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AMAZING SOUNDS No.114 / January 31, 2002
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CONTENTS:

NEWS

REVIEWS:
COLETTE & PHIL: "ANCIENT ANCESTORS" Mystery Song Productions
SALLY OLDFIELD: "FLAMING STAR" New World Music
APEIRON & VASUDEVA: "MIRROR IMAGES" Spheric Music
DOUCET & MIRAZ: "RESONANCE" Prudence
GOLANA: "WALK BETWEEN WORLDS" BSC Music
TOM HEASLEY: "WHERE THE EARTH MEETS THE SKY" Hypnos
STEPHANIE SANTE: "IMMACULATE CONCEPTIONS" Sante Music
DJAM KARET: "NEW DARK AGE" Cuneiform
JEFF PEARCE: "THE LIGHT BEYOND" Hypnos
GARY STADLER: "FAIRY HEART MAGIC" Prudence
PAUL VNUCK Jr: "SILENCE SPEAKS IN SHADOW" Hypnos
ZINGAIA: "DANCERS OF TWILIGHT" Prudence

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NEWS

Obituaries: Florian Fricke (founder of Popol Vuh), Michael
Karoli (founder member of Can) and Peter Bardens (keyboardist
of Camel) We'll miss them.

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REVIEWS:

COLETTE & PHIL:
"ANCIENT ANCESTORS"
Mystery Song Productions
Like a voyage through time, the music in this album takes us
towards the unknown eras of yesterday, but also towards the
unknown tomorrow. In their second album, Colette and Phil have
succeeded in creating an epic symphony, intense, full of warmth,
beauty and also mystery. To this end they have masterfully
utilized various stylistic elements that fit perfectly together,
thus providing their music with a clear personal style. With a
basic structure that ranges from space Ambient to the most
symphonic sector of New Instrumental Music, Colette's ethereal
voice turns out to be the ideal complement to enhance the vitality
appreciated in all the tracks. Rather than singing in the
conventional sense, Colette utilizes her voice in numerous
passages as if it were an instrument, without necessarily
resorting to words. Her crystaline voice is perceived perfectly
blended with the choirs of synthesizers, played by Phil, in such a
way that the frontiers between the acoustic and the electronic are
lost in the horizon of musical magic. The electronic treatment of
Colette's vocals in various passages enhances the most mysterious
shades of her vocal technique and makes it look as if we were
dreaming the fact that we are hearing her. Colette's artistic
sensitivity, palpable both in the poetry books she has written and
in her career as an actress, is clearly perceived throughout the
album. Wrapped in wondrous orchestrations, at times with a
heavenly air, melodies possessing a great strength are flowing one
after the other. The piano, played with an exquisite sensitivity
by Colette, has a solo role in diverse parts of the CD. Phil makes
an imaginative use of synthesizers and electric guitars, like an
alchemist of sound, emphasizing the mystic character that many
passages have. Besides Colette J. Burre and Phil J. Willett, other
artists have collaborated as performers: Brad A. Nutcher
(electronic drums and and MIDI programming), Richard Duvall, Jimmy
Zeranski and John McKay. The album is certainly being noticed in
the USA, as proved by the fact that the producers of "Something
Wonderful has Happened...but it was not in the news", a new,
popular documentary about the controversial theme of the circles
found on England crop fields, featured part of this music in their
soundtrack. Colette and Phil have both well-consolidated artistic
careers which have enriched their vision of music and which have
helped them get associated with important names of the musical
avantgarde of the last decades, as for instance George Winston or
Ancient Future, to name but a few.
JORGE MUNNSHE

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SALLY OLDFIELD:
"FLAMING STAR"
New World Music
The eight themes included in this album by Sally Oldfield once
more prove the creativity of this singer and songwriter, Mike
Oldfield's sister, born to a family with a sound tradition in the
musical panorama, who, like her brother, has succeeded in creating
a name for herself on her own merits..The lyrics in her latest
release are certainly spiritual, innovative, and the whole album
has a relaxing effect integrating various ethnic rhythms within
the World Music, vibes of dance music and ambient brush-strokes,
with a clear influence of New Age.In a few words, this is a CD
that will no doubt appeal to a wide audience.
SIMONETTA VALLI

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APEIRON & VASUDEVA:
"MIRROR IMAGES"
Spheric Music
Apeiron (Andreas Prinz) and Vasudeva (Udo Winkler) offer us a
relaxing, suggestive album with eight tracks where the rhythms
typical of New Age, the World Electronic Music and the most
intimate of minimalism brush-strokes meet to weave a wondrous
tapestry of dreamy soundscapes, ethereal atmospheres, and ethnic
touches such as those in the last theme of the CD, a peculiar
arrangement of a Nepalese folksong, thus creating an album that
takes the listener to experience a rich musical journey, a unique
creation, through unsuspected soundscapes.
MONTSERRAT ANDREU-MARIN

DOUCET & MIRAZ:
"RESONANCE"
Prudence
The six themes included in this album reflect the first
collaboration ever released of both visionary artists, Suzanne
Doucet and Gary Miraz. In this occasion they offer us a relaxing,
dreamy voyage though the soundscapes of New Age Music, a journey
that will no doubt appeal to the followers of this musical genre.
ARIELLE MALREAUX

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GOLANA:
"WALK BETWEEN WORLDS"
BSC Music
This inspired album created by Golana offers us ten themes where
soft melodies on Native American flutes are intertwined with sound
backgrounds typical of ambient, partly following the paths of
Terry Oldfield's style. Nevertheless, the artist is skilled in
creating his own style, within the field of New Instrumental
Music, which possesses a surprising spirituality. Golana no doubt
knows how to express his Native American heritage in his beautiful
compositions, yet keeping apart from the World Music realms.
MONTSERRAT ANDREU-MARIN

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TOM HEASLEY:
"WHERE THE EARTH MEETS THE SKY"
Hypnos
With his debut in the label Hypnos, tubist Heasley creates an
ambiece with space and atmospheric touches by means of his chosen
instrument, the tuba, thus innovating these genres with its sonic
richness, perhaps unusual yet entirely appropriate and unique in
its peculiar beauty to weave ambience soundscapes.
MILENA ALEXANDROVA

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STEPHANIE SANTE:
"IMMACULATE CONCEPTIONS"
Sante Music
The nine tracks in this album take the listener to embark into a
voyage to wondrous soundscapes by means of a skillful synthesis of
Melodic Space Music, Electronic Music, Ambient and Symphonic
musical universes, continuing her creative work as she did with
her first CD, "Into Light". In all, this is an album that will no
doubt attract the lovers of the alternative and avantgarde musics.
ARIADNA MARTIN

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DJAM KARET:
"NEW DARK AGE"
Cuneiform
The ten tracks included in this album soar from symphonic rock to
psychedelic rock, to progressive rock and ambient music creating
dark soundscapes and experimental brush strokes.
SIGRID BAUMANN

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JEFF PEARCE:
"THE LIGHT BEYOND"
Hypnos
This album, improvised with a guitar and electronic processing
boxes in realtime, includes 3 brief tracks accompanying an almost
44-minute theme that will no doubt appeal to the followers of
Atmospheric Music.
SIGRID BAUMANN

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GARY STADLER:
"FAIRY HEART MAGIC"
Prudence
The 12 songs of Celtic myth content in this album, where vocalist
Stephannie and Celtic harpist Lisa Lynne collaborate, combine
World Music with touches of New Age, romantic, ethereal, Pop and
Folk.
WINONA SIRTIS

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PAUL VNUCK Jr:
"SILENCE SPEAKS IN SHADOW"
Hypnos
This is the first solo album by Vnuck, which includes a long only
track lasting 73.58 minutes where the environmental sounds of a
cityscape are blended with a synth atmosphere.
SIMONETTA VALLI

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ZINGAIA:
"DANCERS OF TWILIGHT"
Prudence
The ten tracks included in this album create a peculiar fusion of
musical styles ranging from New Age to World Beat to Pop with soft
musical textures and ethereal female vocals that will no doubt
appeal to a wide audience.
EMMA DORS

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