David Darling

David Darling & Hans Christian - Ocean Dreaming Ocean (2023) [Official Digital Download]

David Darling & Hans Christian - Ocean Dreaming Ocean (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 43:28 minutes | 424 MB
New Age, Classical, Jazz, Ambient | Label: Curve Blue, Official Digital Download

The Recording Academy has announced the 2024 nominees for the Grammy awards in 91 categories. In the category New Age/Ambient/Chant Hans Christian’s latest CD release Ocean Dreaming Ocean (CurveBlue Records) was nominated for a Grammy, along with four other nominees, out of over 175 entries. The 66th annual Grammy Awards will take place February 4th, 2024 where the winner will be announced.

David Darling & Hans Christian - Ocean Dreaming Ocean (2023)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Dec. 10, 2023
David Darling & Hans Christian - Ocean Dreaming Ocean (2023)

David Darling & Hans Christian - Ocean Dreaming Ocean (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 202 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 110 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:43:28
New Age, Classical, Jazz, Ambient | Label: Curve Blue

The Recording Academy has announced the 2024 nominees for the Grammy awards in 91 categories. In the category New Age/Ambient/Chant Hans Christian’s latest CD release Ocean Dreaming Ocean (CurveBlue Records) was nominated for a Grammy, along with four other nominees, out of over 175 entries. The 66th annual Grammy Awards will take place February 4th, 2024 where the winner will be announced.
Ketil Bjørnstad, David Darling, Terje Rypdal, Jon Christensen - The Sea (1995)

Ketil Bjornstad, David Darling, Terje Rypdal, Jon Christensen - The Sea (1995)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 322 MB | Covers - 11 MB
Genre: Contemporary Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: ECM Records (ECM 1545)

This CD from pianist Ketil Bjornstad fits the ECM stereotype. The music is generally mournful, full of space, floating and very much a soundtrack for one's thoughts. The 12 parts of "The Sea," which find Bjornstad joined by cellist David Darling, guitarist Terje Rypdal and drummer Jon Christensen, set somber moods rather than introduce memorable themes and the only real excitement is supplied by Rypdal's rockish guitar.

Terje Rypdal / David Darling – Eos (1984) {ECM 1263}  Music

Posted by tiburon at Nov. 30, 2020
Terje Rypdal / David Darling – Eos (1984) {ECM 1263}

Terje Rypdal / David Darling – Eos (1984) {ECM 1263}
EAC 0.95b4 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 400dpi | 201MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 114MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Experimental Jazz

This is a collaboration between Rypdal (on electric guitar & synth), and David Darling (cello). If you think electric guitar & cello is an odd combination for a band, you're right! If you think it couldn't possibly work, you're wrong!! Moody and compelling, and definitely not for everyone.Worth it just for the track "Mirage", which lives up to its title sonically. The track "Laser" does the same also… a blistering solo electric guitar kills any semblance of peace and silence, and after it's over, sets up the hot-summer-day-let-me-lay-and-listen mood for the rest of the CD. All are well worth the listening effort.
David Darling - Journal October - Solo Cello (1980/2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

David Darling - Journal October - Solo Cello (1980/2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 53:26 minutes | 1,05 GB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

David Darling’s inspired contribution to Ralph Towner’s Old Friends, New Friends in June 1979 led to the scheduling of this solo cello album four months later. An exploration of atmospheres and textures, with imaginative use of overdubbing to create rich waves of string sound, Journal October was an influential recording.

David Darling - Dark Wood (1995) {ECM 1519}  Music

Posted by tiburon at Feb. 8, 2023
David Darling - Dark Wood (1995) {ECM 1519}

David Darling - Dark Wood (1995) {ECM 1519}
EAC 1.1 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 600dpi | 223MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 102MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Classical, New Age

David Darling continues his extraordinary solo cello voyage launched on Journal October (1979) and continued with Cello (1992). The cinematic qualities of Darling's solo music has led to its use in films by Jean Luc Godard and Wim Wenders. Dark Wood inspires a different art form: the CD booklet contains a short story, 'Disturbing the Night', specially written to accompany the music by Barry Lopez, American author of the acclaimed Arctic Dreams. Lopez wrote the story as a literary counterpoint to the evocative music of Dark Wood. The music experiments further with the unique multi-tracking techniques used on Cello, creating haunting harmonies and rich textures.

David Darling - Cycles (1982) {ECM 1219}  Music

Posted by tiburon at Dec. 10, 2019
David Darling - Cycles (1982) {ECM 1219}

David Darling - Cycles (1982) {ECM 1219}
EAC 0.99pb4 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 230MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 106MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Fusion, Ethnic Fusion

Cellist David Darling, best known at the time for his long stint with Paul Winter's Consort, mostly performs spacy ballads on this ECM release. Teamed up in different combinations (three unaccompanied solos, a duet, two trios and a quintet number) with Collin Walcott (who doubles on sitar and tabla), pianist Steve Kuhn, Jan Garbarek (on tenor and soprano), acoustic guitarist Oscar Castro-Neves and bassist Arild Andersen, Darling and his sidemen give the music a wide variety of sounds. However, the sleepy mood is very much in the stereotypical ECM mold, making this set mostly of interest for selected tastes.

Ketil Bjornstad, David Darling - The River (1997) (Repost)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at July 13, 2019
Ketil Bjornstad, David Darling - The River (1997) (Repost)

Ketil Bjornstad, David Darling - The River (1997)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 50:37 | 199 MB
Genre: Neo-Classical, Jazz | Label: ECM | Catalog: ECM 1593

If ever there was a seed beating like a shaded heart in The Sea, it was the twined musical filaments of Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling. The Norwegian pianist and American cellist spoke on that session like siblings, at points giving us a foretaste of the droning flavors we encounter at the edge of The River. The size and scope of the water have changed in name only, for here is the former’s other half, spreading its finger paint across twelve parallel sections.

David Darling - Cello (1992) (Repost)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at Jan. 30, 2018
David Darling - Cello (1992) (Repost)

David Darling - Cello (1992)
EAC | APE (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 44:09 | 175 MB
Genre: Contemporary Jazz, New Age, Neoсlassical | Label: ECM | Catalog: 1464

David Darling succeeds in the presentation of his solo works (more compositions than improvisations, i guess): Darkwood 1 is much like the overture to a classical composition. In fact, the album starts on a mood that recalls the eerie pastoral response typical of the finest classical/folk works from Scandinavia or England. The sonic crossroads of "Cello" build bridges between different styles of music folk, classical, jazz and world music.

Ketil Bjornstad, David Darling - Epigraphs (2000) (Repost)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at Aug. 18, 2018
Ketil Bjornstad, David Darling - Epigraphs (2000) (Repost)

Ketil Bjornstad, David Darling - Epigraphs (2000)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) - 235 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 153 MB | Covers Included | 56:51
Genre: Contemporary Jazz, New Age | Label: ECM | Catalog: 5431592

Those familiar with previous work by these two instrumentalists will find no surprises on their second duo album, which consists primarily of compositions by pianist Bjornstad, interspersed with fragments of works by composers of the European Renaissance (William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, Guillaume Dufay, and the obscure German composer Gregor Aichinger) and a couple of David Darling compositions, one of them written for multi-tracked cello.