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Coming
soon to Wind and Wire...
- Next month, I'll be
publishing interviews with two of the brightest stars on
the ambient music horizon, each one of them shining a
different "color" and contributing different shades of
music to the genre's spectrum
- Rik
McLean, (the man behind mara's torment), talks
about the burgeoning Toronto electronic music scene
and his past and future music
- Richard
Roberts, a.k.a. Zero Ohms, muses over the
mixture of his flutes and his electronics as he
records music that "offers no resistance" (hence his
pseudonym)
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Upcoming reviews (not a
conclusive list) in future
issues:
Ambient/Spacemusic/EM/Electronica
- RUDY ADRIAN -
Concerts in the USA
- "Re-recording"
his recent series of concerts in America, New Zealand
neo-Berlin keyboard wiz Adrian releases an album that
combines drifting ambience with gentle yet insistent
sequencer music
- AMONGST
MYSELVES - Sacred Black
- Part
spacemusic, part ambient and dark ambient, the music
on this CD is evocative and ambitious
- EMBRACING THE
GLASS - mandala for chaos
- An alloy of
electronics and voice that offers a stunning semi-dark
excursion into starkly beautiful soundscapes suffused
with humanity
- LEMONGRASS -
Windows
- Trippy,
bubbly, and lots of fun, this assortment of chill-out,
dub, and electronica will put a smile on your face as
it cools you off
- SAMSA - The
Laurentian Divide
- Dark and
disturbing rumbles and drones that are sure to satisfy
those who like their ambience full of shadow and
foreboding
- SYLKEN -
Ping
- With the
three long pieces on this release, Sylken proves that
they are a group which excels at pushing the envelope
of live ambient music, as the recording goes from
darker subtly dissonant passages to moments of
drop-dead beauty
- STEVE VERITY -
TimeStar
- Bringing
together retro and cutting edge electronics, Verity
explores rhythmic and floating electronic territory
which will please fans of Jarre, Schulze, as well as
lovers of modern day EM
- ZERO OHMS -
True Degrees of Freedom
- One of the
most immersive recordings of recent years, listening
to this CD on headphones is almost disorienting in its
ability to transport you away from the here and
now
New
Age/World/Adult Contemporary
- DEEP SKY
DIVERS - Natural Power
- First rate
contemporary instrumental music that is catchy and
accessible from the very first listen and gets better
with each playing
- LLEWELLYN -
Journey to the Faeries
- Yet another
great effort from the English master of electronic new
age music, this time painting musical pictures of the
land of Faerie in an enchanting and beguiling
style
- TERRY OLDFIELD
- a time for peace
- On this
all-instrumental album, multi-instrumentalist Oldfield
records his best music in years, all of it beautiful
and serene in the best new age music
tradition
- STEPHEN PAGE
AND RICHARD CHURCHYARD - Spiritual Oasis
- Long-form
new age music that is more dramatic than relaxing,
combining Page's keyboards and Churchyard's guitars in
a sweeping neo-romantic style
- TANIA ROSE -
43 Angels
- As you
would expect from the title, this classic new age
release is filled with ethereal and beatific music but
is not always predictable, as one track even sounds
like Tim Story!
- CONNI ST.
PIERRE - Beyond the skys
- The third
part in a trilogy, this is a truly outstanding
electronic/acoustic recording that combines new age
melodicism with a strong undercurent of ambient
sensibility a la Coyote Oldman
- TORCHLIGHT
CREEK - Two Moons
- Combining
acoustic instruments with synthesizers in unique ways,
this debut release is a rare blend of disparate
elements that works surprisingly well
NOTE: Not every
title above in either grouping will be reviewed in the next
issue; some will not occur for several months yet
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