3rrr Soundscape V.3 [Import]

Product Description
Brand New Collection of Songs, Compiled by the Staff and Listeners of Melbourne Independent Radio Station 3rrr. Features 34 Tracks from a Stellar Cast of Australian and International Acts.

3rrr Soundscape V.3,Various Artists,EMI,Rock

Average customer rating: NOX ARCANA THE ULTIMATE MOODLIFTER Vampire country This soundtrack drains your blood dry, it's that awsome! Wonderful Halloween Fare Yet another great album!

Transylvania Nox Arcana Manufacturer: Monolith Graphics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Sound Effects | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Halloween | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Winter's Knight Darklore Manor Carnival Of Lost Souls Necronomicon The 13th Hour ASIN: B000BO1JLY Release Date: 2005-10-21

Tracks:

1. Transylvania Overture
2. The Voyage
3. Gossamer Mist
4. The Black Coach
5. Sentinels of Stone
6. Into the Shadows
7. Castle Dracula
8. Visitors in the Night
9. Brides to Darkness
10. Grande Masquerade
11. Memento Mori
12. The Howling
13. Nocturne
14. Bats in the Belfry
15. Gothic Sanctum
16. Gypsy Caravan
17. From Dusk Till Dawn
18. Night of the Wolf
19. Echoes from the Crypt
20. Shadow Hunters
21. Lair of the Vampire

Album Description

Embark on a musical journey into the mysterious and forbidden land of vampires, werewolves and witches. This powerful, eerie and darkly romantic soundscape offers 21 tracks of symphonic orchestrations, gothic choirs and haunting sound effects, inspired by Bram Stoker's classic novel, Dracula.

Customer Reviews:

NOX ARCANA THE ULTIMATE MOODLIFTER.......2007-06-27

Theres not enough words to put down on what this group means to me....I wirte some of my best works by their music.

Vampire country.......2007-05-10

Books don't usually have soundtracks. "Dracula" definitely didn;t.

But when listening to Nox Arcana's "Transylvania," all I could think of was Bram Stoker's quintessential vampire, and the hauntingly creepy atmosphere of the book. The band forms plenty of rich neoclassical tunes, around a hazy storyline about (what else?) vampires.

It opens with a creepy organ, some smooth violins sweeping up from behind. A deep voice intones, "Darkness descends upon the land, wrap the world in night's black embrace... the restless dead stir within their ancient tombs, and creatures born of shadow rise to quench their savage hunger..." Imagine Bela Lugosi rising from a coffin.

It's followed up by some warmup songs -- the darkly enticing "Voyage," which expands out into an epic, eerie sweep, and the ghostly piano of "Gossamer Mist." The songs that follow are just as richly imagined -- ghostly fast-paced strings, magnificently dark organ and grim gypsy music, laced with church bells, shimmering vocals and ghostly little breezes.

Listening to "Transylvania" is like walking slowly through a cobwebbed, shadowy castle, and listening to Dracula playing a pipe organ in a dusty ballroom, with his brides singing accompaniment. It's not too hard to imagine that you're Jonathan Harker, after hearing songs like "Echoes From the Crypt."

Their music is an lush dusty tapesty of gothic instrumentation. Rich, hollow organ, shimmering harp, strings both windy and rapid, fast-moving percussion, a delicate piano, and some dark shimmers of keyboard all blend together into haunting slow-turning melodies. And as if that weren't good enough, they sprinkle the music with the flutter of bat wings, church bells, ghostly murmurs, and delicate music-box tinkles.

Fortunately Nox Arcana doesn't wreck all this eerie atmosphere with typical singing. Instead we get the occasional deep-voiced intonations, sort of like the introduction. And there are some delicate female vocals -- they murmur softly one minute, only to rise into echoing, wordless solos the next. It's absolutely stunning.

Nox Arcana's "Transylvania" does a brilliant job of capturing the ideal vampire-gothic atmosphere -- creepy and beautifully refined, with no kitschiness. The ideal soundtrack to Bram Stoker's classic (not to mention Halloween).

This soundtrack drains your blood dry, it's that awsome!.......2007-01-28

I have this one, its great. It's not only good for Halloween but its good for when you go to sleep at night, it actually puts you into another realm of dreams and nightmares. It helps you sleep and not only that, it gives you something to relax your body with. It's very good for one of those stormy and rainy or snowy nights. I am an artist and I use it to create monster theme pictures and other creepy drawings. It helps me put myself in that state of mind were I can listen to this and let my imagination flow. If you like this one you will really love the CARNIVAL OF LOST SOULS, WINTER KNIGHT. I still have to get the winter knight one. These soundtracks are classics, not that many peopl listen to them. They are for the soul purpose to escaping the real world and entering another of the bizzare and strange. They are just good to listen too, when ever you feel like it. But this is a good tool for some people who have trouble sleeping at night. But if you listen to the children of the night, and what lovely music they made, you will deffently get your money's worth on all 3 cd's Translyvania, Winter Knight, Carnival of lost Souls... It's worth it.

Wonderful Halloween Fare.......2006-11-01

You can hear a constant improvement in the musical quality of Nox Arcana's CD. This one, particularly, is a big step over Necronomicon. Not that Necronomicon is bad, but Transylvania is really good.
I'm glad I found Nox Arcana (quite by accident, I did a search for Halloween on Amazon and this was one of the hits) they are a treasure.

Yet another great album!.......2006-08-11

Nox Arcana is truly a original band for the era. The music is never boring and you always find something new when listening to it that you may not have heard before. Vargo is a very gifted artist in all the work he does and I for one am glad he formed his own band. The creative work behind the cd's really comes through not just in the music but in the album designs. Midnight Syndicate lost one of the most creative person's behind their success, but by starting the band Nox Arcana at least none of the fans are suffering. Keep up the great work and I look forward to the next album.

Average customer rating: Hauntingly beautiful Vampyre: Symphonies from the Crypt Gets better with age... Vampyre : Symphonies from the Crypt A Must Listen

Vampyre : Symphonies from the Crypt Manufacturer: Entity ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Holiday | Miscellaneous | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The 13th Hour Gates of Delirium Dungeons & Dragons - Official Roleplaying Soundtrack Transylvania Darklore Manor ASIN: B00006HME3 Release Date: 2002-08-13

Tracks:

1. Awakening
2. Graveyard
3. Unhallowed Ground
4. Crypt of the Forsaken
5. Winged Fury
6. Blackest Rose
7. Ravages of Time
8. Catacombs
9. Unseen Eyes
10. Undead Hunters
11. Ancient Tomes
12. Dusk
13. Spectral Masquerade
14. Vampyre

Album Description

Unleash your darkest nightmares as you enter the world of the Vampyre. Echoing from ancient crypts, these haunting symphonies call forth the horror, mystery, and passion of the night that awaits you...

Customer Reviews:

Hauntingly beautiful.......2007-05-12

This is well written darker music. It's hauntingly beautiful. We use it (and others) as background for D&D campaigns.

Vampyre: Symphonies from the Crypt.......2007-01-19

Once again, it is okay, but not what I had intended to purchase. At least I'll have some more Halloween music!

Gets better with age..........2007-01-10

The first time I heard this album, I wasn't blown away. It was good and all, but I liked it the least of all of the previous Midnight Syndicate albums. Not too long ago, I pulled it out again and listened to it again. It's funny how your opinion of something can change over time. This time, I WAS blown away. I thought to myself "How could I have only thought 'yeah, it's pretty good' back then?" This CD was amazing!

If you weren't overly impressed the first tme you heard this CD, throw it back in and give it another try. It might just sound a little different to your ears this time around.

Vampyre : Symphonies from the Crypt.......2007-01-04

Wonderful music. Very mysterious and otherworldly. I listen to it all the time!

A Must Listen.......2006-10-29

I just got done listening to this album. It's the first of its kind for me. I was completely blown away. Forget the fact that vampires don't exist (right?) and just fantasize that they do and give this album a listen. If this doesn't get you somewhere within your soul, I swear you're dead (no pun intended).

Average customer rating: The best album (still currently for sale) from Midnight Syndicate (but it goes down hill from here) Absolutely Incredible Musical Tour Through A 19th Century Asylum!! Another Midnight Syndicate disc that is a must have Footsteps, knocks & giggles "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."

Gates of Delirium Midnight Syndicate Manufacturer: Linfaldia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Halloween | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Holiday | Miscellaneous | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The 13th Hour Vampyre : Symphonies from the Crypt Realm of Shadows Darklore Manor Out of the Darkness (Retrospective: 1994-1999) ASIN: B00005B503 Release Date: 2001-03-06

Tracks:

1. Arrival
2. Welcome
3. Haverghast Asylum
4. Halls of Insurrection
5. Cage of Solitude
6. Residents Past
7. Adelaide
8. Phantom Sentinels
9. Gates of Delirium
10. Non Compos Mentis
11. Procession of the Damned
12. Infestation
13. Room 47
14. Dark Discovery
15. Morbid Fascination
16. Dead of Night
17. Alternative Therapy
18. Crimson Door
19. Unrest in the East Wing
20. Ebony Shroud
21. Sleep Tight

Album Description

They have taken you deep into the crypts of a forbidden castle and to the edge of the sea among the ruins of a cursed village . . . Now the masters of gothic/horror soundscape invite you to take a musical journey into the macabre world of Haverghast Asylum. Your horse and carriage awaits you . . .

Customer Reviews:

The best album (still currently for sale) from Midnight Syndicate (but it goes down hill from here).......2007-04-18

The dark magic faded fast after this album was released. Everything they did afterwards just seemed to become redundant. No newer album ever merited any improvements or aroused any special new nuances. Their newer material just started to sound like previously rejected filler material that they started to release afterwards as whole albums. So, I guess, nowadays, Midnight Syndicate is just sitting in limbo hoping to conjure up some new fresh ideas. And they are probably still just licking their wounds from last years backlash of discontinuing the availabilty of their best albums, and then releasing a shoddy re-recording of key tracks.



When I first started buying the CD's of Midnight Syndicate, I was pretty excited about having this dark moody classical outlet to add to my music library. Before the Midnight Syndicate, I only use to find small episodes of the kind of music that the Midnight Syndicate does.



There are other artists such as Cradle of Filth, Yello, Vangelis, Rick Wakeman, Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream, and Jean Michel Jarre and various types of horror soundtracks (John Carpenter, Giorgio Moroder, Goblin, etc.) that would give you one or two really cool dark classical instrumentals that just made you wish there were more. When Midnight Syndicate came out with "Born of the Night", that was the album that represented all that I was looking for in a complete sound concept that captured and embraced my more sinister side but in a subtle way. Just like when Hitler had Wagner, and Alex (A Clockwork Orange) had Beethoven, the Midnight Syndicate gave me that atmosphere that empowered my darkest moods and made me feel that there was a kind of music out there that understands me.



This album of "Gates of Delerium" is their fourth project and probably one of the easiest ones to buy. Their first three CD's are discontinued and out of print. It's unfortunate because "Born of the Night" and "Realm of Shadows" were their best two albums. I got them, Thank God, but new fans will never know their most creative years. After "Gates of Delerium" their appeal really began to drop because their music wasn't really growing or going anywhere new and adventurous. Some concepts have changed, but those changed concepts were just becoming stale and redundant. They started to record dull uninspiring stale non-embellished classical passages which all sounded alike all through their albums. Each album just started to get even more boring from one album to the next. Their last respectable project was "The 13th Hour". So if you get "Gates of Delerium" and "The 13th Hour", that is all you really need from the Midnight Syndicate. Their other albums (including their retrospective CD) are just so bland and uninteresting. But, of course, if you see them "used" somewhere selling for about the price of an empty CD jewel box, that may be worth it. If you see "Born of the Night" and "Realm of Shadows" used somewhere, definitely jump on them. And check out Nox Arcana too if you want to check out more music similar to "Gates of Delerium" (and especially the eerie sound of "Born of the Night" and "Realm of Shadows"). Midnigh Syndicate haven't released anything new since their "Out of the Darkness" CD. I guess they are still suffering from the repercussions of that major mistake. I sure hope they'll bounce back with something new soon.

Absolutely Incredible Musical Tour Through A 19th Century Asylum!!.......2006-12-11

Listening to this muscial masterpiece as I type this, I'm astounded to find that I have never placed my review of this Incredible CD on this page and I've owned it for years.

Allow me to correct that mistake right now.

Everyone...this is one FUN FUN FUN CD!

Just listening to this music now, there is so much more freedom and artistic openness to the arrangements from the previous two CDs.
Both Born of the Night and Realm of Shadows are Awesome CDs in thier own right and ANY Midnight Syndicate fan should have them in thier collection (if they can still obtain a copy seeing that both recordings have been discontinued) but there is an *oppression* present that I can't put my finger on.
I can't explain it.
But in THIS recording...Midnight Syndicate Band Mates Edward Douglas and Gavin Goszka BUST LOOSE and become the Artists that they are destined to be. This musical tour relies VERY LITTLE on sound effects and those that are there are very well and appropriately placed. Never over done...never under done. Your imagination is ALLOWED to take over and see what it wants to see...and sometimes things that you don't, but your brain takes you there anyway! lol!
The music is lush, darkly alluring and carries you through the asylum of scared, misunderstood and mistreated patients at the mercy of the facility's sadistic Dr. Haverghast! *Don't worry! you don't hear anything *BAD* but like I said, this CD-so good- your brain just takes you there!
I have never tired of this recording. It's complete "Mind Candy" and carries you away to another time.
This is why Midnight Syndicate are the Masters of the Genre that they created... Gothic Halloween CDs for the Imagination and they just keep getting better and better with time.

Now....go buy this CD and let yourself be taken away....
down the hall, dragged, screaming for your life as the metal door slams shut behind you as your helpless screams die away in the distance.....

Another Midnight Syndicate disc that is a must have.......2006-06-05

"Gates of Delirium" is the CD that set the stage for the band's CD "The 13th Hour." Even though I was introduced to "The 13th Hour" first, I really enjoy this CD & it really allows you to picture the haunted asylum. Great music mixed with the minimal sounds of crazed laughter and ghostly effects, it can quickly create goose bumps all over your body. I realized after listening to it over and over again, that this is the music being used at two haunted houses in my area last fall.

If you are looking for a mysterious, dark, haunting orchestral CD, this is a must have.

Footsteps, knocks & giggles.......2006-04-24

If you want to listen to something really unsettling, try Brian Eno's "On Land". It's the creepiest thing I've ever heard - and it doesn't rely on footsteps, knocks and giggles like "Gates of Delirium" does. Sure, the music here (when it's not overblown) has its moments, but it's really just a cross between a horror movie soundtrack and a Hallowe'en special effects CD. The track "Haverghast Asylum" reminds me of an outtake from Alice Cooper's "Welcome to My Nightmare". That might have been the intention, of course, but it adds up to a CONSCIOUSLY spooky listen, not a SUBCONSCIOUSLY eerie listen like the aforementioned album by Eno.

If you're looking for background music to a game of Vampire: The Masquerade, I suppose "Gates of Delirium" will do the trick - but if you want to feel the goosebumps rise, put on a pair of headphones, turn out the lights, and listen to "On Land". Alone.

"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.".......2005-11-30

Are you looking for that halloween music that can give you a fright?
Are you hungering for the music that gives chills and is right with the moon in the dead of night?
Are you tired of those $3.99 Halloween Cds you find at your local grocery store?
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then you've come to the right place. So, now, sit back, relax, and dim the lights as we take you on a journey through an abandoned insane asylum. Be warned that once you have arrived, you'll never be able to see the sun ever again. Every song from the first to the last sends chills down the spine of the unwary listener. As the Cd progresses we are treated to sounds of wailings as we hear imprisoned souls as they cry out in pain as they suffer the agony of their tormenters. "Room 47" is where you feel the pain of the soul that is confined to this blited place. Beware, once you have arrived, you never get out alive. Highly recommended.

Average customer rating: Amazing Steve's best hybrid album to date YOU WILL BE TRANSFORMED Extreme tribal trance (for ambient music) A rich and pleasing experience

The Serpent's Lair Steve Roach & Byron Metcalf Manufacturer: Projekt Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Indie & Lo Fi | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Wachuma's Wave Mantram Midnight Moon Fever Dreams Helpers, Guides & Allies: Navigating the Shamanic Landscape ASIN: B00004Y9XO Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

1. The Lair
2. Rite Of Passage
3. Shedding The Skin
4. Big Medicine
5. Future Tribe
6. Birthright
7. Osmosis
8. Egg Chamber Dreaming

Tracks:

1. Offering In Waves
2. Impending Sense Of Calm
3. Cave Dwellers
4. Primal Passage
5. Serpent Clan
6. Beating Heart Of The Dragon Mother
7. Ochua

Amazon.com

Ambient explorer Roach and percussionist Metcalf originally began this as an experiment into the effects of breathwork and the use of sound on a person "as a shamanic strategy for healing, personal growth, and transformation." The successful effects their music had in group settings were extended into these compositions. While billed as a collaboration between the two men, The Serpent's Lair also features contributions by (deep breath) violinist Vicki Richards, overtone vocalist Jim Cole, pre-Hispanic sound sorcerer Jorge Reyes, singer Lena Stevens, synthesist Vidna Obmana, "groove alchemist" Vir Unis, and djembe players Jeffrey Fayman and Momodu "Mohammad" Kah. The two discs in this package act as yin and yang--the eight parts of the first disc, "The Serpent's Lair," highlight intoxicatingly hypnotic drum rhythms slicing through churning ambient spaces, while the seven cuts that make up the second disc, "Offerings from the Underworld," travel down darker, spacier streams with subtle rhythms, reverberant vocals, and exotic aerophones caressing and riding the ethereal aural waves. This invigorating combination of musicians invents a dynamic new perspective on Roach's trademark deep-listening forays. It would be wonderful to hear more collaborations like this. --Bryan Reesman

Customer Reviews:

Amazing.......2007-05-13

Absolutely beautiful.I discover new things,new sounds every time I listen to this CD.It's so deep and touches a chord within my soul.It has so many layers; textures.I love it!!

Steve's best hybrid album to date.......2007-03-28

+1 for superb production quality and presentation case
+1 hybrid groove is extraordinary
+1 variety of tribal beat and deep space sound
+1 Steve works best with masters such as Metcalf, Obmana, Unis and Rich
+1 unique, illuminating - been looking for this sound since...

Bottom line: a better hybrid groove than Fever Dreams I & II...I reserve judgment on Fever Dreams III

YOU WILL BE TRANSFORMED.......2005-02-03

I bought this after reading some positive reviews on Amazon from reviewers I liked. Before buying I was a bit put off by the self-congratulatory reviews on the CD jackets; whenever someone proclaims themselve or allows someone else to proclaim them "genius" you have to wonder if they're more form over function (like Yanni, for example.)

I'm glad I went ahead and purchased this album anyway. This guy Roach is good, real good. He knows how to play with your emotions. CD #1 has more of a rhythmic trance feel (appropriate for entertaining) whereas CD #2 is far more ambient in nature (and downright spooky at times.) It's true what other reviewers write: this is the most evocative music I've ever listened to. Images and scenes will emerge in your mind. In my case, it was the wonderful scene from the movie "All the Right Stuff" where flying ambers from an Aboriginal fire floated upwards and merged with stars an astronuat in space was observing. Don't believe me about the images? Try this: close your eyes and listen to an entire song. When you open them you'll see that you need some time to adjust to your current surroundings because while your eyes were closed you were transported to an entirely different place in your mind's eye.

It wouldn't surprise me if classical minimalist composer Philip Glass has some Roach in his CD rotation. I know I'll definitely be purchasing some more of his music. I'd recommend sticking with Amazon when buying his CD's, because given the large number and differing variety he has out (I understand 3 new ones are planned for this year) you'll be disappointed by the lack of selection at record stores.

Extreme tribal trance (for ambient music).......2003-06-21

Heavy on the tribal and trance sounds mixed with very cutting edge electronic music. A few tracks verge on nightclub electro dance music. Towards the end of cd #2 it gets very tribal on the vocals, not so much on the rhythms and sounds. Although each track is quite different, once the tune gets going, it gets repetitive as if to induce a trance. It's very good to listen to if you are working on a project or even to work out to.

A rich and pleasing experience.......2002-04-09

I never cease to be amazed by the many ways Steve Roach can weave a web. I mean, in how many different directions can one man go with long, ambient, atmospheric pieces almost totally devoid of melody? Evidently, in more ways than I can count.

In collaboration with Byron Metcalf and a host of others, the list of which reads like a veritable Who's Who of prominent ambient musicians, Roach provides a sense of tribal mysticism with those long ethereal passages we've come to associate with his work. THE SERPENT'S LAIR is a rich blend of soothing tones, hypnotic tribal beats and some lovely vocal passages (a rarity in Roach compositions).

Although I am a huge Steve Roach fan, owning most of his CD's -I was hesitant to purchase this Disc; now I'm sorry I waited so long to buy it. My fear was an overemphasis of the percussion aspects of the compositions over the soothing atmospherics and the sense of exploration I associate with his music. (I've been disappointed with these collaborations before, namely with DUST TO DUST, an album that I've never really liked.) I need not have worried - this double CD is rich and complex, and is a brilliant example of Steve Roach's ever evolving talent. In some ways, it reminds me a bit of Michael Stearns THE LOST WORLD, another brilliant work and artist that I highly recommend.

Average customer rating: Top-notch sooth-ability! Incredibly Peaceful & Moving

Perfect Balance: Musical Healing, Vol. 2 Various Artists Manufacturer: Sequoia Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | Compilations | New Age | Styles | Music Similar Items: Musical Healing The Celtic Lounge Garden of Serenity Chakra Healing Zone Music for Reiki & Meditation ASIN: B000784XCQ Release Date: 2005-02-01

Tracks:

1. Uyll - Gary Stadler & Wendy Rule
2. Precious Water Reprise - David & Steve Gordon
3. Golden Light (Excerpt) - Ashron
4. Nature Spirits (Balance Mix) - David & Steve Gordon
5. Watermoon - Bernd Scholl
6. Hidden Oasis (Yoga Mix) - David & Steve Gordon
7. Natural Healing (Excerpt) - Shajan
8. Rainforest Sunrise (Om Mix) - David & Steve Gordon
9. River Running - EverStar
10. Lightstreams - David & Steve Gordon
11. Lines in the Sand - David Gordon
12. Rainforest Sunset (Peace Mix) - David & Steve Gordon
13. 7th Chakra: Be Still - Sophia
14. Radiant Sea Reprise - David & Steve Gordon

Album Description

Renew, reflect and relax into perfect balance - Transform your entire being with this exquisitely tranquil musical retreat for your body, mind and spirit. Immerse yourself in this superbly crafted collection of sonic treasures featuring the most blissful musical gems from some of today's foremost masters of healing music including David & Steve Gordon, Sophia, Gary Stadler, Ashron, Everstar, Shajan and Bernd Scholl - including many brand new songs from your favorite artists. You'll discover a new, ultimately relaxing and timeless way of being with these exceptionally soothing soundscapes, featuring gently calming harp, flute, guitar, tamboura, cello and piano with angelic vocals, serene keyboard atmospheres and the most peaceful sounds of nature imaginable - the perfect musical compliment for yoga, Pilates, massage, and the healing arts. Just press play and feel the stress melt away as you effortlessly experience your quite center of perfect balance within.

"The sweet serenity of nature and exquisite melodies of recording artists from the Sequoia Records label are artfully joined on this compilation of blissful music for healing and relaxation. PERFECT BALANCE, MUSICAL HEALING VOL. 2 is awash in quiet, uplifting music that blends flowing synthesizer ambience with harp, flute, guitar, cello and piano. Trackwise, the album features a lot of dreamy material from David and Steve Gordon, whose mellifluous soundscapes provide a fantastic atmosphere for stress relief and reflection. Other artists that make an appearance include Gary Stadler, Everstar, Sophia, Shajan and newcomers Bernd Scholl and Ashron. The tracks are sequenced in such a way the each blends fluidly into the next, without any disruption in the peaceful mood." ~ Music Design In Review

Customer Reviews:

Top-notch sooth-ability! .......2005-03-09

Throughout this immeasurably relaxing album are the predominant natural sounds of both water and birdsong that get supported by an assortment of gentle keyboard instrumentations. From Ashron's singing bowls to Scholl's spacescape, from Shajan's pouring rain stick to the Gordon's bird and waterscapes, all lend the listener to a perfect blend of sound for bathing the mind and soothing the spirit. Sophia has the only track with vocals, but its ethereal voices are so sweet one forgives the gentle intrusion. In all, this is the Gordon's most relaxing and rewarding album for letting go. Top-notch sooth-ability!

Incredibly Peaceful & Moving.......2005-03-01

This latest compilation of healing music from Sequoia Records is nothing less than brilliant. A follow up to their beautifully relaxing "Musical Healing" release from several years back, Perfect Balance: Musical Healing Vol. 2 surpasses the first in depth, dynamic and serenity. The majority of tracks here are mainly new releases along with a few classics from legendary healing music pioneers, David & Steve Gordon. These are balanced perfectly with some amazingly traquil tracks from such healing music luminaries as Shajan, Sophia and several new artists of note, including Bernd Scholl, whose track "Watermoon" blissfully carries the listener away on an ocean of eternal calm and Ashron, whose "Golden Light" bathes the listener in a waterfall of shimmering sound. This 69 plus minute release is superbly produed, mixed and sequenced allowing for ultimate release and relaxation and is long enough to just let it run for accompanying any healing arts session. An exceptional release.

Average customer rating: Mezmerizing THIS GROOVIN' IS REFINED

Surreal Thing Soundscape UK Manufacturer: Instinct Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Acid Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Uptown Groove Life Force Pacific Coast Highway Lift Me Up Shine ASIN: B000001UWW Release Date: 1998-01-20

Tracks:

1. Freeway
2. Take One
3. Brand New Day
4. Carinho
5. Mellow Glow
6. Space Girls
7. Cascade
8. Three Thirty Nine
9. The Closer I Get To You
10. Discovery
11. Teapot
12. Surreal Thing?

Customer Reviews:

Mezmerizing.......2005-05-29

I am not an authority on Jazz, but I do love good music and this CD is fantastic, the songs are uptempo, exciting, innovative....just mezmerizing.

THIS GROOVIN' IS REFINED.......1998-06-02

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS LISTEN TO ANYONE WHO LOVES A SMART, TIGHT GROOVY SOUND. THE BASS AND DRUMS LAY A THICK FOUNDATION FOR THE MASTERFUL GUITAR AND KEYBOARD RIFFS THAT POUR DOWN IN BRILLIANT WAVES ALONG WITH THE SWEET SOUND OF THE HYPNOTIC HORNS. YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF LEAVING THIS CD INSIDE OF YOUR PLAYER FOR A LONG LONG TIME.

Average customer rating: Wonderfully resonant, playful cello music! Barry Trivia Carefully chosen melodies beautifully played Celtic classics with a twist Lush, haunting melodies

Cello Barry Phillips , Todd Phillips , Shelley Phillips , Lars Johannesson , Shira Kammen , Alfonso X (el Sabio) , Anonymous , Peter Erson , Balkan Traditional , and English Traditional Manufacturer: Gourd Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Wondrous Love The World Turned Upside Down Fire & Grace Celtic Crossing ASIN: B00004T92E Release Date: 2000-06-27

Tracks:

1. The Braes Of Lacheil
2. Elizabeth Kelly's Delight
3. Lochaber No More
4. Old Heddon Of Fawsley
5. O Ho The Pretty Chain
6. Jesterpolska
7. Cantiga de Santa Maria #206
8. Trotto
9. Gypsy's Lament
10. I Love To See The Wheels In Motion
11. Shto Mi E Milo
12. Ladom Se, Goro Zalade
13. Polska efter Pelle Fors
14. We Brought The Summer With Us
15. Inishere

Album Description

Introducing Cello, the second solo recording by longtime Gourd cellist and producer Barry Phillips.

Cello's expansive soundscape features traditional and contemporary cello solos, duos, and trios gleaned from traditions around the globe and from eight centuries of music. The 15 tracks present instrumentation and arrangements of melodies from Western and Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and North America.

Phillips has recently been touring with and arranging for sitar legend Ravi Shankar. This influence is heard on his new recording as Phillips blends the sounds of harmonium, tabla and tanpura with traditional Celtic tunes and instrumentation.

Customer Reviews:

Wonderfully resonant, playful cello music!.......2006-09-30

Another great recording from Gourd music, "Cello" features Celtic, medieval and traditional European tunes arranged for cello and a host of other acoustic instruments too numerous to mention. I just love this CD, especially when played on a stereo system with a good bass! I've said it before and I'll say it again: there's something about the deep, rich tones of a cello that centers my body and awakens my soul, and I'm always glad to hear cellists breaking out of their customary role as accompanists and really strutting their stuff. On this album, Barry Phillips wanders far and wide, exploring musical traditions through the centuries and across the Old World, and creating clever, engaging arrangements that vary in flavor from traditional and "modern" classical to New Age and world fusion. Often the cello takes the lead, but just as frequently, Phillips is happy to switch off with one or more of his guest artists, transitioning easily from melody to harmony to accompaniment and back again. This jaunty, sonorous music is sure to be enjoyed by everyone, but musicians will especially appreciate it for its seemingly effortless complexity of texture, rhythm and line. In addition to performing cello, Phillips also plays cittern (a Renaissance strummed instrument with metal strings), harmonium, pipe organ, dilruba (a bowed, broad-necked lute from India), tanpura (a Near Eastern lute), zither and percussion. Joining him on what seems to be, in part, a family outing, are Shelley Phillips on oboe, English horn, whistle and harp, Nathan Phillips on guitar, and Todd Phillips on bass. Also joining the party are early music expert Shira Kammen on vielle and violin, Jared White on Scottish smallpipes and recorder, Lars Johannesson on flute, Theo Paige on fiddle, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh on low whistle, Bikram Ghos on tabla, Martin Simpson on guitar, Neal Hellman on mountain dulcimer, Chris Caswell on bodhran, tar and tambourine, Harris Moore on hammered dulcimer, and Karuna Ault on tanpura. The prolific Barry and Shelley Phillips can be heard together on many other recordings, including "The Crooked Road" by frequent collaborator William Coulter , "Celtic and Contemporary Music" by Orison, and the releases of Aine Minogue. For more great cello music, try also "Cello Blue" by David Darling, "Eastern Twin" by Martin Tillman, and "Spirit and Light" by Rasa cellist Hans Christian.

Barry Trivia.......2004-02-03

This brilliant CD is a collage of music from all over the world. When people pick up this album I think they may be expecting something with more of a Classical flare, but in fact Barry is known for his gifts as an interpreter of world music as well as an arranger/composer. Little Known Barry Facts: #1, He's a student of legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar, and played in Ravi's orchestra at the Concert for George. #2, Barry's first instrument was the drums, and he had a rock band at age ten. #3, His cello features a carving of a lion's head that looks uncannily similar to Teddy Rosevelt. #4, Barry has a degree in composition and has written chamber music inspired by 'Frog and Toad'. #5, He arranged a version of 'Purple Haze' for three cellos and performed it at a Celtic camp ceilidh. Anyway, the trivia could go on forever. I hope you enjoy this wonderful CD!!!

Carefully chosen melodies beautifully played.......2002-02-08

On this CD Barry Phillips has assembled a collection of compelling melodies from a whole range of traditions. The tunes are predominately Celtic, but there are also some lovely Shaker melodies and music from Sweden and Spain. The arrangements are wonderful - original combinations of acoustic instruments including zither, tanpura, oboe, cittern, fiddle and of course cello. It's not for strict traditionalists, but any fan of acoustic music would find this worth a listen.

Celtic classics with a twist.......2001-10-25

Barry provides a really excellent album. If you're looking for pure cello music with only mild accompaniment, you're probably looking in the wrong place, but this is pretty good. The songs reminisce of other things i've heard from other Celtic artists, but that may just mean that the composer is providing different renditions. It's a relaxing set of songs that will provide lots of enjoyment if you like Celtic music, particularly strings. But if you want more in-depth Cello music, look elsewhere.

Lush, haunting melodies.......2001-01-04

I first heard Barry Phillips performing Shaker music in Santa Cruz on New Year's Eve. I went up to ask him about cds and Celtic music for cello, and my sister said, "I have his cd, and it's wonderful!" So I had to rush back to her place to hear it. I'm a cellist, and a fan of Celtic music, and it's such a treat to have those two passions combined on this recording. Besides cello, there are many other traditional instruments featured, such as bagpipe, wooden flute, and Celtic harp played by Barry's wife. I highly recommend this cd for fans of traditional Celtic and folk music, and also those eager to hear the rich voice of solo cello.

Average customer rating: Drift Away on a a Blissful Island of Peace

The Healing Touch: Music for Reiki and Meditation, Vol. 2 Shajan Manufacturer: Sequoia Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Relaxation | New Age | Styles | Music Similar Items: Music for Reiki & Meditation Reiki Healing Music Attunement Volume 1 Reiki: Hands of Light Reiki Healing Music Attunement Volume 2 Reiki: Healing Hands ASIN: B0002IQLSU Release Date: 2004-08-03

Tracks:

1. Spheres of the Angels
2. Natural Healing
3. Circle of Life
4. Cosmic Balance

Album Description

Discover and Island of Relaxation Within….

Soothe away stress as you are bathed in blissful waves of healing energy. Winner of last year's COVR Best Healing/Meditation Music award for "Music for Reiki and Meditation", Reiki-master Shajan returns with a refreshing new soundscape that is powerfully effective for Reiki, Yoga, and the Healing Arts. It's easy to relax with these serene melodies, tranquil atmospheres and pure sounds of nature. With "The Healing Touch," Shajan has created his most rejuvenating, uplifting music to date. Listen while getting a massage, doing yoga or just close your eyes and experience deep exquisite relaxation.

"Perfect for providing an oasis of peace in the span of one's day, Shajan's second album of music for the Asian healing arts is just as lush and exquisite as the first. This is music that makes your mind want to drift far away from the stresses and strains of everyday life to a place of eternal comfort and calm. As a trained Reiki master, Shajan knows what those practicing the art would want in terms of background music. As such, this flowing soundscape features layers of silky synthesizer washes dotted with the sound of flute, bells and nature sounds. Saying that the music is serene is an understatement, these four extended length cuts are so concentrated in their tranquility that listening to them is like getting a mental massage. Just close your eyes and let your mind roam free. This album is also great for yoga, relaxation or any other mindfulness/healing activity." - Music Design in Review

Customer Reviews:

Drift Away on a a Blissful Island of Peace.......2004-08-07

Shajan is back with another amazingly serene follow up release on Sequoia Records.
His previous release has been a CD I use regularly in my own heaing practice and this new release "The Healing Touch" provides the perfect, incredibly gentle and relaxing aural landscape to sink into for ultimate relaxation. It's so easy to just drift away into blissful serenity with these four new tracks providing over an hour of music that exactly fits the bill for any massage or other healing arts sessions.

Average customer rating: This Blows Your Mind! This Blows Your Mind! Is there such a thing as 'soft' funk? One of my best "fussion-jazz-funk" CD's in my collection Bangs and Talbot cook up some tasty Jazzy / Bossa flavors

Life Force Soundscape UK Manufacturer: Instinct Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Acid Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Acid Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Uptown Groove Surreal Thing Fingalikkin' Good Life Think It Over Ocean Wave ASIN: B000001UWE Release Date: 1996-09-03

Tracks:

1. Morning Song
2. Round Trip
3. I'll Be Around
4. Closer to the Source
5. Magic Time
6. Inner Space
7. Cosmic Evolution
8. Life Force
9. Second Phase
10. Full Circle
11. The Journey Within
12. Riverside Jam
13. I'll be Around

Customer Reviews:

This Blows Your Mind!.......2001-08-21

SERIOUSLY, it's a trip! Soundscape UK can cover a broad range of Jazz. Life Force is it! The Journey Within and Inner Space will truly take your mind for a ride. Their trippy acid funk is like no other. If I had to describe it, I'd say it has an electronica mix of Herbie Hancock, George Howard, Roy Ayers, and Guru styles. But, actually, it's none other than Chris Bangs' innovative style. Also, check out Surreal Thing by Soundscape UK and Fingalikkin' Good by their other name, Yada Yada. Mystic Vibes on that CD has that genuine Soundscape UK trippy acid style that will blow your mind! Chris Bangs is da man!

This Blows Your Mind!.......2001-08-21

SERIOUSLY, it's a trip! Soundscape UK can cover a broad range of Jazz. Life Force is it! The Journey Within and Inner Space will truly take your mind for a ride. Their trippy acid funk is like no other. If I had to describe it, I'd say it has an electronica mix of Herbie Hancock, George Howard, Roy Ayers, and Guru styles. But, actually, it's none other than Chris Bangs' innovative style. Also, check out Surreal Thing by Soundscape UK and Fingalikkin' Good by their other name, Yada Yada. Mystic Vibes on that CD has that genuine Soundscape UK trippy acid style that will blow your mind! Chris Bangs is da man!

Is there such a thing as 'soft' funk?.......2001-05-04

This is an interesting CD in that it combines mildly funky beats with warm sax and a Wes Montgomery guitar sound. It's a little too soft in places for me, I like things that swing a little more. I think it's the drum machines that turn me off. If you like this CD, you might also try: 3rd Force "Force Field" or Duboniks "On the Vibe". If you want something that's truly funky/jazzy, try Greyboy Allstars or Stanton Moore. Happy listening!

One of my best "fussion-jazz-funk" CD's in my collection.......2000-09-23

This album blows a cool breeze of innovation right in your face. The mix of jazz and funk with some electro beats give to this CD a unique taste for your delicate senses. A true "5 star" work for people with good taste for the music.

Bangs and Talbot cook up some tasty Jazzy / Bossa flavors.......1999-02-20

Melodic and Funky, great structure to these instrumental numbers. If you like Incognito's 100%, you'll love this gem. Rita Campbell adds a powerful vocal, on "I'll be around", you'll catch yourself humming along. Check out their Surreal albumn too, it has more vocal tracks and comes on stronger.

Average customer rating: Should be required listening Not only a great: singer/songwrite/musician/composer/etc.etc Breath of FRESH air! The best album I've heard in many a year... A Very Special Album

Musicbox Peter Mayer Manufacturer: Little Flock Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Romeo's Garage Stirrin' Up The Water Spare Tire Orchestra Earth Town Square Midwinter ASIN: B0002XQAYA Release Date: 2004-05-03

Tracks:

1. The Last Island
2. Faith In Angels
3. Musicbox
4. Cool Blue Swing
5. When It Rains
6. Sweet Nothing
7. Yesterday's Fool
8. Jesse's Hill
9. Walking To The Sun
10. Good To Have A Friend
11. Every Morning
12. Somewhere In Between
13. Approaching Caroline
14. Golden Light

Album Description

Peter Mayer's "Musicbox" CD brings to life Mayer's 14 new original songs, including Faith in Angels, Last Island, Walking to the Sun, as well as the title track. This collection of tunes showcases Mayer's versatility and virtuosity, weaving finely honed lyrics and memorable melodies with influences from blues, country, folk, jazz, pop and rock into a compelling soundscape that reveals more with each listening.

Customer Reviews:

Should be required listening.......2006-11-13

Peter Mayer, brother Jim, Roger Guth, and the rest of this band are some of the most brilliant musicians to come together and form a band. This album is fantastic from start to finish. Peter's voice and guitar work, the wonderful lyrics, and the stylistic melodies are a pleasure to listen to again and again. Very relaxing yet inspiring music. This is a must have for every music lover!!!

Not only a great: singer/songwrite/musician/composer/etc.etc.......2006-10-13

Peter has his own recording studio and does all the sound mixing for Jimmy Buffett. He has years of experience and talent; even enough to make Jimmy sound good. When someone that knows the how and why behind taking something that sounds good and making it sound great becomes the artist, they start with great and make it superb. Music Box is just that, superb!

Breath of FRESH air!.......2005-10-17

I bought Peter's "Music Box" & "Stirrin' Up The Water" CDs last year and haven't listen to anything as much as these two since. If I could write and produce songs like this I'd be a happy man, well lets just say way happier. The dynamics, musicianship, detail and production chops on these two albums are stunning. Forget that he is Jimmy Buffett's guitarist... you'd never know it. Any recording musicians out there that need inspiration... this is it. Total ear candy. Truly an original breath of fresh air.

The best album I've heard in many a year..........2004-10-15

...and that's not just rhetoric. This album is wonderful. The lyrics are deep and insightful, the production is very pleasant and not overbearing, and it has the hallmark of all Peter Mayer work - incredible musicianship and wonderful arrangements. That and a boatload of hooks.

When I say Peter Mayer, people say "who"? Then I tell them that his day job is the lead guitarist for Jimmy Buffett's band, and he plays to his real muse in his own group. I tell them that his sound is like a cross between Dave Matthews and Paul Simon (and on this album there's some more poppy stuff that I swear could be on a Sugar Ray album if it was only a little poppier). The music runs the gamut from folk to jazz and dixieland to pop to world beat and gospel. And it all works. This album is that good. (And the song Faith in Angels was just broadcast on the MTV show "Made"). The title track is stirring, both lyrically and in the song structure.

I've had the pleasure of meeting Peter Mayer and his brother Jim (the bassist) and they are amazingly humble for the talent they possess. Don't let them be secrets, for this music needs to be heard. "Adult Album Alternative" radio should be all over this.

A Very Special Album.......2004-10-07

Peter Mayer has been Jimmy Buffett's lead guitarist for 15 years. Sadly, his incredible guitar playing and song writing, which has inspired 7 fantastic solo albums, seems to be a well-kept secret within the Buffett fan base and a small but dedicated fan base for Peter.

But that fan base is growing every day thanks to consistently great new releases, such as "Musicbox."

This album has all of the great attributes that make Peter such a great songwriter, musican and performer. The songs are lyrically deep and introspective, and feature likeable textures created by the world-class musicans that make up the Peter Mayer Group.

This includes artists like Roger Guth and Jim Mayer, accomplished musicians who share the stage with Peter in Jimmy Buffett's band. But it also includes appearances by legendary jazz drummer Dave Weckl, and the extremely accomplished and diverse songwriter, pianist and producer, Jay Oliver.

With all of this in mind, the album still has tremendous pop value, and Peter's virtuoso guitar playing and crystal-clear voice combine with these other incredible musicians to form 14 great songs.

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