Music Reviews 2005

October 28, 2005

SUZANNE CIANI:
"SILVER SHIP"
Seventh Wave
With her usual style, romantic, sweet and melodic, Suzanne has composed for this album ten themes, which range between the most Classical side in her style, and the most New Age. A pleasant, melodic and very orchestral music, where the keyboards and the fine arrangements have a fundamental presence. Almost all the themes are rhythmic, even though not quite fast, and give the leading role to the melodies. On the whole, this album has a great emotional load. The music reaches deep inside when listened to with due attention. Paul McCandless (wind instruments), Matt Eakle (flute), Teja Bell (guitar), Joe Hebert (cello), Michael Manring (bass), Michael Whalen (percussion) and Valerie Wilson (vocals) collaborate in this album.
VIRGINIA TAMAYO

http://www.suzanneciani.com

European release:

http://www.neuronium.info

Sampler "iNDEX02"
DiN
This CD contains a selection of pieces from some of the most important albums released by the label DiN. The compositions flow among Space Music, Ambient and Techno. The music is very original and varied. Because of it, all the pieces have a pleasant freshness. The contents of this sampler is as follows: Subsonic Experience: "Regained Paradise". Reuter / Boddy: "History". dbkaos: "Hydrosphere". Ian Boddy: "Ecliptic". Ian Boddy: "The Mystic". Robert Rich & Ian Boddy: "Edge of Nowhere". dbkaos: "After the Migration". ARC: "Arcturus Part 2 (Intro)". ARC: "Arcturus Part 2 (Sequence)". Ian Boddy: "Aurora". Ian Boddy: "Chiasmata". Robert Rich & Ian Boddy: "Tuning Out". Reuter / Boddy: "This Life". Boddy / Wostheinrich: "Moiré". Subsonic Experience: "Treasures of the World". ARC: "Silent White Light". Boddy / Wostheinrich: "Smash & Grab". ARC: "Corrosion". No doubt, this is a very imaginative compilation, highly reccommended to those who seek something more on the line of current electronic music.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.DiN.org.uk

LONDON ELECTRIC GUITAR ORCHESTRA:
"STICKS AND STONES"
2:13 Music
This is a risky release by L.E.G.O. merging Experimental Music with Psychedelic influences, and other, more difficult to place, traits which contribute to endow this release with a disquieting personality. The work includes 3 pieces with an overall running time of 20 minutes. The instruments with a greatest protagonism are the electric guitars.
VICENTE GISPERT

http://www.2-13.co.uk

VARIOUS:
"YOGA SALON"
Prudence / BSC Music
Although the styles of the different compositions are quite varied, this compilation tends towards a rhythmic style and range between Atmospheric Pop and World Music. The pieces here gathered are: TYA: "Olelo Lohi / Speak Slowly". Althea W: "Swan". Sophia: "Uma ... Jai Ma!". Artemisa: "Perfumed Garden". Karmacosmic: "Dance Of Shiva". David & Steve Gordon: "Forever In A Smile". Jaya Lakshmi: "Bolo Shri Krsna". Steve Gordon: "Holding The Vision". Win Meyerson: "Vrkshasana (Salon Mix)". Wynne Paris: "Nama Sankirtana (Yoga Mix)". David & Steve Gordon: "Om Shanti". Tau: "Tempel der Stille".
HECTOR JORDAN

http://www.bscmusic.com

VARIOUS:
"DIANI BEACH LOUNGE"
Prudence / BSC Music
Most of the pieces included in this compilation range between Atmospheric Pop and World Music. Also there are some traits from Jazz, Latin folklore and other varied elements that contribute to enrich these themes. The pieces that shape this album are: Peter Mergener: "Awakening In Diani Beach". Drum'n' Space: "Cellformation In The Jungle". Roykey: "Inner River". Zingaia: "Shamantic". Yulara: "Shakti Dance". Peter Mergener: "Massai". Drum'n'Space: "Nanyuki". Roykey: "Jogging". Zingaia: "Shape Shifter". Jeff Greinke: "Threads". Roykey: "See Jah Way". Yulara: "Flyin' High". Zingaia: "Sky Dancer". Peter Mergener: "Good Bye Shimba Hills".
PASCUAL JURADO

http://www.bscmusic.com

OPERA TO RELAX:
"BETWEEN TOMORROW"
Prudence / BSC Music
This compact disc by Opera to Relax is a freshn imaginative fusion of Atmospheric Pop and Ambient Music. Their music is full of melodies that in the seductive voice of their singer, Veronika Langguth, have an enchanting sound. The compositions tend to be soft, with slow rhythms. Opera to relax show a convincing way to make music for our days, adapted to the actual times.
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

http://www.bscmusic.com

GINKGO GARDEN:
"FAITH , HOPE & LOVE"
Prudence / BSC Music
The 15 compositions included in this album are an imaginative combination of elements typical of Atmospheric Pop and others near to World Music, whose result is a pleasant colection of pieces. Part of the music has traits typical of Rock ballads. There also are symphonic traits. The melody is an important element in all the compositions.
VIRGINIA TAMAYO

http://www.bscmusic.com

BRUNO SANFILIPPO:
"ANTHOLOGY ESSENCE 91 04"
Neuronium Records
This work is a compilation of different compositions by Bruno Sanfilippo composed in different moments along his musical career, which reflect, in a way, his artistic history from 1991 to 2004. Quite a number of the distinct aspects in Bruno's style appear in this compilation: from the cosmic Ambient to the romantic vein nearing to New Instrumental Music, all that dominated by the warm presence of the melodies. A true delight for the ears from the first to the last theme.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.bruno-sanfilippo.com

AUSTRALIS:
"LIFEGIVING"
"Lifegiving" is an album charged with good sonic vibrations, epic in some moments, calm and simple in others, yet always full of shades that cannot leave anyone indifferent. Most of the pieces can be labelled within the New Instrumental Melodic Music, although they also have Techno and Ambient characteristics. Beautiful melodies, perfectly intertwined, follow one another without ups and downs.
SARAH TOMBLIN

http://www.australiscanticum.com

CRAIG PADILLA / ZERO OHMS:
"PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE"
Lotuspike Records
This album is a collaboration between Craig Padilla and Zero Ohms in which both explore the world of imaginative electronic music. It is a fascinating symphony performed with synthesizers, whose seven pieces include widely different styles, though mostly portraying Ambient and Space Music. The most impressive piece in the album is, in my opinion, "The everything that is no thing", of a majestic air and a great beauty. This is no doubt a wonderful album, accompanied by a magnificient cover.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.lotuspike.com

DARSHAN AMBIENT:
"RE:KARMA"
Lotuspike Records
This is an album with remarkable and varied stylistic textures that mix the Ambient with New Instrumental Music and Atmospheric Pop. The rhythmic part is Pop in style, whereas the melodies fuse romanticism with slight meditative touches. Some pieces are ideal to let imagination soar through unearthly worlds. There also are some pieces in a symphonic key, of an almost classical nature. The expressivity that the artist achieves with the synthesizers is remarkable indeed.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.lotuspike.com

STEPHANIE SANTE:
"COFFE CULTURE"
Stephanie Sante shows in this CD a wide range of stylistic directions as well as a good dose of imagination. This is a magnificient work, where the artist proves that there are no stylistic barriers for creativity. She contributes her musical talent to achieve a fresh, emotive sonic journey. The style of the release flows along different avantgarde aspects of Ambient, New Instrumental Music, Atmospheric Pop, Jazz and World Music.
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

http://www.santemusic.com

JOHN FOXX:
"CATHEDRAL OCEANS III"
Metamatic
This album offers the excellent opportunity that we can listen to John Foxx in his most Ambient aspects. In "Cathedral Oceans III", the artist combines dreamy melodies of great strength, with unearthly environments, outlining a beautiful sonic landscape of a mystic-cosmic character. The electronic instruments are interwoven with his ethereal voice, wrapped up in dreamy echoing textures. His compositions are overflown with symphonic grandeur, romanticism and emotion. Perhaps the most n impressive theme is "Harmonia Mundi", in which the melodic majesty of Foxx is strongly present. In a word, this is a very pleasant work to listen to.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.officialcathedraloceans.com

DEL REY & THE SUN KINGS:
"I AM THE LIGHT"
This album is the Jackson Del Rey's first release in 15 years. The founding member of Savage Republic and 17 Pygmies, has returned to the studio as leader of his band Del Rey & the Sun Kings. Del Rey has a very fresh and personal style. His music can be defined as Dark Worldbeat, although it also enters Alternative Pop, Ambient and Classical sometimes. Touches of Middle Eastern traditional music are also present, and even come to have a leading role in different parts of the release. Perhaps the most remarkable theme is "Blood doesn't lie".
MARCELLA CIRIGNOLA

http://www.trakwerx.com

JONATHAN GEER:
"ESSEX"
In this work, Jonathan Geer presents 14 compositions of a fresh air, where rhythm and melody are very well combined. The music by this composer is characterized by a great diversity of styles, ideas and emotions. "Essex", inspired by the story of the Nantucket whaleship of the same name, presents elements typical of New Instrumental Music, Classical, Orchestral Film Music, Ambient, and of varied styles. The general orientation is romantic, with emotive melodies, sometimes mysterious, sometimes epic.
EDUARDO FONTANA

http://www.jonathangeer.com

BARRY FRANKLIN:
"TIME AND AGAIN"
Barrytunes Records
Excellent album this one by Barry Franklin. The 13 compositions in it included have a great strength and an emotional beauty. The general style of the work can be described as New Instrumental Music. The music is of a soft character, romantic, with a certain Classical flavor. Touches of Celtic Music and Orchestral Film Music are also present, and even come to have a leading role in different parts of the release.
PASCUAL JURADO

http://www.barrytunes.com

DAVID WRIGHT:
"DEEPER"
AD Music
The last work by David Wright also is probably one of the best ones he has made. The composer gathers very imaginative musical ideas in this album, under a general focus approaching Melodic Space Music. There also are Synth-Pop traits. The melodies usually are warm, lively. The rhythms are sequencer-based mostly, thus resulting into complex, powerful and impressive ones. These are ten themes, among which probably "Bamboo" is the most charismatic one. In all, Wright has created a thrilling sonic adventure in this work.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.admusiconline.com

PETER KATER:
"EARTH"
Real Music
In "Earth", Peter Kater has carried out a work full of symphonism and beauty. The album, which can be labelled as New Instrumental Music, also has Classical traits and some light touches of Latin Folk. The music is, on the whole, melodic, soft, and with clear romantic traits. Sometimes it becomes festive, and at other times melancholy. This is an excellent release that will surely be liked by a wide range of listeners.
SARAH TOMBLIN

http://www.realmusic.com

PETER KATER:
"WATER"
Real Music
Peter Kater delights all the lovers of sensitive, melodic and romantic music. He is one of those artists that know how to take us into musical landscapes full of harmony. Not being quite tragic, "Water" maintains a certain melancholy air. Most of the pieces can be labelled within the New Instrumental Melodic Music, although they also have Symphonic and Classical characteristics. The eight themes are slow, though not static.
SARAH TOMBLIN

http://www.realmusic.com

KNITTING BY TWILIGHT:
"SOMEONE TO BREAK THE SILENCE"
It's twilight time
"Someone to break the silence" is an album with remarkable and varied stylistic textures that mix the Dark Neofolk with Ambient atmospheres, or the meditative airs with romantic Pop and Psychedelic Rock. The music has a pleasant freshness, thanks to the imaginative melodies and architectures.
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

http://www.overflower.com

KELVIN L. SMITH:
"THE DREAMING MIND"
EMMA
Kelvin Smith offers us his mastery at creating a work full of beauty and mystery, with themes that in some occasions tend to be of a melodic majesty, while in other instances they have an enigmatic, or even a dark air. The music flows in an impressive stream of cosmic soundscapes, communicating a wide range of feelings and emotions. This is one unusual album, fresh and innovative, which no doubt will contribute to increasing the reputation of the artist.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.micksequences.demon.co.uk

VIC HENNEGAN:
"DESERT GOD"
Space for Music Records / Alien Tribes Music
This album by Vic Hennegan is a beautiful space odyssey based on the use of synthesizers, ideal to let imagination soar through unearthly landscapes. Ethereal sounds, magnificent architectures, dreamy melodies and gliding rhythms, take us step by step into an unexplored terrain. In a few words, these compositions are a magnificient sample of electronic music of a high degree.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.vichenneganmusic.com

EVA FAMPAS:
"EVA FAMPAS PLAYS FAMPAS"
Aulia
In this CD, Classical guitarist Eva Fampas plays a selection of pieces composed by her father, Dimitri Fampas (1922-1996) a highly acclaimed Greek composer. The themes here selected constitute a good sample of the music composed by Dimitri Fampas. In them, beautiful melodies that range from a classical romanticism to an European Folk of warm airs are plentiful. The expressivity that Eva achieves with the guitar is remarkable indeed, without the help of any other instruments.
VALERIANO GUIOL

http://www.evafampas.gr

GRAHAM BOWERS:
"OF MARY'S BLOOD"
"TRANSGRESSION"
"ETERNAL GHOSTS"
"PILGRIM"
Graham Bowers is an artist with a powerful imagination, whose music always goes beyond the conventional, surpassing even the frontiers of many styles that already are avantgarde by themselves. His experimental music is surrealist and full of sophisticated sound effects and incomparable architectures. These four CDs are each one an impressive journey towards the unknown.
DOMINIQUE CHEVANT

http://www.red-wharf.com

September 19, 2005

DOLORES CASTRO:
"FIFTH DIMENSION"
Dreaming / Musea Records
Dolores Castro offers us a careful selection of themes in which she presents us the best of herself as a composer. "Fifth Dimension" is, no doubt, a work that cannot leave any listener unconcerned. The album can be labelled between the most symphonic paths of Ambient and the most electronic side of New Instrumental Music. The themes possess well-defined melodies, with a romantic air often dyed with a suggestive aura of mystery and melancholy touches. The rhythms, basically between Pop and Techno, contribute the taste of adventure in those tracks where they are fast, and reinforce the general approach in those pieces where they flow at half-speed. The palette of sounds is wealthy, sober, elegant and agile, with a predominance of majestic tones, warm electronics, and diaphanous ambiences. The piano leads several passages. The orchestrations and the arrangements are well done, and a careful task can be appreciated behind every element of sound. Dolores has released such an extraordinary album that it cannot but awake enormous expectations on what this artist will be capable of doing in the future.
JORGE MUNNSHE

http://www.dolorescastro.com

PAUL ELLIS:
"SILENT CONVERSATIONS"
Groove Unlimited
Paul Ellis gives us a new gift of a magnificent record of Space Music. For the occasion, Paul has surrounded himself with a team of splendid musicians. Steve Roach, Jeffrey Koepper, Will Merkle, Otso Pakarinen, Laurie Guild, Brenda Erikson and Alison O'Connor collaborate in this album. This work enters a very futuristic and complex terrain, with turbulent atmospheres, deep chords of hypnotic resonances, and melodies between the majestic and the enigmatic. As a general rule, the compositions possess rather strong rhythms, even if there are some passages or themes of a more deliberate nature. The rhythms are sequencer-based mostly, thus resulting into complex, powerful, impressive, sinister, and occasionally very aggressive ones. Each one of the nine compositions that integrate the album is a surprising sonic experience. One of the most intense, best achieved themes is "Continental Drift". In a few words, this is no doubt a fascinating album, accompanied by a magnificient cover, and one of those recordings that takes electronic music to its highest reaches.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.groove.nl

MIDNIGHT SYNDICATE:
"THE 13th HOUR"
Linfaldia Records
This CD has an important effect of sonic shock in the listener. Midnight Syndicate give us their own original proposal near to the Gothic / Horror Soundscape genre, yet one that at the same time explores new paths. Here we have 56 minutes of ghostly sonic voyages shaped in 25 themes where the musicians pay a homage to the beauty of Darkness. All of them possess a distinctly sinister, dark character. This is a music full of melodies, exempt from excessive sound effects that would contribute nothing to the conception of the work. The sonic personality of the instruments utilized maintains a suggestive ambiguity between acoustic and electronic. Listening to this album is travelling throughout musical tales whose landscapes are set in a haunted Victorian mansion, an ancient cemetry, the Medieval Europe, and other lands of a supernatural character.
JORGE MUNNSHE

http://www.midnightsyndicate.com

RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL:
"EMISSARIES" (2CD)
Cuneiform Records
"Emissaries" is a magnificient release of a cosmic style, with powerful sequencers and analogic sounds. It is charged with intense sonic vibrations, violent in some moments, calm and simple in others, yet always full of shades that cannot leave anyone indifferent. The band Radio Massacre International prove in this album that it is possible to maintain the spirit of the charismatic electronic music current known as the "Berlin School" and at the same time make different things, risky and original. Almost all the music is very dynamic, although there also are slow parts. The melodies are mysterious, majestic, and intertwine with the very structure of the rythms. No doubt this work will appeal to the fans of RMI's music as well as the lovers of Space Music in general. This also is an ideal album for those listeners who do not know the first ten years of the history of the band yet, and who now wish to get to know in a short time all their brilliant trajectory.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.cuneiformrecords.com

ASHOK PREMA:
"MATTER"
AD Music
In this occasion, synthesist Ashok Prema counts with Rob Jenkins's collaboration. The result is an imaginative combination of elements typical of Space Music and others of a symphonic character sometimes near to Synth-Pop. The compositions are not abstract, but they have majestic melodies instead, sometimes somewhat sentimental in nature. Some themes are slow, but others turn out to have a quite energetic rhythm. The rhythmic structure of the music tends to be based on the sequencers. A great amount of imagination pervades the entire album.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.admusiconline.com

ART OF INFINITY:
"DIMENSION UNIVERSE"
Prudence / BSC Music
Art of Infinity show in this CD a wide range of stylistic directions as well as a good dose of imagination. During the eight themes that constitute this release, we can hear traits from styles like Atmospheric Pop, Ambient, Jazz, Symphonic and World Music. The melody is ever present in all the music. This is an album where the electronic instruments are skillfully mixed with ethereal vocals and successful orchestrations in the adequate moments, thus giving the CD a soft beauty that will no doubt appeal to a wide audience.
DEREK DOARN

http://www.art-of-infinity.com

DEEP IMAGINATION:
"SCAPES"
SynGate Records
"Scapes" is a work within the frame of Space Ambient, full of poetry and beauty, which leads the listener to a world of wondrous soundscapes by means of the masterful use of synthesizers. The successive sonic textures, at the keyboards, take us step by step into an unexplored terrain, that the composer considers to be apt to listen to our imagination.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.art-of-infinity.com

AMILCAR:
"VACUUMING THE FOREST"
New Vibes Music
Amilcar is an artist of a specially melodic path. In the album this fact is clearly obvious. The twelve pieces constituting this CD are New Instrumental Music, with emotive melodies of a great strength. The music is bright, full of energy. Sometimes it becomes festive, and at other times melancholy. Amilcar skillfuly utilizes acoustic and electronic instrumental sounds. The piano is the soloist instrument in some passages.
SARAH TOMBLIN

http://www.newvibesmusic.com

ERIC ROBERTS:
"IN A SILENT PLACE"
Music Magic Productions
Using guitars, synth guitars and bass, plus the collaboration as performers of cellist David Darling (formerly of the Paul Winter Consort), Robert Weinstein (guitar) and Ed Contreras (percussion), the artist offers a collection of themes in different styles. "In a Silent Place" is pleasant to listen to and will no doubt appeal to the lovers of instrumental acoustic music, and most especially to those who enjoy the guitar as a soloist instrument. The music is melodic, with romantic touches and others typical of Jazz. There also are some passages near to Classical Music.
HECTOR JORDAN

http://www.dmamusic.org/roberts

JONATHAN GOLDMAN & ANDI GOLDMAN:
"TANTRA OF SOUND HARMONIZER"
Spirit Music
In these 13 themes of peaceful Ambient Music, Jonathan and his wife Andi take the audience through a musical voyage along the heavenly shores. The synthesizers create a mystic environment, whereas other instrumental sounds contribute certain atavistic touches. This work is ideal to let imagination soar through unearthly worlds. In a few words, these are floating melodies, almost static, of a slow evolution, and very pleasant to listen to.
HECTOR JORDAN

http://www.healingsounds.com

LESLEY SPENCER:
"POSTCARDS FROM SPAIN"
Gabriella Music
The music by Lesley Spencer is a fresh combination of elements typical of New Instrumental Music and others of a Latin character sometimes near to Classical, whose result is a pleasant colection of pieces with a romantic, melodic air. Almost all the themes are rhythmic, even though not quite fast, and give the leading role to the melodies. These latter are warm, sometimes cheerful and in other instances somewhat melancholy. The instrument with a greatest protagonism is the piano, although it is accompanied by other instruments.
VIRGINIA TAMAYO

http://www.lesleyspencer.com

MOODFOOD:
"ICE"
SoulFood
The style of this release flows along different avantgarde aspects of Pop, Jazz and World Music. Moodfood show a convincing way to make music for our days, adapted to the actual times. Most noteworthy are the romantic melodies, the ethereal atmospheres, and, specially, the beautiful voices of Julia Messenger and Sevara. Although there are some slow passages, most of the music has a good rhythm, with a prevalence of the drums in the rhythmic structures.
MARCELLA CIRIGNOLA

http://www.moodfoodmusic.com

OSCAR REYNOLDS:
"MUSIC FROM MY SOUL, BOLIVIA"
Karumanta Music
The themes here selected constitute a good sample of the music by this artist. In them, beautiful melodies that range from a symphonic romanticism to a World Music of mystic suggestions are plentiful. Reynolds, an expert flutist, is in charge of the main parts of the album, although he is accompanied by several musicians at the guitars, charango and percussion. Wisely combining the Bolivian roots of his musical career with elements of the New Instrumental Music and his warm Andean panflutes, he transports us to dreamy worlds.
MARCELLA CIRIGNOLA

http://www.karumanta.com

SHARON KNIGHT:
"SONG OF THE SEA"
Trance Jam Records
In this work, singer and guitarist Sharon Knight offers us a fresh kind of music, very melodic, which unites elements of Pop, Folk and Celtic Music. The final result is beautiful, and displays the great talent of the artist. None of the themes included in the album goes to waste. Most of them possess rhythms that, not quite coming to be too fast, provide this album with a dynamic character. Sharon's powerful voice is the high point of a work that will awake the enthusiasm of her followers.
HECTOR JORDAN

http://www.trancejamrecords.com

VARIOUS:
"HOTEL TARA"
Prudence / BSC Music
Mixed by the Gordon Brothers, this CD gathers some of the most charismatic composers of Atmospheric Pop, with a special dominance of the Ambient and World Music trends. This is the contents of the album: Artemisia: "L'Heure Verte/ The Green Hour". David Gordon: "Floating". Althea W.: "Space Dance". Joe Weineck: "Apollo 13". Ginkgo Garden: "Woodland Ride". Karmacosmic: "Shiva Beach Lounge". Hands Upon Black Earth: "Vinsandaan (Tara Mix)". Steve Gordon: "Season of Renewal (Lounge Mix)". Zingaia: "Nomad's Land". Jaya Lakshmi: "Govinda Hari". David & Steve Gordon: "Enter the Sacared, Part II". Ulaim Az Zama Orchestra: "Midday Shade". Opera To Relax: "Radio Shamanistan".
HECTOR JORDAN

http://www.bscmusic.com

DELAGO:
"SALZWELTEN"
Prudence / BSC Music
In this work, Delago creates a dynamic kind of music, very fresh, which unites elements of Atmospheric Pop, Ambient and World Music. The final result is innovative, and displays the good imagination of the artist. The music is merry, bright, yet it never becomes too sugary or noisy. Some songs are purely instrumental, whereas others include voice. In some passages, ethereal orchestrations can be appreciated, accompanying the soloist instruments.
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

http://www.bscmusic.com

STELLA MARIS:
"TO THE PROMISED LAND"
Prudence / BSC Music
The music by Stella Maris, the project of Dirk Schlomer, joins elements from Atmospheric Pop, World Music, Ambient, and some Classical touches. The themes prepared by him for this record probably mean a new peak in his musical career. The melody is an important element in all the compositions. With Schlomer have collaborated the singers Alquimia, Maria, Louisa John-Krol, Kerstin Blodig, and Matore. Some themes have an exquisite emotive nature, as for example "Cariño Amor".
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

http://www.bscmusic.com

ACHILLEA:
"THE NINE WORLDS"
Prudence / BSC Music
Achillea is a duo formed by Jens Gad (co-producer of Enigma) and Helene Horlyck. Achillea's music, eminently electronic and atmospheric, makes deep incursions into Innovative Pop and into the World Music of Danish roots. Their music is full of romantic melodies that in the voice of their singer, Helene Horlyck, have a heavenly sound. Touches of Classical Music and Gregorian chants are also present, and even come to have a leading role in different parts of the release. Likewise, certain traits of Ambient can be detected in some moments.
DEREK DOARN

http://www.bscmusic.com

VARIOUS:
"SHIVA BEACH BAR"
Prudence / BSC Music
"Shiva Beach Bar" is an album with remarkable and varied stylistic paths that mix the Eastern magic with Hi-Tech Pop, or the Ambient airs with Jazz touches. These are the contents of the CD: Ginkgo Garden: "Secret Call". Ashron: "Golden Eye". TYA: "Daybreak". Delago: "Fifth Day". Art Of Infinity: "Cosmic Rain". Alquimia: "Encinerada (Single edit)". Karmacosmic: "Shiva Beach Lounge". Bend Scholl: "Celtic Prayer". Joe Weineck: "Apollo 13". Jaya Lakshmi: "Rhada Pranam". Nautilus: "The Final Discovery". Nova Sophia: "Bene Valete". Alquimia & Mergener: "Endless Night (Nox Mystica)".
DEREK DOARN

http://www.bscmusic.com

VARIOUS:
"CAFE DE LUNA 3"
Prudence / BSC Music
Although the diversity of styles in this album is remarkable, most of the themes enter the latest trends associated to the Atmospheric Pop. Touches of Ambient and World Music are also present. The themes here selected constitute a good sample of the music of this label. The contents of the CD is as follows: Tya: "A Place To Rest". Joe Weineck: "Grooving Gravity". Ashron: "Ngorongoro". Delago: "Indian Indian". Jaya Lakshmi: "Sundara". Tau: "Tout Le Monde Reve". Karmacosmic: "Goa Dreams". Potsch Potschka: "Cathedral Of The Wind". Paul Heinerman: "African Forest". Zingaia: "Portal of Water". Althea W: "Last Dance". Bernd Scholl: "Farewell At Midnight". Alquimia & Mergener: "Rainbow In The Air".
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

http://www.bscmusic.com

GANDALF:
"INTO THE LIGHT"
Prudence / BSC Music
In a personal style that enters both New Instrumental Music and World Music, Gandalf takes us through a voyage to faraway lands, full of emotions and adventures. Gandalf builds melodic themes of a great beauty, and some even turn out to be highly mysterious. Several pieces are dominated by a majestic, epic character, with the orchestrations typical of Classical Music and Celtic elements. The piece "Shining Light part 1", is a cosmic-symphonic theme of an unusual grandeur. In a few words, a pleasant, melodic and very warm album, where the keyboards and the fine arrangements have a fundamental presence.
VIRGINIA TAMAYO

http://www.bscmusic.com

KEVIN KERN:
"IMAGINATION'S LIGHT"
Real Music
With his usual style, romantic, sweet and melodic, Kevin Kern offers us a wide range of very melodic themes, pleasant to listen to, and even most enjoyable indeed. From his piano, the notes of "Imagination's Key" sprout with melancholy, or the boundless emotion of "I Am Always Right Here" can be heard in all its intensity as well. The piano is wrapped into a crystalline orchestra of instruments, sounding with. convincing arrangements and a perfect sonority.
SARAH TOMBLIN

http://www.realmusic.com

BERNWARD KOCH:
"WALKING THROUGH CLOUDS"
Real Music
Bernward Koch delights all the lovers of sensitive, melodic and romantic music. His style in this album is situated on the border between New Instrumental Music and Classical. The artist creates a virtual orchestra, where both instruments of an acoustic appearance and those sounds that turn out to be unreal, magical, are fused together. The piano has quite a leading role. In all, sixteen magnificient themes.
HECTOR JORDAN

http://www.realmusic.com

PETER STERLING:
"SHADOW, MIST & LIGHT"
Real Music
This is a very personal album; a series of fresh pieces, full of feeling, in some occasions introspective, and in some others much more cheerful. In this work, the harp has a remarkable role, and it is perhaps here where Peter's skills are most outstanding. The artist also uses numerous instruments. And he has surrounded himself with a team of splendid musicians, as for example William Aura, Richard Hardy, Robin Miller, Elizabeth Ursic, and Fitz-Hugh Jenkins, among others.
VIRGINIA TAMAYO

http://www.realmusic.com

ROBERT FOX:
"MAYA"
AD Music
Amongst the splendid catalogue by the label AD Music, this work by Robert Fox deserves special mention, as its creative quality is most noteworthy. The music by Robert Fox joins elements from Melodic Space Music, Progressive Rock and some SynthPop touches. The nine pieces that integrate this album are very melodic, with romantic airs and crystaline environments. Some passages have an overwhelming emotive nature. Others have certain mystery traits. The use of synthesizers enhances the majestic atmospheres that appear in some of the compositions.
PASCUAL JURADO

http://www.admusiconline.com

VARIOUS:
"SACRED SKIES, BEST OF AD MUSIC VOLUME 2"
AD Music
This is a sampler that gathers pieces from different artists with works released in the label AD Music. Most of the pieces come from already released albums, while two have remained unreleased up till now. The contents of the CD is as follows: Bekki Williams: "The Plains" (previously unreleased). Catalin: "Nandana". Witchcraft: "Angel Dust". Code Indigo: "Fallen". R. Fox: "Over Turquoise Sea". David Wright: "Taiga". Code indigo: "Call of the Earth". Bekki. Williams: "Under the Same Sky". David Wright: "Sacred Skies" (previously unreleased). David Wright: "Flame Sky". Catalin: "Iceberg". Raviv: "Jumping Air". Bekki Williams: "Night Flier". Robert Fox: "3 Sisters". Enterphase: "When the Morrow Breaks". Callisto: "Setisphere". Witchcraft: "Cathedral". Code Indigo: "Code 11". The styles vary between Melodic Ambient and Atmospheric Pop, besides World Music and some other trends.
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

http://www.admusiconline.com

BEKKI WILLIAMS:
"INNERSENSE"
AD Music
The last work by Bekki Williams also is probably one of the best ones she has made. From the precise instant of the beginning of the album, we witness a display of creativity of a high degree. The style of the release flows along different avantgarde aspects of New Instrumental music, Synth-Pop and Melodic Ambient. The music is very emotional, with romantic and also majestic traits. Bekki uses the synthesizers in an unusually warm way, showing us the best of herself as a composer. The album is highly reccommended for those who love the most melodic side of electronic music.
HECTOR JORDAN

http://www.admusiconline.com

AL PETTEWAY & AMY WHITE:
"ACOUSTIC JOURNEY"
Maggie's Music
Al Petteway and Amy White follow a path through the combination of Folk with Celtic Music, Jazz, World Music and some symphonic traits. Thus they have obtained a collection of themes of a very different nature: some are quite near to tradition, others are festive, others are melancholy, and even some are majestic, too. The melody is ever present in all the music. Although there are slow parts,a good deal of the music is rhythmic. In all, 15 fantastic themes.
HECTOR JORDAN

http://www.maggiesmusic.com

CITY OF WASHINGTON PIPE BAND / BONNIE RIDEOUT:
"SCOTTISH RANT"
Maggie's Music
This collaboration between Bonnie Rideout (Scottish fiddle champion), and the City of Washington Pipe Band (world champion) has resulted into an impressive collection of traditional pieces, skillfully performed by them. Throughout the 45 minutes that the CD lasts, we can hear themes with Scottish reminiscences, others of a clear Irish structure, and some with the unmistakable style from the North of Spain. Pure Folk music near to the heart and the feelings.
HECTOR JORDAN

http://www.maggiesmusic.com

TROY DONOCKLEY & DAVE BAINBRIDGE:
"FROM SILENCE"
Open Sky Records
"From Silence" is a fascinating album with remarkable and varied stylistic textures that mix the European magical Folk with acoustic Ambient of meditative airs and beautiful melodies. Dave Bainbridge and Troy Donockley displays their wide musical vision, not limited by the fashions of the moment or the imitative patterns of the musical stars. Although the songs have a melodic make of a quite diverse nature, it maintains a vital coherence that leads the listener to think of wide, pure, natural spaces.
EDUARDO FONTANA

http://www.iona.uk.com

RICHARD BONE:
"SAIYUJI"
Quirkworks Laboratory Disks
In this imaginative work of Space Ambient, Richard Bone approaches the World Music and Atmospheric Pop. The artist deals with, not a mere fussion among all these cultural heritages, but innovative rhythmic-melodic compositions, of an electroacoustic conception, while taking advantage of the expression channels of the vintage analog synthesizers, furthermore surpassing cultural barriers. One of the most impressive, best achieved compositions is "Saiyugi (dawn)". The CD also contains a CDROM track, in which two video clips can be found.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.richardbone.com

KRIS TINER / MIKE BAGGETTA:
"THERE, JUST AS YOU LOOK FOR IT"
pfMENTUM
This is a daring release merging Avantgarde Jazz with acoustic experimentation and influences from New Music, as well as other, more difficult to place, traits which contribute to endow this release with a great originality. Kris Tiner plays the trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet and saxoflugel. Mike Baggetta plays prepared acoustic guitar. The succesive sonic textures take us step by step into an unexplored terrain.
VALERIANO GUIOL

http://www.pfmentum.com

JUSTIN CASSIDY / PATRICK RODRIGUEZ:
"SEND MY REGARDS - GRANDMAS COOKIES"
pfMENTUM / Angry Vegan
With this album we certainly don't have a conventional musical project. Using vintage electronic sounds, the artists take us to journeys through regions near to Dark Ambient, Industrial Meditation, and other subterranean genres, displaying their imagination. There are static passages, with a strong presence of ghostly electric whispers, and some machinery effects. Other parts contain distorted electronic shrieks and strident metallic textures.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.pfmentum.com

CANARTIC:
"HEADPHONE TEST"
Dank Disk
The music by Canartic is characterized by a great diversity of ideas and emotions. The style of the release flows along different avantgarde aspects of Atmospheric Pop and Psychedelic Rock. There also are elements of Ambient and Jazz. The use of synthesizers enhances the nightly, sensual atmospheres, that appear in some of the compositions. The music is not static, but it flows at a medium speed. The rhythms are usually based on the drums and bass.
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

http://www.dankdisk.com

A. MOLOTKOV:
"CAN YOU STAY FOREVER"
Discord Aggregate
This is an unusual work with 34 short pieces where the spoken word dominates, rather than singing. The poems are recited by A. Molotkov, Pamela Zero and others. The music presents traits typical of Dark Folk, New Music, Classical, and Sound Collage. However, the general orientation is experimental, with acoustic and electroacoustic elements. The following performers have participated in this work: A. Molotkov, Pamela Zero, S.B. Reda, Peter Altenberg, Cindy Lubar Bishop, Dan Cantrell, Joshua Gest, Morgan Guberman, Alexander Kort, Brad Mossman, Zachary Pitt-Smith, Joseph Rigan, Lila Sklar, Azi Vajravai, Annie Vox, David Wilson.
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

http://www.discord-aggregate.com

PAMELA ZERO:
"LIVING BACKWARDS"
Discord Aggregate
Pamela Zero gives us a lesson on how the human voice, utilized in an adequate way, can be as elaborated as an orchestra of synthesized sounds could be. Hers are themes where the voice has a basic role. She sings, and besides, records her vocals in different configurations so as to create choruses and other often fascinating effects. The melody is an important element in all the compositions. The basic style includes Celtic and Dark Folk traits. Discord Aggregate is a group of experimental artists dedicated to exploring new ideas, forms and techniques in music, literature, film, new art forms.
EDUARDO FONTANA

http://www.discord-aggregate.com

"RESONANCE: CHAMBER WORKS - VOLUME 1 - WORKS BY CRABTREE, FRIZZO, JOHNSON, AND PRICE"
New Tertian Recordings
This CD gathers the works "Prelude and Dance" and "Vexation" by Aaron Johnson; "Prayer for the Forgotten" and "Sans Titre II" by William Price; "Beasts in the Window", "Aurorean Eclipse" and "Persiflage" by John M. Crabtree; "Wind and Window Flower" and "Celestial Horizons: Three Scenes from the Cosmos" by Carlo Vincetti Frizzo; and the performances by Matt Daniels, Kristina Belisle, Joseph Skillen, Jennifer Hayghe, The Red Stick Saxophone Quartet, Djamel Mami, and others. The pieces, although of different styles, explore fields near to Chamber Music and New Music. They are compositions of a complex conception. The album is highly reccommended for those who love the most experimental side of Chamber Music.
VALERIANO GUIOL

http://www.newtertianrecordings.com

CAN ATILLA:
"CONCORDE"
Groove Unlimited
"Concorde" is an album that mix the 1970s (represented by the Concorde aircraft of the title) analog synths magic with sophisticated Synth-Pop. On the whole, this album has a great emotional load. Using the synthesizers in an unusually warm way, the composer creates melodies full of symphonism and strength. The music flyes towards otherwordly landscapes, at times with melancholy touches, at times optimistic, always very expressive. In all, 13 magnificient themes in which the artist proves his talent.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.groove.nl

Magazine "E-DITION" issue 8 (with a CD sampler)
This issue contains, among other articles, a feature about Jonn Serrie, an interview with Max Corbacho and a special about the E-Live 2005 festival. In a contest, the readers can win one of the DVD's by Jarre. Further part eight of the book "30 Years of Dreaming" about Tangerine Dream, geartalk with Paul Ellis, general and concert news, 80+ reviews and much more. The magazine is 28 pages in b&w and comes on 100 grams, glossy paper in A4 format. The compositions included in the CD are: Fd.Project: "Harmony In Space". Edgar Froese: "Drunken Mozart In The Desert". Serge Devadder: "Benthic Predators". Arc: "Helicon". Can Atilla: "Purple And Flexible". Mythos: "The Power Of Words". Radio Massacre International: "The Emissaries Suite (Excerpt)". Pyramid Peak: "Flowing With Birds". Paul Ellis & Steve Roach: "You Are Here". Ron Boots & Harold v.d. Heijden: "From Hull To Leeds".
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.e-ditionmag.com

DREAM ARIA:
"IN THE WAKE"
Well wrapped into convincing arrangements and a perfect sonority, Dream Aria offer us 13 fresh themes. Ann Burstyn's powerful voice is the high point of a work that will awake the enthusiasm of the followers of the best innovative Pop. Besides the focus on Pop, part of the music shows a tendency towards Gothic. Though there are slow passages, much of the music has a lively rhythm.
DEREK DOARN

http://www.dreamaria.com

PETER ULRICH:
"ENTER THE MYSTERIUM"
City Canyons Records
In his solo music, Peter Ulrich, the outstanding percussionist from the band Dead Can Dance, resembles a minstrel from the Middle Ages, yet one adapted to the new times. In this album, a multitude of elements, apparently opposed, are perfectly fused, from Neofolk with medieval reminiscences to alternative Pop, as well as many others, yet their individual personality can hardly be appreciated, as the most impressive results tend to dominate. Peter Ulrich makes a very personal music, sometimes dark, some other times of a more festive hue, yet always attractive.
PASCUAL JURADO

http://www.citycanyons.com

THE PRIME TIME SUBLIME COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA:
"SONGS THAT WILL NEVER WIN A GRAMMY"
Corporate Blob Records
Most of the nine pieces included in this album range between popular "orchestral" music of the 1950s and alternative Pop-Jazz. Nonetheless, there are some elements from them that turn out to be unclassifiable and surprising... There are songs which are sung by a computer, with live, orchestral accompaniment. All these vocals were created using the latest voice synthesis technology. Touches of sound collage and astounding "vocal" effects are also present, and even come to have a leading role in different parts of the release. This singular experiment has a daring, fresh and innovative result, and an important effect of sonic shock in the listener.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.primetimesublime.com

VERPLANKEN:
"THE MISSING TRACKS"
"The Missing Tracks" is an album very much in the instrumental Psychedelic wave, yet also near to Ambient. Verplanken's style shows his peculiar personal technique. A great amount of imagination pervades the entire album. The music is enigmatic, nocturnal, oneiric. A definite tendency towards the cosmic and the mysterious pervades the whole work. Hopefully, "The Missing Tracks" will allow him to cross some frontiers and his music will come to be more widely known. No doubt he deserves so.
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

http://www.verplanken.com

JUAN CARLOS GARCIA:
"BHAGAVAD GITA, EL CANTO DEL SEÑOR"
Pulsar Studios
This work is a true example of dedication and expressiveness. The composer builds melodic themes of a great beauty, and some turn out to be highly mysterious. His music has a well defined style that no doubt will awake the enthusiasm of the followers of the best New Age. The pieces take us from the East to the West all the same, in a blend of sonic colors of a exquisite scent. The Hindi traditional elements provide the perfect counterpoint to an album that transpires sensitivity from all its pores.
VIRGINIA TAMAYO

http://www.juancarlosgarciaweb.com

ATTILA JELINEK:
"CLOSE ON"
The music by Attila Jelinek is a fresh fusion of Synth-Pop with ethereal atmospheres, Progressive Rock touches, and elements of Techno. Most of the pieces have upbeat rhythms, except for some where there are long soft passages in a romantic key.
DEREK DOARN

http://www.people.freenet.de/guitarlight/

UGUR DOGAN:
"GAM I AZAD"
A very interesting production has reached us. The music by Ugur Dogan, which is mostly electronic, has the typical characteristics of tendencies like Space, New Instrumental Music, and World Music. Besides, it has certain romantic touches, and sometimes some of Classical Music. "Gam I Azad" is a good example of the excellent imagination of this artist.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.meditoliamusic.com

MARK BRULAND:
"WISCONSIN DAWN"
In this album, Mark Bruland offers us a gathering of warm melodic pieces, with ethereal and romantic airs. The music flows softly onwards, at times with melancholy touches, at times optimistic, always very expressive.
SARAH TOMBLIN

http://www.cdbaby.com/bruland

June 27, 2005

JOSEPH LOIBANT:
"MYSTERY"
At-Mooss Records
The artistic maturity of Joseph Loibant has allowed him to follow, within his style, multiple aspects of electronic music during the last twenty years. His fans will find here many of the ingredients that characterize this musician. "Mystery" is an evocative release where the music, wrapped up in floating sound textures, goes through a universe of legends, magic and mystery. There are some pieces in a Dark Ambient, of an almost hideous nature, and others that enter the field of Space Sequencer Music, with some traits typical of Techno. All the compositions are a magnificient sample of electronic music of a high degree. This album is the first disk of a 4CD+1DVD set tittled "Box", but it is also available separately.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.at-mooss.com

JOSEPH LOIBANT:
"IMAGERY"
At-Mooss Records
This album gathers a series of compositions that flow among the Space Sequencer Music, the Industrial Techno and the Dark Ambient, besides reaching futuristic styles still to be fully shaped. In this release, Loibant utilizes electronics with great imagination, succeeding in creating musical structures far from the most usual trends, and which besides happen to be attractive, bewitching. To do this he uses unconventional sonic architectures. Some pieces are slow, and others possess a very agile rhythm. In quite passages, the rhythm assumes the role of melody, given its complexity. The personal style of the artist offers us a sonic landscape that evokes journeys and adventures. This album is the second disk of a 4CD+1DVD set tittled "Box", but it is also available separately.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.at-mooss.com

JOSEPH LOIBANT:
"EMPATHY"
At-Mooss Records
In this memorable work, we get immersed in new sonic universes.
Joseph Loibant is one of those artists that know how to take us into musical landscapes full of strong emotions. His talent can be appreciated as he creates complex rhythmic structures, that become perfectly fused with the melodies and the atmospheres. His compositions are overflown with dynamism, cosmic grandeur, a shattering rhythm, and occasionally, also romanticism and passion. The album has Ambient, Industrial and also cosmic elements skilfully fused together. There are plenty of powerful rhythms, of a metallic quality, enhanced by synthesizers. Also there are slow passages, where the mysterious landscapes and the atmospheric environments predominate. In a few words, this is a work that will not leave us indifferent to it. This album is the third disk of a 4CD+1DVD set tittled "Box", but it is also available separately.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.at-mooss.com

JOSEPH LOIBANT:
"SHADOWY"
At-Mooss Records
Joseph Loibant is one of the most interesting representatives of the kind of electronic music that is currently being done. The artist gathers imaginative musical ideas in this album, under a general focus approaching Dark Ambient and Space Sequencer Music. The music also has certain Techno traits. The piece that opens the CD is a ghostly theme of an unusual strength, with a disquieting melody. In other themes, rhythm and melody become fused into complex constructions, where the sequencers shape the melodies. A great amount of imagination pervades the entire album. In a few words, Loibant has created a thrilling sonic adventure in this work, of a great artistic quality. This album is the fourth disk of a 4CD+1DVD set tittled "Box", but it is also available separately.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.at-mooss.com

JOSEPH LOIBANT:
MYSTERY / IMAGERY / EMPATHY / SHADOWY" (DVD)
At-Mooss Records
The magnificient DVD by Joseph Loibant shows us a new, original path that will probably be followed by many other artists in the future. Four albums are enclosed in this DVD: "Mystery", "Imagery", "Empathy" and "Shadowy". They form the tetralogy "Subliminal Music Latency".The music has been specially recorded in Dolby Digital Surround 5.1. This DVD can be played in any standard DVD player connected to a Dolby Digital capable sound system and uses the 5.1 Dolby Digital surround to strengthen the listening experience. The enclosed pieces were not remixed from stereo music, but directly created in 5.1. When you use this audio system, you are "inside" the music. Quite a number of the distinct aspects in Loibant's style appear in this DVD: from the darkest Ambient to the dynamic vein nearing to Synth-Pop and Space Sequencer, all that dominated by the powerful presence of synthesizers. This DVD possesses the ingredients and the sufficient quality to be liked by the followers of innovative electronic music. This DVD is only available within the 4CD+1DVD set called "Box", and is not distributed separately.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.at-mooss.com

ALQUIMIA & GLEISBERG:
"GARDEN OF DREAMS"
BSC Music / Prudence
Alquimia has collaborated in this occasion with Rudiger Gleisberg to make a magnificient album with a certain classical flavor. The result is quite unexpected and worthy of attention. If to Alquimia's beautiful voice we join a handful of warm, emotive melodies, we will get as a result this perfect album. The music is very expressive, with romantic and also solemn traits, yet without falling into an excessive sweetness. Dreamy themes, perfectly intertwined, both with respect to the music and the lyrics, follow one another without ups and downs. The grandiosity of the music and its symphonism make of the listening of this album a complete experience.
HECTOR JORDAN

http://www.bscmusic.com

JUAN CARLOS GARCIA:
"MUSICA SAGRADA"
Pulsar Studios
In this album, Juan Carlos Garcia offers us an exquisite selection of pieces extracted from already released albums of his, together with several short versions. The album, one of the most extraordinary releases in his career given the extreme sensitivity of the themes it contains, furthermore incorporates a new one: "El Templo de la Verdad de Pallas Atenea". Most of the pieces can be labelled within the New Instrumental Melodic Music, although they also have symphonic and cosmic characteristics. Some of the pieces have a certain ethnic air, others are quite mysterious.
VIRGINIA TAMAYO

http://www.juancarlosgarciaweb.com

LI XIANGTING:
"SLEEPING LOTUS"
Real Music
Li Xiangtin's music, based in ancient Chinese instruments (the guqin and xiao) is very smooth and relaxing. The guqin is a seven-stringed zither. The xiao is a bamboo flute. The album is very much inspired on the Chinese traditional atmospheres as well as on nature, and its character is basically meditative. Listening to the notes produced by these instruments, one cannot help but feeling peace and calm.
MARCELLA CIRIGNOLA

http://www.realmusic.com

PSICODREAMICS:
"MYTHOMUSIC"
Syngate
Originally produced in 1997, this is a memorable work, where the composer proved his great imagination. "Mythomusic" is a mystic adventure throughout fourteen suggestive themes evoking a world of fantasy. Using the synthesizers in an unusually warm way, Psicodreamics creates a collection of melodic pieces, with cosmic and romantic airs, that have a certain melancholy touch. His melodies appear to grow little by little, in a continuous crescendo that reaches wonderful heights. The music turns out to be dreamy, even oniric, with ethereal sounds, cosmic textures and a careful musical sensitivity that make of this album an ideal vehicle to let imagination soar through unearthly worlds. The album includes a bonus track, "Azhdark Passion", a remix composed in 1995.
HECTOR JORDAN

http://www.psicodreamics.com

PSICODREAMICS:
"THE UNKNOWN FRONTIER"
Syngate
Originally released in 1993, this was the first album composed and performed by Psicodreamics. This is one of his albums of a most ghostly inspiration, where the electronics we are so used to sounds less symphonic and at the same time more disquieting. To compose the music in this album, Psicodreamics was inspired by the frontier that separates the life and the death. This album shows a new and promising artist in constant progression, whose music, very imaginative, unusually mature, takes us to a peculiar journey towards The Unknown. The instrumentation and the sonic effects maintain a gloomy character throughtout the album, contributing a series of undescribable sensations for the listener. Synthesizers displaying timeless sounds shape an electronic pathway towards the universe of death, souls sliding between dimensions, and mysteries of the resurrection.
HECTOR JORDAN

http://www.psicodreamics.com

RICHARD AMOS:
"BREATHE"
Exhibit Music
The style of the music that Richard Amos has composed for this CD can be more or less placed within SynthPop, with some characteristics typical of New Instrumental Music. There also are parts that enter Ambient and Space Music. The themes include different orientations, although within the same basic style. Several of the pieces are sung.
VICENTE GISPERT

http://www.richardamos.com

May 12, 2005

NEURONIUM:
"MYSTYKATEA"
Neuronium Records
The sentence that best describes this album is "We do not need the "Truth" in order to manage our life", as Huygen writes in the booklet. The compositions have in several instances a strong charge of social criticism, as is obvious in such titles as "Religion means War" (the first track), a shocking piece inspired by the dark link between war and religion. The second track, "Mystykatea (The Ademian Line)" is inspired by the science fiction novel "The Ademian Line" by the late writer Erna Olinger. This theme is dedicated to the memory of Erna. She was a good friend of Huygen. Using synthesizers to create a heavenly, magical world, Huygen makes in this album a kind of electronic music of a clearly Cosmic style. Ethereal sounds and vaporous melodies envelop one by one all the themes of the work. The music flows in a consistent, uninterrupted stream, communicating a wide range of feelings and emotions. "In Aliens I trust" is a cosmic-symphonic theme of an unusual strength. "Believe in yourself" is a a beautiful composition that will no doubt appeal to a wide audience. The CD also contains a CD-ROM track with an impressive videoclip based on the piece "Mystykatea (The Ademian Line)", created and designed by Tomas C. Gilsanz.
JORGE MUNNSHE

http://www.neuronium.info

MICHEL HUYGEN:
"SENSORIAL" (2CD)
Neuronium Records
"Sensorial" contains historical material from the whole Michel Huygen's career. He offers us new versions of many legendary pieces. The music of this album unites Huygen's symphonism with floating atmospheres and a general approach in accordance with the topics that inspired it. "Sensorial" reaches deep inside when listened to with due attention. "Geomagnetica" is terrestrial electronic music, that seems to evoke the most spectacular physic natural phenomena of our world, but with an important romantic charge as if emphasizing the beauty and fragility of the Earth. "Neuromagnética" takes us to the mysteries of the interior of the brain. The music of this suite is disquieting, oneiric. It seems to re-create the functioning of the neuron spiderweb, as well as approach the inscrutable enigmas of the origin of the Psyche. "Senso" (second CD) is an elaborated electronic symphony of a cosmic orientation, that also has elements of romantic music. These latter can be appreciated above all in the general structure of the compositions, with a great protagonism of the melodies. The music turns out to be relaxing, at times melancholic, with some mystery touches, with warm textures and soft colors. No doubt this CD will appeal to the fans of Michel Huygen's music as well as the lovers of Space Music in general.
JORGE MUNNSHE

http://www.neuronium.info

NADIA:
"THIS IS MY LIFE"
Neuronium Records
Excellent album this one by Nadia. The 11 compositions in it included have a great strength and an emotional beauty. Most of them have a romantic style with Classical influences. This is the case of such themes as for instance "Prophecy". Some of the pieces present some peculiar stylistic traits that differentiate them from the rest. This happens with the one that gives its name to the album, which displays obvious traits of Atmospheric Pop. The ethereal vocals provided by Nadia, complementing some of the tracks, contribute in a remarkable way to make of this album a joyful musical journey.The CD also contains a CD-ROM track with a videoclip based on the piece "This is my life".
PASCUAL JURADO

http://www.neuronium.info

BRENDA WARREN:
"AS YEARS GO BY"
Neuronium Records / Seven Mile Music
"As years go by" is an album that transpires sensitivity from all its pores. The music is, on the whole, melodic, soft, and with clear romantic traits. Sometimes it becomes festive, and at other times melancholy. There also are Classical traits. The soloist instrument is the piano. This is a peaceful, delicate music, exempt from great symphonisms and fireworks that would contribute nothing to the conception of the work. In a word, this is a very pleasant work to listen to.
HECTOR JORDAN

http://www.neuronium.info

"MASPALOMAS CHILL-OUT PASION TROPICAL"
Neuronium Records
This is a sampler very much in the Romantic Atmospheric Pop, yet also near to New Instrumental Music and melodic Ambient. The pieces that shape this CD are: "What's impossible" by Smoo, "L'autonomie" by Smoo, "Simply you" by The Lab, "Well of Hope" by CoolWind, "Azizi" by Neuronium, "This is my life" by Nadia, "Sólo pensando en tí" by Michel Huygen & Pascal Languirand, "Give Love" by La Crem, "Love Waves" by Nadia, "If I could" by Suzanne Ciani, "Doubts and fears" by Run 2, "Wings of a bird" by Santi Picó, "Tidepools" by Jonn Serrie, "Morpheus" by Odracir Lavid, "Piel" by La Crem. All the pieces have a pleasant freshness, thanks to the imaginative melodies and atmospheres.
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

http://www.neuronium.info

"CASA ALEXIO IBIZA DREAMS VOL.1"
Neuronium Records
Like in all the releases of the label Neuronium Records, in this sampler an astounding and at the same time attractive production is presented to us. The album is an interesting tour through different styles. There are pieces near to romantic New Instrumental Music, others with Space touches, and several with Atmospheric Pop elements. The contents of this CD is as follows: "Nofrete" by Smoo, "Entropia" by CoolWind, "Azizi" by Neuronium, "Rever en toi" by Pascal Languirand, "The colours" by The Lab, "Give Love" by La Crem, "Jungle Jam" by Constance Demby, "Papyrus" by Odracir Lavid, "Explosion of emotions" by Run 2, "Lumia Nights" by Jonn Serrie, "Tenderness" by Michel Huygen, "Suzanne's home" by Paz del Castillo, "Mother of the World" by Constance Demby, "Mano (Nono song)" by La Crem. A true delight for the ears from the first to the last theme.
EDUARDO FONTANA

http://www.neuronium.info

RAINBOW SERPENT:
"THE 8th NERVE"
Manikin Records
The twelve pieces included in this workd are pure electronic music, with the philosophy of exploring new sonic continents nonetheless without abandoning melody and rhythm. The style, electronic, agile and with a liberal use of sequencers, enters within the realm of Space Music, although with traits of innovative Pop and Techno. The melodies usually are warm, lively, in an atmosphere typical of a soundtrack for an adventure movie. Most noteworthy is the track "Radiotrip", where Rainbow Serpent take us to the most impressive and transcendental part of their music. In actual fact, this is a magnificient album.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.manikin.de

SPYRA:
"MEDITATIONEN"
Manikin Records
The three suites included in the album have a floating, vertiginous, dreamlike quality, as if they were an unstoppable ascent towards the starry sky. The cosmic style present in the album is melodic and symphonic, often with spectacular orchestrations with synthesizers and a certain romantic character though it doesn't fall into an excessive sweetness. There are dark, mysterious passages. Others turn out to be epic, majestic. The artist proves to be a good keyboardist, since the instrumental structure of this album is certainly complex. The result cannot be more convincing: magical atmospheres, plenty of imagination, and excellent melodies. Also magnificient is the album cover.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.manikin.de

KAGERMANN, KELLER, SCHONWALDER & FRIENDS:
"THE LIQUID SESSION"
Manikin Records
The impressive music that Thomas Kagerman, Detlef Keller, Chris Lang, Mario Schonwalder, Gerd Wienekamp, Bas Broekhuis and Andrea Syphire Leonhardi performed at the Liquid Sound Festival on November, 2003, is now available in this compact disc. The music is melodic, with strong cosmic touches and others typical of Classical Music. Also there are some ethnic traits and other varied elements that contribute to enrich these pieces. The synthesizers have quite a leading role, although they are accompanied by acoustic instruments. The richness in timbre of quite a number of ethereal passages makes it difficult to distinguish where the natural sound of a given instrument finishes and where the synthesizers begin. The expressivity that Thomas achieves with his violin is remarkable indeed. Andrea's beatiful voice turns out to be unearthly at times, and very much earthly in other occasions, perfectly fitting with the electronic textures and exotic atmospheres.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.manikin.de

FLOPPY:
"MU"
Testing Ground
This mini-CD combines Tecno elements with Industrial traits and Trance atmospheres. The melodies are dense, disquieting, and intertwine with the very structure of the rythms. There are some passages entirely devoted to experimentation with sounds. The music has a very personal, innovative style.
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

http://www.testinground.com

March 14, 2005

JOHN LAKVEET:
"THE FORCE OF REASON"
Groove Unlimited
John Lakveet develops daring, imaginative ideas in this CD, preferably aimed at Space Sequencer Music. Lakveet is no doubt one of the most sophisticated flagmen of the electronic music currently being created. In this CD we find eight compositions full of emotions and electronic adventures. The whole album has a strong cosmic air, not only due to the use of synthesizers, but also because of the style of the compositions itself. There also are elements of Synth-Pop and Ambient. Several compositions have moments of a greater introspection, perhaps near to meditation, together with other instants of a simple, straightforward experimentation, yet always keeping to the most melodic aspects of the artist. Some passages are cold, mysterious. Others turn out to be warm, emotional. An album that no doubt deserves an attentive listening.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.groove.nl

HEMISPHERE:
"RAMBLING VOYAGE"
Groove Unlimited
This work by Hemisphere is a beautiful space odyssey based on the use of synthesizers, ideal to let imagination soar through unearthly worlds. A general trait of the album is the fact that the music happens to be very intense, vital, as if reflecting strong emotions. The 11 pieces included in this release have a melodic cosmic style with some Atmospheric Pop touches. The latter are basically in the rhythms. The melodies present a certain romantic character, with slight symphonic traits. Perhaps the most remarkable theme is "Night of the Living Machine", in which the melodic grandeur of Hemisphere is strongly present.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.groove.nl

N-TRIBE:
"TOWER OF POWER"
Groove Unlimited
Harald Grosskopf and Steve Baltes know each other well enough to guarantee a total understanding that generates such convincing productions as "Tower of Power". Their music, near to Trance and Psychedelic Rock, has the cosmic air of the Space Ambient Music. Throughout the four pieces we will have a chance to attend all kinds of passages, from those fragments that invite us to dance to those others that are far more experimental and whose sonic architectures transpire an originality that cannot be denied.
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

http://www.groove.nl

WILLIAM PAUL:
"HORSE DREAM"
Delvian Records / Oranda Records / The Gate Media Group
"Horse Dream" is a flight of imagination to the realms of Fantasy, which will no doubt please a wide audience. It is an impressive symphony of mysterious melodies and magical atmospheres, where the less abstract elements of Space Music merge with those more ethereal ones from New Instrumental Music. The 13 themes constitute an epic voyage and a romantic quest to the medieval legends about heroes and supernatural events. The artist offers us his mastery at creating a work full of beauty and mystery, with themes that in some occasions tend to be of a melodic romanticism, while in other instances they have an enigmatic, or even a dark air.
VIRGINIA TAMAYO

http://www.delvianrecords.com

POTENTIA ANIMI:
"DAS ERSTE GEBET"
Staupa Musica
This is a daring release by Potentia Animi merging Dark European Folk with Medieval Music, profanity and other, more difficult to place, traits which contribute to endow this release with a great originality. Also various influences such as Gothic, Ethnic, Rock and Gregorian chants can be perceived in some of the themes. The pieces include different orientations, although within the same basic style. Though there are slow parts, much of the music has a lively rhythm. This is, no doubt, a work that cannot leave any listener unconcerned.
DOMINIQUE CHEVANT

http://www.staupa-musica.com

CORVUS CORAX:
"SEIKILOS / GAUDIA VITE" (CD + DVD)
Staupa Musica
Listening to this album is travelling throughout musical tales whose landscapes are set in ancient Rome, Medieval Europe, and other lands of a supernatural character or a very mundane one... Although there are some slow passages, most of the music has a good rhythm, with a prevalence of the drums in the rhythmic structures. Bagpipes, percussion and vocals, everything is aimed at a work that in some instances overwhelms the audience. The DVD "Gaudia Vite" is a magnificient opportunity to witness the great power that Corvus Corax have when performing live. This DVD is filled with live material, which was recorded during a tour in 2002, and a lot of bonus material. Another highlight for the band was their live performance at the carnival en Venezia in front of thousands of people. No doubt we are before an album which will delight not only the followers of the Ancient and Folk music, but also those who wish to enter Corvus Corax style for the first time, the perfect mix between tradition and modernity.
MARCELLA CIRIGNOLA

http://www.staupa-musica.com

KAT EPPLE - CHUCK GRINNELL:
"AZURE PIECES OF LIFE"
Emerald Web Publishing
The music by Kat Epple (flutes) and Chuck Grinnell (keyboards) in this album possesses a style pretty near to the New Instrumental Music, with an important presence of romantic melodies. There also are elements of Ambient, Celtic, Jazz and World Music. Well wrapped into convincing arrangements and a perfect sonority, Kat and Chuck offers us 16 themes of a intimate nature, having pleasant textures. "Azure pieces of life" contains true musical jewels. It would be unfair to point out at any given one of her tracks: just enjoy each one of them.
SARAH TOMBLIN

http://www.katepple.com

BETWEEN INTERVAL:
"SECRET OBSERVATORY"
Spotted Peccary Music
In the most perfect cosmic vein, this work will delight the lovers of this kind of music. The four long electronic pieces that integrate this CD are each one a journey towards the unknown. All of them possess a decidedly mysterious, enigmatic character, like soundtracks for interstellar voyages. If you pays an adequate attention, don't wonder if you feel the entire starry universe open up before your eyes.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.spottedpeccary.com

SPOOKY ACTIONS:
"SONGS OF THE NATIONS"
Muse Eek
This is a daring release by Spooky Actions merging avantgarde Jazz with music of Native Americans, and other, more difficult to place, traits which contribute to endow this release with a great originality. The result is quite unexpected and worthy of attention. The artists present seven compositions of a fresh air, where rhythm and melody are very well combined. They are pieces of a complex conception, yet at the same time they are easy to listen to.
MARCELLA CIRIGNOLA

http://www.muse-eek.com

BRUCE ARNOLD / OLIVIER KER OURIO:
"DUETS"
Muse Eek
Bruce Arnold (guitar) has collaborated in this occasion with Olivier Ker Ourio (harmonica) to make an interesting album. The result is a collection of 11 pieces whose style fluctuates around Avantgarde Jazz.
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

http://www.muse-eek.com

SPOOKY ACTIONS:
"EARLY MUSIC"
Muse Eek
This work by Spooky Actions is an imaginative fusion of Avantgarde Jazz and Medieval Music. Some Classical traits are also perceived. The band present in this album a compilation of pieces by ancient composers, performed by them in Jazzy versions.
VALERIANO GUIOL

http://www.muse-eek.com

February 21, 2005

JOSE BONET:
"ENTRE AYER Y HOY"
E.G. Tabalet
This is a precious collection of melodic instrumental pieces played with piano by Jose Bonet. "Entre ayer y hoy" clearly proves that we are dealing with an experienced musician with excellent skills, not only as a performer but also in the creative arena. The record, entirely composed by him, is very near to the kindest side of Classical Music, with New Instrumental Music touches, and almost always full of melodic romanticism. A certain nostalgic air is present in most of the themes, although there are others with merry, festive passages. All the pieces are a clear sample of the talent of the artist. "Notas de Otonio" has a very special emotional warmth. "Isabel" has an incomparable magic. "Atrezzo barbaro" is most remarkable because of its great strength. Jose Bonet is one of those artists that know how to take us into musical landscapes full of feelings. Of an impeccable make, this is a release that will surely be liked by a wide range of listeners.
EDUARDO FONTANA

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OZONE PLAYER:
"FROZEN PAINT ON BOILING CANVAS"
Visual Power
Ozone Player is an artist with a powerful imagination, whose music always goes beyond the conventional, surpassing even the frontiers of many styles that already are avantgarde by themselves. He has no doubt taken a step forward in his search for "something else". In this album, there is a great variety of styles, colors, emotions, that Ozone Player is able to reflect in his compositions. The music is very original, without having to make use of experimentation with radical sounds. The ten themes that are included in this CD follow several trends within electronic music. The general style of this work can be placed between New Instrumental Music and Techno. There also are passages or themes that get near to Dark Space Music, others near to Gothic, and some very imaginative ones, too difficult to label adequately.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.ozoneplayer.com

SHARON WEST:
"CANVAS OF MY SOUL"
Dusty Dreams Productions
The music that Sharon West has composed and performed in this album is of a melodic romantic style. All the pieces are warm, bright. The CD in general could be labelled as innovative New Instrumental Music.
By means of a very successfully achieved virtual orchestra mostly based on synthesizers, the artist weaves a collection of fresh pieces, where Classical and also Pop elements, besides some ethereal atmospheres, also appear.
HECTOR JORDAN

http://www.dustydreams.com

RONALD LLOYD - GUILLERMO CAZENAVE:
"PARTHENON"
Astral
Guillermo Cazenave has collaborated in this occasion with Ronald Lloyd to make a Melodic Ambient album inspired in the mystery and the fascination of the ancient Greek culture. The artists combine dreamy melodies of great strength, with unearthly environments, outlining an impressive sonic landscape of a mystic-cosmic character. The melodies of the 25 tracks that constitute this work maintain a great conceptual uniformity and in them we will find all kinds of extremely attractive sonic textures. The synthesizers have perhaps a greater role than the acoustic instruments, even though there is no progress towards complexities in timbre which happen to be inaccessible for the latter.
EDUARDO FONTANA

http://www.astralweb.info

ECHO US:
"ECHO US"
Absolute Probability
Echo Us practises powerful and commercial arguments with a very good basis, both in the lyrical and melodic aspects. This album consists of nine compositions, whose stylistic range fluctuates between SynthPop and Techno. There also are Ambient traits. Most of the pieces are sung. The music has a fast rhythm, yet there also are slow passages, including the theme "My sirens". The most impressive piece in the album is, in my opinion, "Black Thursday", of a mysterious air and a great beauty.
DEREK DOARN

http://www.absoluteprobability.com

IURY LECH:
"INSTORMENTS"
Amorfik Artifacts
Inspired by war and oppression, the composer presents seven shocking themes, full of industrial and electronic sounds, that give a dark atmosphere to the entire album. The structure of the music also consists of difused melodies that come and go, dense, atmospheric environments that surround these melodies, and occasional sound effects, that in some passages are an important part of the ambiance. The melodies have a sinister hue. The rhythms are violent, metallic. No doubt, this is a disquieting album, highly reccommended to those who seek something more on the line of current electronic Trance/Ambient.
EDUARDO FONTANA

http://www.geocities.com/insolitarium/

Sampler "OCEAN OF LIGHT, BEST OF A. D. MUSIC VOLUME 1"
AD Music
This CD contains a selection of pieces from some of the most important albums released by this label. Most of the 18 pieces included in it range between Atmospheric Pop and New Instrumental Music. Also there are some traits from Ambient, Space Sequencer Music and other varied elements that contribute to enrich these pieces. The contents of the CD is as follows: Bekki Williams: "Sub Aqua". Kobolt: "Ocean of Light". Code Indigo: "24 AM". Robert Fox: "Queen of Hearts". Catalin: "Beyond Paradise". Bekki Williams: "In the Arms of Morpheus". David Wright: "A Certain Malaise". Withcraft: "Ultraviolet". R.Fox: "And All Shall Be Well". Raviv: "OV 1". Code Indigo: "Code 14". Robert Fox: "Water Muisc". Code Indigo: "Stasis". Callisto: "Elara". Enterphase: "Snow Paths". D.Wright: "Walking with Ghosts". Withcraft: "We Rest". Catalin: "Postlude".
VIRGINIA TAMAYO

http://www.admusiconline.com

DAVID WRIGHT:
"RETURNING TIDES (BEST OF 1991-2004)"
AD Music
This compilatory album by David Wright gathers 18 of his most legendary compositions from the years 1991 to 2004. A pleasant, melodic and very orchestral music, where the fine arrangements have a fundamental presence. The pieces that shape this CD are: "Rysheara", "Nomad", "Taiga", "Marilynmba", "Smiling Shadows", "Beijing", "Midas", "Sious Falls", "Returning Tides", "Guardians", "No More Angels", "Walking with Ghosts", "Shah", "Beyond Paradise", "Flame Sky", "Continuum", "To Touch the Sky", "Sygyzy". In a few words, this is a perfect introduction to the music of David Wright, that will be appreciated by all those listeners who wish to get to know in a short time all his wide trajectory.
VIRGINIA TAMAYO

http://www.admusiconline.com

POCKET UNIVERSE:
"PRIMAL"
Fyrewind Productions
This is a fresh, spontaneous release by Pocket Universe merging Dark Trance with SynthPop, Gothic and other, more difficult to place, traits which contribute to endow this release with a great originality. The melodies usually are mysterious, enigmatic. Though there are slow parts, much of the music has a lively rhythm. The rhythms are usually based on the drums, though in some cases the sequencers play a leading role.
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

http://www.fyrewind.com

GNOMUSY:
"ETHEREALITY"
Non Profit Music
The album "Ethereality" by Gnomusic is enjoying a great success both on the part of the audience and on the part of specialized reviews. This work displays the unmistakable traits of an artist who creates his compositions with entire freedom, without allowing himself to get influenced by ephemeral trends of commercial impositions. The music is structured around elements typical of New Instrumental Music and Synth-Pop, with adequate Celtic brush strokes as well as shades of electronic symphonism, which the composer arranges and combines in imaginative ways. As a whole, "Ethereality" is a work that will appeal to those who enjoy good music within the styles here mentioned.
VIRGINIA TAMAYO

http://www.nonprofitmusic.org

VIC HENNEGAN:
"PURE CREATIVE SPIRIT"
Alien Tribes Music
"Pure Creative Spirit" is an interesting album very much in the SynthPop wave, yet also near to Techno, with a series of themes, like "Movin'" or "Passion Peace & Pleasure", which will appeal to a large audience.
DEREK DOARN

January 24, 2005

GUITAR GARDEN:
"CHINA ROSE"
"China Rose" is a magnificient work, where the artist proves that there are no stylistic barriers for creativity, and where he contributes his musical talent to achieve a fresh, emotive sonic journey. Guitar Garden has a very personal style. His music can be defined as New Instrumental Music, although it also enters Pop and World Music. There even are certain Folk touches in some pieces. The guitars have a very important protagonism throughout tht entire album: thus are the sweet melodies developed one by one, in such a way that they succeed in attracting our attention as we listen to them.
PASCUAL JURADO

http://www.guitargarden.net

EMILY HAY:
"LIKE MINDS"
pfMENTUM
An expert in vocal performance, the artist offers us an interesting series of sonic experiments. The music is of an experimental character, with certain passages within the New Music, some entering avantgarde Jazz, and the presence of elements typical of sound art and other trends. The result is a journey through hypnotic sonic worlds, that appear to have been taken out of surrealist dreams.
DOMINIQUE CHEVANT

http://www.pfmentum.com

BERNDHARD LOIBNER:
"TRANS/MUTE"
Allquiet
With "Trans/Mute" we certainly don't have a conventional musical project. The pieces constituting this compact disc flow among metallic vibrations, gusts of enigmatic sounds, and sonic textures suggesting the audible content of a hallucination on industrial landscapes. This is a dark, intriguing work.
DOMINIQUE CHEVANT

http://loibner.cc

THE GREAT KAT:
"EXTREME GUITAR SHRED" (Video DVD)
TPR Music
The Great Kat, one of the world's fastest guitarists, is also a contracultural, controversial artist. The fury that The Great Kat expresses in her performances, as for instance we can see in this DVD, acquires legendary dimensions. Kat began her classical music education at the age of seven on piano, and at nine on the violin in Long Island, NY, USA. After winning numerous competitions, Kat won a full scholarship to The Juilliard School in New York City at the age of fifteen where she graduated with honors. However, she realized that "classical music is dead", and brought her classical virtuosity to the darkest side of Heavy Metal. Her shocking music videoclips and performances can scandalize to quite sectors of our society. "Extreme Guitar shred" contains six musical videoclips dominated by the vertigo of death & violence, which confront the audience to the brutality of the Great Kat's apocalyptic realm.
VICENTE GISPERT

http://www.greatkat.com

EL KAPITAN:
"RETROSCAPE"
"Retroscape" consists of 11 compositions, whose stylistic range fluctuates between Atmospheric Rock and New Instrumental Music. Part of the music has traits typical of Rock ballads. There also are Jazz-Rock traits. The two musicians that are El Kapitan, combine their respective artistic influences very well, thus achieving that their music possesses an unusual personality, fresh, capable of attracting the attention of the listener at once. The album has obvious progressive and psychedelic influences (the piece "Breathe" is a version of a theme by Pink Floyd), although it is wrapped in some others.
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

http://www.elkapitan.nu

FATELESS FLOWS COLLECTIVE:
"SHADOWMATH"
Fateless Music
This album includes 18 interesting compositions by artists of the Fateless Flows Collective. The pieces here gathered are: Indicia: "Rescue me (interlude)". Appogee: "Coral". Kathie Talbot: "Blandula XT". Dream Electric: "not the glow". Tripform: "Silver Reflection". The Luxury Tax: "Hey You Get Off of My Lawn". Zygote: "American love conspiracy". Surface 10 Activity: "birth-collide". The Luxury Tax: "Sex Machine". Appogee: "KDDR mov.2". Constant Flux: "City in the Cold (Remix of EX by Tara King Theory)". Dream Electric: "Super Robo Crunch". Kathie Talbot: "a conversation down". Mr. Soon: "Arcosanti". Niture: "xylophagous". Vic Hennegan: "In a broken heart". Subversive Element: "diagonal". Surface 10 Activity: "only a world". There are pieces near to Trance / Industrial, others with Ambient touches, and several with SynthPop elements, even though all of them keep an innovative character near to the modern electronic trends.
VICENTE GISPERT

http://www.fatelessflows.com

JEFF KAISER AND ANDREW PASK:
"THE CHOIR BOYS"
pfMENTUM
Jeff Kaiser and Andrew Pask perform in this album a series of compositions between Jazz, New Music and experimentation, with some electronic textures that give way to some imaginative samples of Dark Ambient. There are some passages entirely devoted to experimentation with sounds. In this work, the wind instruments have a remarkable role, and it is perhaps here where Kaiser & Pask's skills are most outstanding.
DOMINIQUE CHEVANT

http://www.pfmentum.com

TOM McNALLEY TRIO:
"TOM McNALLEY TRIO"
pfMENTUM
Tom McNalley develops daring ideas in this CD. The result of his efforts is clearly avantgarde: a total of six long tracks with a wide experimental diversity appropriate for those who want to escape from conventionalisms. The style is based on Avantgarde Jazz, but it also incorporates some Psychedelic elements. All the themes have been composed by Tom McNalley. He also plays the guitar, the main soloist instrument in this album. Tom is accompanied by Jonas Tauber, who plays the bass; and Ken Ollis, who plays drums.
DOMINIQUE CHEVANT

http://www.pfmentum.com

VERPLANKEN:
"AUTOPSY OF A DREAM"
Verplanken skillfuly utilizes elements from Ambient and Psychedelic to combine them into a result that has little to do with orthodox Ambient and psychedelic rock. Verplanken's sonic and melodic constructions turn out to be rather astonishing indeed, as well as unpredictable enough. Some of the compositions are mysterious, with dark melodies enhanced by the electronic soundscapes. Others are ethereal, and can be labelled within Space Music, with symphonic elements. In conclusion, this is an album that no doubt deserves an attentive listening.
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

http://www.verplanken.com

ERIK IAN WALKER AND MARIT BROOK-KOTHLOW:
"I HAVE NEVER TOLD YOU"
Bottomfeeder Records
Erik Ian Walker and Marit Brook-Kothlow follow an interesting path through the combination of Jazz with Meditative Music, Ambient, and traits of Classical and Experimental. Each one of the themes, although continuing with the general format, gets near one of the styles mentioned before. In certain cases, it is easy to guess the origin of a given musical element, but in others it turns out to be very difficult to imagine it.
VIRGINIA TAMAYO

http://www.wackoworldmusic.com

BERNDHARD LOIBNER:
"FRAGMENTED MEMORY" (video DVD)
The eight sound/video pieces that integrate this DVD consist in different experiments, presenting a succession of noises, distorted images of people and urban landscapes, electronic soundscapes, and other effects. The result is a journey through hypnotic worlds, that appear to have been taken out of surrealist dreams.
DOMINIQUE CHEVANT

http://loibner.cc