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  Mark Isham - Castalia [208 973-630 DEU 1988 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Happy New Year everybody. Here is a brand new needle drop of an album which I last ripped back in May 2019. Despite the age of ambient music being perfectly suited to the compact disc medium, Castalia deserves to be heard in full resolution from vinyl for that additional warmth, depth & detail which only the vinyl format can bring. This album needs to be heard in a proper listening room situation to appreciate it at its best. Out of the worlds of Windham Hill and film scores comes American ambient composer and trumpeter Mark Isham. Castalia (according to mythology) was the name of a nymph who threw herself into or was transformed into a spring to evade the pursuit of Apollo. The spring was then named after her, and it was a source of inspiration for Apollo and the Muses.  Castalia was also Isham's first album proper for Virgin Records and it is from a bargain bin 1988 German pressing that I present thi...

Mark Isham - Castalia [208 973-630 DEU 1988 24-Bit FLAC] Out of the worlds of Windham Hill and film scores comes American ambient composer Mark Isham. Castalia (according to mythology) was the name of a nymph who threw herself into or was transformed into a spring to evade the pursuit of Apollo. The spring was then named after her, and it was a source of inspiration for Apollo and the Muses. Castalia was also Isham's first album proper for Virgin Records and it is from a 1988 German pressing that I present this rip.  Isham's muted trumpet leads the listener through five of these six dense atmospheric melodies  except where David Torn's delightful acoustic guitar drifts in and out of washes of ambient strings. To say that I am somewhat pleased with the quality of my rip from this one euro bargain bucket purchase would be a bit of an understatement. Lovers of bagpipes and marching snares need to hear  The Gracious Core . Enjoy. A1 The Grand Parade A2 M...