Ariel Kalma - 4. Forest Ballad

“Ariel Kalma’s magical and weird Osmose originally released in 1978 masterfully matches Richard Tinti’s rainforest field recordings with Ariel’s left field minimalist compositional ideas. Rather than simply relying on the rainforest sounds providing a pleasant backdrop to the drones, the drones interplay with the pitches of the natural sounds to create melancholic, Popol Vuh like grandeurs. The natural chirps and creaks blend with the music to become similar to ambient loops themselves; such that their very tonal nature shifts from being recognizable jungle sounds, frequently phasing into blurred rhythmic elements under the electronic parts.“ See more at: