Black Star at the Point of Darkness

Infobox Album
Name = Black Star at the Point of Darkness
Type = studio
Artist = Paul Bowles


Released = Start date|1993|8|27
Recorded = various
Genre = classical, world music, spoken word
Length = 44:13
Label = Sub Rosa
Producer = Randall Barnwell
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://wm01.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kifpxqlhldde link]
Last album = "Reads a Hundred Camels in the Courtyard"
(1981)
This album = "Black Star at the Point of Darkness"
(1993)
Next album = "Baptism of Solitude"
(1995)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = album cover for the German release

"Black Star at the Point of Darkness" is a spoken word album by American composer and author Paul Bowles, consisting of several poems, orchestral pieces, and recordings made in his travels.

Track listing

# Sounds from the Jemaa El Fna, Marrakech - 0:47
# "Here I Am" (poem) - 0:45
# "The Empty Amulet" - 10:41
# Qsbah solo by Zaan of the Jilala de Tanger (recorded by Paul Bowles circa 1978) - 1:27
# "An Inopportune Visit" - 11:27
# Music in the village of the Amara, High Atlas Mountains (recorded by Paul Bowles circa 1960) - 4:11
# "The Successor" - 7:57
# "Six Preludes for Piano" (composed by Paul Bowles, performed by Jean-Luc Fafchamps) - 6:20
# "Nights" (poem) - 0:38

External links

* [http://www.paulbowles.org/books1.html Spoken Word and Audio Recordings of Paul Bowles]
* [http://www.subrosa.net/online/main_dr_catalogue_aural_detail.php?AlbumID=19 Sub Rosa album detail]