Which Jade Warrior album you like the most?

Man With Hat wrote: Only know the island years. Of those I like Way Of The Sun the best.

That one's good. You might be surprised how coarse and crunchy the older Vertigo ones are. In addition to their musical complexity they have a great groove (I'm thinking especially of Barazinbar). They may have been the earliest band to have fiddled with world music too. They got a lot of their symphonic sound with droning distortion rather than mellotron or synth. Lots of dynamic contrasts too. You can find a lot of the older stuff on YouTube.

Huge fan. I voted LAD. Burn incense while you listen and look at The Wonder Years with the volume down.

The arrangements get more complicated and extended with the second album. It's fascinating how they had no drummer (playing on an actual drum kit) on the first album just Jon Field who was both the flautist and percussionist. He did some of his percussion on the first album with drum sticks on a wooden stool. They got a drummer and a saxophone player on the second album, Released, but they left thereafter. The group actually got along without a conventional drummer for most of the time they were together.

No mentioning to their latest album Now. I have listened to it only once but didn't get it, it felt a little inconsistent but maybe it was just varied, I have to check it again.