 1942. Train N°38. Railway Station Paris-Drancy. Destination: Auschwitz-Birkenau 6:36
Credits
Composed By [All Titles], Performer [All Titles Played By], Synthesizer [Mysterious Island 88 System] ? Igor Wakhevitch
Engineer [Assistant] ? Jean-Philippe Senoq
Engineer [Sound Engineer] ? Olivier Caors
Graphic Design ? Jean-Philippe Talaga
Illustration [Front Cover Drawing], Cover [Front Cover Drawing] ? SAL (32)
Liner Notes ? I.W.
Mastered By [Mastering] ? Benoit Corboz
Producer [Directors Of Production] ? Jonathan Fitoussi, Sebastien Rosat
Notes
All titles composed and played [...] on the ≪Mysterious Island 88≫ system (ex-Poppy No Good Laboratory) at the ≪Inner Shrine Interactive Studio≫.
Mastering: [...] Studio du Flon, Lausanne, Switzerland (warm thanks to Raphael Corboz for his kind participation).
Liner notes: I.W. (28.11.2018)
From the liner notes:
The vinyl version was shortened of seven minutes for technical purpose inherent in vinyl industry to be as close possible as the original soundtrack in terms of frequencies and dynamic. The 53 minutes of the integral version of ≪Kshatrya≫ is available on CD.
The printed durations for track 4 (5'32), track 5 (8'17), track 7 (10'55) and track 8 (6'20) do not match the durations as they actually run.
Issued in standard jewel case with clear disc tray. Includes 16-page booklet with notes in French and English.
From the Transversales Disques Bandcamp page:
Unpublished recordings / Remastered high-resolution
Recorded in 1999
