I decided to digress for a moment getting away somewhat from Blues roots (to better come back later! ) to get down to writing columns about an artist completely apart. Namely Mike Oldfield an artist it is difficult to affix a label. Sometimes progressive rock, New Age ... imbuing his music a Celtic heritage, sometimes Pop / Rock and Electro. I open a small parenthesis in this multi-instrumentalist genius, which gave the Rock some of his finest instrumental albums.
1. Part 1 - 25:36
2. Part 2 - 23:20
He was only 17 when germinated in him the beginnings of what will Tubular Bells . This is the model of his next project under his arm he will canvass the record in vain. The
hello come from Richard Branson that seen in the work of Mike Oldfield a good way to start his own label Virgin (now true financial empire).
The recording of the album will run from fall 1972 to spring 1973.
It is difficult to summarize or describe the atmosphere generated by this album mainly because of the length of its two parts, surplus both 20 min and the many themes and instruments used in the past (piano, organ , tubular bells, guitars, basses, mandolins, Glockenspiel ...)
The first part starts on a Theme piano popularized largely by the movie "The Exorcist by William Friedkin.
For the anecdote Christian Vander drummer Magma claim the authorship of this topic claiming plagiarism on the part of Mike Oldfield. Magma was in the same studio that Oldfield when the latter recording his album. However
releasing a demo of 1971 tend to prove that the accusations are false Vander.
Yet it would be wrong to summarize and Tubular Bells part 1 of this unique theme. For if the atmosphere reached within 4 first few minutes is conducive to a horror movie, the rest of the first part is a lot less. The following
alternates lyrical form of organs, bells of all kinds, mandolins etc. ... and passage worst harmonized guitars repeating the same pattern continuously until the next theme. The theme of re-introducing a stealth raid to make room for new guitars and sounds of the organ. A long acoustic
theme accented with a few bells and thumping bass notes before the last theme of the first part. A theme that begins with a bass pattern that is superimposed on various instruments that are their entry after they were announced: " Grand piano, reed and pipe organ, glockenspiel, bass guitar, double speed guitar; Two Slightly distorted guitars, mandolin! English guitar, and acoustic guitar Introducing; ... more tubular. .. bells! "
The first part is going to die in a final acoustic passage
The second part is in my humble opinion underrated, it suffers in part to the popularity of theme introduction of part 1. It's a whole different mood than we offer this last part, away from the climate of unease and oppression of the former. Note the absence of tubular bells .
It begins sounding a theme that is Celtic played mandolin, guitar and keyboard sound which installs a climate where there is a certain serenity. A serenity to
As the title, gives way to a theme where the harmonized guitars here imitate the sound of a bagpipe.
Then in the middle of the game is a pattern that can be clearly termed Rock that comes into play. Guitars and drums meet with as much violence as voice hoarse throat that throughout this same theme.
After this passage is a reason most explosive calm and soothing which makes its appearance when the phrasing of the guitar of Mike Oldfield goes perfectly with the ambience of substance lurking by the organ.
And that came out of nowhere as the famous traditional tune The Sailor's Hornpipe appeared. It is played on the mandolin and its rate increases at breakneck speed to end abruptly and thus put an end to the second section and closing the album.
Tubular Bells fate May 25, 1973, in addition to the impact it will have to close the public through the soundtrack of "The Exorcist" the album became a landmark and a cornerstone of progressive rock and instrumental.
As for Mike Oldfield reserved and intimidated by this success, he'll go relax in Wales in the county of Herefordshire near a hill called Hergest Ridge . But that's another story ...
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