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Mastered by Ron Boots.This release from 2005 features 73 minutes of optimistic electronic music.Vibrant atmospherics unfurl, cascading across an open sky to merge with a tide of demonstrative melodies.Synthetic strings provide a tantalizing embellishment, guiding the audience into denser passages where the music surges with renewed vigor.Sweeping tones rush to greet the listener, drenching everything with a sense of positive exuberance.Humanity views this phenomenon not as an observer, but from a vantage deep within the global gestalt.The music grows more potent, transforming the awesome pastiche into a rigorous panorama of melodic beauty.Blending symphonic electronics with environmental samples, Akwara conjures a lavish excursion into a realm of optimistic sound.This release from 2005 features 53 minutes of relaxing music.Opera to Relax is: Martin Hoemberg and Veronika Langguth, with guests Rosko Gee (from Traffic and Can), Michael Kuettner, and Hugo Read.Twinkling keys produce a wintry edge to some of the tracks.These sedative electronics are augmented by comfortable percussion.The rhythms unfurl with an unhurried pace, focusing on maintaining a tranquillity that excellently suits the languid tuneage.This release from 2005 features 79 minutes of fabulous electronic music.Rainbow Serpent is Gerd Wienekamp.Pleasantly rhythmic electronics are the keynote here, with emphasis on dreamy sequences and swimming embellishments of glorious luster.While never sinking to ambience, the tunes rarely explode with any aggression, preferring to regulate their power through effective delivery and appealing melodics.The result is intensely satisfying, a testament to vigor through elegance.Beneath Electric Stars, a live concert at the Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado on January 2, 1999.For the Badlands set, Team Metlay is: DAC Crowell, Eirikur Hallgrimsson, Mike Metlay, John 3 Rossi, Nick Rothwell, William Sequeira, and David Turner.For the Beyond Electric Stars set, Team Metlay is: Darwin Grosse, Mike Metlay, John 3 Grossi, Nick Rothwell, and David Turner.Riffs cavort with creative intention.Other pieces explore a mild aimlessness of titillating tempos.Invariably, though, the tuneage returns to a melodic presence, pursuing bouncy strains of sparkling definition.The introduction of choral voices lends a cathedral touch to the tune.The third movement introduces chirping diodes to the heavenly melody.Remote strings are ponderously strummed, creating a pleasant tension that hints at even greater ascensions to come.Buzzing keyboards and portentous drum beats lend the next passage an escalation of melodrama.The velocity of the music is increasing, accumulating power with each passing moment.The rhythms gather vigor and volume as the electronics coalesce into a demonstrative melody of ultimate conviction.The 16 minute finale is soft and moody, allowing ambient soundscapes to flourish as a foundation for the pensive reprise of many previous elements in a sedate structure.Akwara displays a distinct reverence in his compositions, evoking spirituality untainted by religion, stirring the soul with dramatic music.This CD from 2007 features 71 minutes of densely sequenced music.German synthesist Klare is joined by Ron Boots on the CD's last two tracks for a total of 24 collaborative minutes.These tempos generally remain submerged in the dense sequencing, enhancing the tunes from a secondary level.For the majority of this music, basic patterns are created and allowed to run in repetitive cycles.Operating in conjunction, these elements attain a rich melodic presence that communicates an ascendant drama.The use of airier tones in the complimentary riffs results in a balanced range of sound.These tunes still maintain a vivid density of layered electronics and motivational rhythms, but a distinctly organic quality is present, attributing the tuneage with more humanity.Fans of Klaus Schulze will enjoy this release.Set As HomePageBookMark Us!Namlook in the form of the shuffling beats on 'Part III.The only track I didn't quite like was 'Part VI,' as a stuttering synth loop just ratchets up and down a scale, changing little for much of the ten minutes.I'd say Andreas Akwara is one to watch.This page is part of a frame set.If you can't see the information strip to the left of the screen then click on the smd logo above.Moods, by Frank Klare,
is a different kind of CD from the good folks at Groove.It is also totally
ambient!Frank's sound design incorporates frequencies and tones that
the listeners' biosonic feedback devices translate to relaxation and alternate
realities.Thus, it stops just
short of being narcotic.This CD is also excellent space music in the truest
fashion of electronic ambience.It is appropriate for exploration of the far
reaches of the universe as well.Andreas Akwara is a brilliant electronic
musician.The
listers are free to allow the music to dictate the experience.Andreas'
soundscapes contain deep atmospheres, dramatic crescendos, heavy sequences,
nature samples, symphonic synths and some glitchy dissonance.It usually comes back to
style and the need to categorize music.It is equal parts of both, combined excellently and
deftly.Gert Emmens is an electronician of
diverse dimensions.While his work is of the European sequencer variety, he
embellishes it with vast ambient atmospheres.This is, however, a sequencer CD in the finest sense of the
style.The ambient timbres, however, always come back to draw listeners
deeper into the fold.The good folks at
Groove continue to achieve excellence in electronica.Requiem Pour
Sam is for Luc and Connie in memory of their little boy who passed
away entirely too young.Jaworski seems to be getting
the most notice from the classical camps, at least initially.Jaworski tells me
that very little of this music is improvised.CD at least a dozen times.The first three tracks are among my favorites.At just over a minute, this is a prelude of sorts.The pace quickens, but the piece remains light and dancing.As the
piece develops, it becomes more agitated and powerful to a peak, and then softens
a bit to a gentle and compelling resolve.If you are looking for an adventure in new piano music, Kenny Jaworski is your
man!These 14 compositions have defined structures,
consistent rhythms and elegant airs.The disc has more than that, too!The timeless nature of
Frank's compositional style allows these pieces to fit together seamlessly.Each of the original CD's has its own thematic integrity.Sometimes it seems like the good folks at
Groove have an unlimited stable of performers from which they draw
their amazing library of work.Monumental Dreams (with input and assistance from
Ron Boots) for Groove.Frank's technical expertise
is uncontested (another aspect of that school).He does add some flair and kick
to the style for his own stamp.Groove adds an accomplished veteran to their lineup.Frank gets the increased exposure of Groove.Ferde
Grofe's On the Trail in that it evokes imagery of
movement through the environment.The elements of Harald's sound design swirl
around and through each other offering many avenues of adventure.Harald is merely a guide.It also adds to Harald's
legend.The Michel Hardy University of Psychology where he
creates music for health, meditation, and relaxation.Costantini has been based in Rome for close to twenty years.Lyrical and melodic, several of the fourteen pieces have the dramatic sweep of
a soundtrack.Using a catchy rhythm and a soprano voice, this piece is
both hauntingly beautiful and uplifting with guitar, strings, and piano.Piano, voices, strings,
and a crisp rhythm make this piece a standout.Kind of a duet for piano and guitar, background strings add a wash
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