It’s impossible to overstate how the ambient and “art rock” oeuvre of David Bowie, Brian Eno and Robert Fripp influenced a generation; add the painterly minimalism of Harold Budd, whose own place in the firmament shimmers with gems like Avalon Sutra and, with Eno, the epic Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror, and we have all the ingredients for the exploratory wonders that permeate the aptly titled ART DECADE (after Bowie’s haunting meditation from 1977’s Low).

The album is a wide-ranging collaboration that unites composer, producer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist Evan Ziporyn with Toronto’s renowned ContaQt ensemble, led by percussionist Jerry Pergolesi. Featuring all-new interpretations of these classics from the early ’70s psych-prog output of King Crimson, Bowie’s famed “Berlin trilogy,” and Eno’s Ambient 1-4 series, Art Decade is more than just a tribute album.