Andreas Vollenweider – Down To The Moon (E/E) – LP, US 1986

Down To The Moon is an LP by Andreas Vollenweider from 1986 released on the CBS, FM label.

About this album

Down To The Moon is Andreas Vollenweider’s most celebrated album, a graceful 1986 statement that helped define his distinctive harp-led sound. Blending modern classical ideas with folk and electronic colour, it presents a richly imagined sequence of nocturnal themes and melodic fragments that made Vollenweider one of the era’s most recognisable instrumental artists. The album’s balance of delicacy, rhythm and atmosphere broadened the appeal of instrumental music well beyond niche audiences, and its title track and related moonlit movements remain central to its enduring reputation. It stands as a key work in the 1980s crossover between new age, folk and contemporary composition.