LITTLE WOLF
Wolf Moon
(p) (c) 1997 Triloka Records
9tks/50mins

"Wolf Moon" is very interesting project of trance-ethnic music released by independent company Triloka Records which specializes in this genre. Jim Wilson produced the album, he is also the leader and organizer of the group "Little Wolf".

Jim Wilson is a famous performer of American Indian music. He is an author of the albums "Music For Native American's", (created together with Robbie Robertson) and "Dream Song".

The style of "Wolf Moon" reminds another Indian project -- "Stonecoart". The important difference is that the Jim Wilson's album is based on electronic music, not on jazz. Waving, rising and slowly calming down sounds of "Wolf Moon" evoke a mood of peace and dream. Native American singing intermitted with slow narration strengthens this effect. It is worth mentioning that the female trio "Walela" (Rita Coolidge, Priscilla Coolidge and Laura Satterfield) adorning the album with thoughtful and airy vocal, and Geoffrey Gordon brilliantly performing parts of traditional skin instruments, participated in this project. Robbie Robertson took part in recording of the single (and maybe most remarkable) composition "You'll be Happy Here On Mother Earth". His guitar parts together with leisured electronics of Jim Wilson evokes images with winter night and wolfs, howling to moon in desperate hopeless.

I would suggest such an illustration for the album: a spirit or being, looking as a dark pillar with its base at the soil and its peak somewhere beyond visibility. Well, enough with visualizations. Listen "Wolf Moon" and enjoy this original music.

Serge Kozlovsky