From a Window (album)

From a Window is an album by American keyboardist and composer Wayne Horvitz's Four Plus One Ensemble recorded in 2000 and released on the Japanese Avant label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4 stars stating "This style of thoroughly modern music teeters on a nostalgic, rustic, days-gone-by feeling, as reflected by the men's bowery and women's club black-and-white cover photos. The intriguing music world of Horvitz exists as both cultures somehow meet on an imaginary plane, and it's in a universe well worth entering".

Track listing

1. "Crispin And Lisa's Duet" – 5:15
2. "Sweeter Than the Day" – 5:36
3. "Julian's Ballad" – 5:23
4. "People Just Float" – 6:29
5. "Leave Here Now" – 10:11
6. "From a Window" – 8:35
7. "Willy's Music" – 8:08

Personnel

• Wayne Horvitz – piano, prepared piano, Hammond B-3 organ, pump organ, synthesizers, toy piano
• Eyvind Kang – violin, viola
• Tucker Martine – live electronic processing, live drum machine
• Julian Priester – trombone
• Reggie Watts – keyboards, vocals, live drum machine, piano
• Skerik – baritone saxophone

References