Gandalf Sarai

Despite the stellar results of his last recording Lotus Land, it didn’t quite keep the momentum of his pinnacle Real Music recording Sacred River. As for his latest endeavor Sanctuary, though the title is common and overused in the New Age genre, there is absolute nothing ordinary about the magnificent musical contents. Although Gandalf has been around for what seems to be forever, this does not seem to dilute his creative juices which are clearly obvious on his latest offering that is equal to or even exceeds the wonders of Sacred River…

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music
GANDALF is possibly the rarest album on the Capitol label and sought after in any condition by record collectors.

Gandalf - Journey To An Imaginary Land
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 888 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 257 MB
Cat#: WEA 58 258 | Country/Year: Germany 1980
Genre: Krautrock, New Age | Hoster: Hotfile/Filesonic

Gandalf is the name used by a New Age composer from Austria. He plays a wide variety of instruments including guitars, keyboards, synthesizers and sitars. He includes electronic sounds into his music. His music includes influences from music around the world. He released his first album Journey to an Imaginary Land on March 17, 1981. He has become one of Austria's most accomplished international musicians.

Gandalf - From Source to Sea
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 326 MB | Full Artwork: 28 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: CBS Vienna # CDCBS 461026 2 | Country/Year: Austria 1988
Genre: Electronica | Style: New Age, Progressive, Ambient

Gandalf (born Heinz Strobl, born 1952) is the name used by a New Age composer from Austria. He plays a wide variety of instruments including guitars, keyboards, synthesizers and sitars. He includes electronic sounds into his music. His music includes influences from music around the world. He released his first album Journey to an Imaginary Land on March 17, 1981, and his second Visions almost one year later on March 16, 1982. He has become one of Austria's most accomplished international musicians.

Gandalf's self-titled album has some attractive baroque-psychedelia with a spacey air, though its quality depends very much on the standard of the material. Generally they're better the more they rely on the slightly weird and spacey production, as on "Scarlet Ribbons" and their cover of Tim Hardin's "Hang on to a Dream." On tracks like "You Upset the Grace of Living" there's a nice balance of melody and quasi-classical keyboards on the cusp between pop, progressive rock and psychedelia. "Can You Travel in the Dark Alone," one of the few originals (by Peter Sando), is nice, harmonic sunshine pop with a slightly experimental feel, along the lines of some of the better things being done by Californian cult figures like Gary Usher and Curt Boettcher at the time.