STEVE JOLLIFFE: ESCAPE

Steve Jolliffe

ESCAPE

© 1991 Steve Jolliffe (634479353697)

"The music of Steve jolliffe blends leading edge technology with the amber resonances of traditional acoustics to produce works of rare complexity and beauty."

notes

Steve Jolliffe initially rose to prominence with his short tenure as a member of Tangerine Dream in the late '70s, just before he launched a prolific solo career that sees him release albums year after year. Multi-talented, Jolliffe is perhaps best known for his synthesizer and keyboard work yet he is one of the few people in the world skilled at playing Yamaha’s WX-7 MIDI wind instrument. Jolliffe plays a number of other instruments on his recordings as well — bass clarinet, all flutes (alto, “C” and bass flutes), sax (tenor & soprano), oboe, coranglais, piano and harpsichord — in addition to singing and songwriting. Given his impressive resumé, it's no surprise Jolliffe has established himself so prominently as a cult artist.

Besides his solo Independent recordings, Jolliffe composes music for film and television. Jolliffe’s music can be heard on The Discovery Channel & the BBC.

When asked about his music Jolliffe says “My work is just an expression of my emotions really - a viewpoint of life”

~ Thanks to Jason Birchmeier of AMG ~

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  • His musical sketches reveal an underlying complexity, imbued with classical unde
    author: Backroads Music / Heartbeats

    “Escape finds Steve Jolliffe blending leading-edge digital technology with the amber resonances of traditional acoustics. The album starts out with a sneaky, waltz-like number displaying rich melodies intertwined with exuberant rhythms. The music at times is wild and eclectic in its progressive expression, escaping into soothing and somber tomes, distant and ancient. His musical sketches reveal an underlying complexity, imbued with classical undertones and beauty……….. Atmospheric and stretched out yet concise, Jolliffe’s music plays proper homage to Tangerine Dream, with artistic nods to Patrick O’Hearn and Mark Isham, to Norwegian synthesists Oystein Sevag and Erik Wollo and to French countrymen Bernard Xoloti and Jean Michael Jarre. The digital-orchestra sound and Teutonic touches, coupled with spacey phrasing even bring to mind the Erdenlang label.” ~ Backroads Music/Heartbeats, All Music Guide ~ “Escape finds Steve Jolliffe blending leading-edge digital technology with the amber resonances of traditional acoustics. The album starts out with a sneaky, waltz-like number displaying rich melodies intertwined with exuberant rhythms. The music at times is wild and eclectic in its progressive expression, escaping into soothing and somber tomes, distant and ancient. His musical sketches reveal an underlying complexity, imbued with classical undertones and beauty……….. Atmospheric and stretched out yet concise, Jolliffe’s music plays proper homage to Tengerine Dream, with artistic nods to Patrick O’Hearn and Mark Isham, to Norwegian synthesists Oystein Sevag and Erik Wollo and to French countrymen Bernard Xoloti and Jean Michael Jarre. The digital-orchestra sound and Teutonic touches, coupled with spacey phrasing even bring to mind the Erdenlang label.” ~ Backroads Music/Heartbeats, All Music Guide ~

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