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- Date Released: January 1, 1984
- Genre: New Age
- Style: Contemporary Instrumental
- Label: Blue Flame / The Orchard
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The first album by flautist Lenny MacDowell, 1984's Balance of Power, is ECM-influenced post-fusion, mixing smooth jazz and pop sensibilities with a slight world music tinge and some feints towards the then-new genre of new age music, where MacDowell would make his best music in the late '90s. While not a milestone of the style, Balance of Power is actually quite good for what it is, a fine example of European art-jazz-pop that manages to stay interesting even during the side-long title track, which blends long sustained notes with abrupt hammered chords from a bank of electronic keyboards, rather like Terry Riley jamming with early-'70s Pink Floyd. The three shorter pieces on side one are even better, with the near-ambient "Free Fall" and the Jon Hassell-like world jazz of "Bedouin Path" the album's primary highlights. Lenny MacDowell wouldn't record again as a leader for 11 years, a shame considering the promise of this album and the disappointment of his comeback, 1995's vapid funk Flute Power.
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Free Fall |
6:33 |
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| 02. | |
Bedouin Path |
7:41 |
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| 03. | |
Lifting The Veil |
6:24 |
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| 04. | |
Balance Of Power |
16:04 |
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04 Total Tracks, 36:42 Total Length
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Credits
- Friedemann - Guitar (Acoustic) // Friedemann - Artwork // Lenny MacDowell - Synthesizer // Lenny MacDowell - Flute // Lenny MacDowell - Piano // Lenny MacDowell - Flute (Alto) // Lenny MacDowell - Flute (Bass) // Lenny MacDowell - Special Effects // Lenny MacDowell - Producer // Lenny MacDowell - Main Performer // Lenny MacDowell - Mixing // Lenny MacDowell - Synthesizer Flute // Lenny MacDowell - Bamboo Flute // Pete York - Drums // Pete York - Drums // Pete York - Drums // Lars Fasbender - Guitar (Electric) // Lars Fasbender - Producer // Lars Fasbender - Engineer // Lars Fasbender - Mixing // Ilona Ortner - Paintings // Wolfgang Schmidt - Bass
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