ARVO PÄRT - Silentium LP Japan Cover artwork by anonymous street

Cover artwork by anonymous street artist in Tartu

‘Afro Futuristic Dreams’

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Simla again dazzles with his melodic fluidity

AHMED's minor-key Afro-Soul is an ideal example of a cross-fertilization of Eastern and Western musical styles and also incorporates some of the Latin American influences that his compatriot MULATU ASTATKE had already "imported" in the 1960s

ARVO PÄRT - Silentium LP Japan Cover artwork by anonymous street"One of the most haunting, beautiful pieces of music Ive heard this year." Monorail Four pieces by Estonian composer Arvo Prt, a pioneer of holy minimalism. The album centers around a never before released rendition of Silentium, the second movement of Prts most famous concerto, Tabula Rasa, performed by Boston based chamber orchestra A Far Cry. The group plays Silentium at nearly half the speed of the best known version, released on ECM in 1984. The