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CONTENTS:

INTERVIEW WITH JORGE CALDERON MORENO

REVIEWS:
NEURONIUM: "MYSTYKATEA" Neuronium Records
MICHEL HUYGEN: "SENSORIAL" (2CD) Neuronium Records
NADIA: "THIS IS MY LIFE" Neuronium Records
BRENDA WARREN: "AS YEARS GO BY" Neuronium Records / Seven Mile Music
"MASPALOMAS CHILL-OUT PASION TROPICAL" Neuronium Records
"CASA ALEXIO IBIZA DREAMS VOL.1" Neuronium Records
RAINBOW SERPENT: "THE 8th NERVE" Manikin Records
SPYRA: "MEDITATIONEN" Manikin Records
KAGERMANN, KELLER, SCHONWALDER & FRIENDS: "THE LIQUID SESSION" Manikin Records
FLOPPY: "MU" Testing Ground
JOSE BONET: "TRAS LOS CRISTALES" E.G. Tabalet
MARK JENKINS: "IF THE WORLD WERE TURNED ON ITS HEAD, WE WOULD WALK AMONG
THE STARS" AMP Records
JON JENKINS: "BEYOND CITY LIGHT" Spotted Peccary Music
KYLE GANN: "LONG NIGHT" Cold Blue Music
JIM FOX: "DESCANSOS, PAST" Cold Blue Music
RICK COX: "FADE" Cold Blue Music
AGNUS DEI: "REIKI-1: HEAVENS GIFT" Indigo Music
AGNUS DEI: "REIKI-2: INFINITE MIND" Indigo Music
MARK CIABURRI: "ONE" Real Music
VARIOUS: "REAL PIANO" Real Music
MARRY ANN: "THE HARMONY OF THE ECSTASY" / "INTOLERANCE"
JOHN LAKVEET: "THE FORCE OF REASON" Groove Unlimited
HEMISPHERE: "RAMBLING VOYAGE" Groove Unlimited
N-TRIBE: "TOWER OF POWER" Groove Unlimited
WILLIAM PAUL: "HORSE DREAM" Delvian Records / Oranda Records / The Gate
Media Group
POTENTIA ANIMI: "DAS ERSTE GEBET" Staupa Musica
CORVUS CORAX: "SEIKILOS / GAUDIA VITE" (CD + DVD) Staupa Musica
KAT EPPLE - CHUCK GRINNELL: "AZURE PIECES OF LIFE" Emerald Web Publishing
BETWEEN INTERVAL: "SECRET OBSERVATORY" Spotted Peccary Music
SPOOKY ACTIONS: "SONGS OF THE NATIONS" Muse Eek
BRUCE ARNOLD / OLIVIER KER OURIO: "DUETS" Muse Eek
SPOOKY ACTIONS: "EARLY MUSIC" Muse Eek

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JORGE CALDERON MORENO
Interview conducted by Virginia Tamayo & Jorge Munnshe

Jorge Calderon Moreno is a guitarist and keyboardist with an interesting
side as a composer. He makes a kind of music without ties, which flows
freely between the romantic aspect of New Instrumental Music and the most
symphonic part of European folk, also including some Classical, Atmospheric
and Progressive Rock touches. We have a good sample of his task in the
album "El Chico de Reading" (The Boy from Reading). His live performances,
where he has played some pieces of this work, have been very well received,
and make us think that his activity as a composer will influence the
panorama of the instrumental musics today.

Jorge entered the world of music at age ten, when he started playing a mini
keyboard his brother bought. "I used to enjoy myself with it, making songs
and the like." Already at age seventeen he was bought a keyboard. With it
he followed a three-year-course of music, besides starting to play the lute
and the Spanish guitar. At age twenty he bought an electric guitar and he
also started working with it. With respect to composing, he began doing so
as soon as he got his keyboard, at age seventeen.

About the musical influences that have somehow set a path for his style, he
remarks: "Mostly, Mike Oldfield, above any other musician or kind of
music, although I also believe that other bands such as Pink Floyd, or Jean
Michel Jarre have likewise influenced me, as well as Classical Music
composers, (Vivaldi, Beethoven)..." He acknowledges that his tastes include
very different styles: Folk, Rock, Pop, Celtic, New Age, Classical Music,
and others.

For the time being, he doesn't consider himself related to any given label
or musical trend in particular. "I guess that labels will be given by the
musical critics as they listen to the kind of music I create. Nor would I
have any problems should they classify what I do within any given kind of
music".

About the process he usually follows to compose and record any tracks, he
explains: "Normally a melody comes to my head, and from it I develop the
rest. At the moment, I have always done so like this, although I would like
to try creating melodies that ended up becoming an accompaniment for
others. I record track by track until everything comes up to my taste and
afterwards I mix the tracks. I generally do it all online so as to avoid
background noises".

Practically anything that attracts his attention is useful for him as an
inspiration when it comes to composing. "Nonetheless, there are pieces that
I compose without thinking of any given idea, that is to say, without
looking for a parallel story or an image... They may simply reflect a
given, momentary mood".

In "El Chico de Reading" we find seven original pieces of a great strength,
besides a version of the popular anonymous theme "The House of the Rising
Sun". The melody is very well defined in all his compositions, while at the
same time constituting the dominant element. The constructions of his
themes are varied, as well as the emotions they generate. There are pieces
with an air of happy Folk that seem to evoke the racket of a traditional
open-air party. Others are of a classicist leaning and a more solemn shade,
guided by a melancholy romanticism that suggests all the intensity of
feelings. An impressive electronic guitar solo which agilely shapes a
melody with a Folk air, slightly sad and nostalgic, captivates us very
strongly. We also find passages where the mystery is pervaded with a
crystalline, pure, ingenuous beauty, as if evoking the magic in fairy tales
and in the illusions of childhood that vanish as we grow up.

This album was composed in different occasions. The tracks "La Vía Láctea"
and "Marcha de Kurt" were made when he was seventeen, and from then on "I
had them in my head until I recorded them with the rest of the pieces that
are more or less recent". As for the title of the album, he admits that it
is a little homage to Mike Oldfield. He also explains that all the tracks
in the CD came up "without specifically looking for them, simply digressing
a little with the keyboard or the guitar, and when they were already
composed, then I tried to find then a title or story which was adequate for
them".

He states that his music no doubt reflects his personality, though he has
not included very personal issues. "I rather try to associate it with
stories on any subject matter". For the time being, he doesn't intend to
vindicate anything with what he has composed. "I simply wanted to create
music for its own sake, although, certainly, each song must have an
associated title, and with it, a story or theme it gets related to". In
this respect he tells us that the task of assigning a name to each
composition in "El Chico de Reading" took him a lot of effort.

Besides the kind of music he has shaped in "El Chico de Reading", he has
also in mind some tracks of a different orientation, with Eastern, Celtic,
Classical, and other influences.

He feels definitely more at ease with the guitar, as he confirms to us. "I
believe that as time goes by, it would allow me to get a lot more out of it
than what I could get from a keyboard". He also believes that with it one
can express more things than with a keyboard. In fact, his relationship
with the guitar comes to the field of professional performance, since for
example, just as this interview is taking place, he is just waiting to
teach the guitar to one of his classes.

He experiences the live performances he has so far taken part in with less
stress than what he had once imagined in the beginning. "Although it is too
soon to make a definite assessment". To play live is for him a unique
experience. "Undoubtedly, a live performance is special just because it is
unrepeateable and in it one can include improvisation". In his opinion, a
musician worth his trade should control both the aspects of live
performances as well as those from a recording studio. About these two
aspect he says: "I relate the recording process more to an intellectual
task (so to speak); and as for the live performances, I see them as a good
chance to make yourself known, learn to improvise, increase your
self-confidence or play with other musicians."

You can listen to samples of the music by Jorge Calderon here:

http://www.amazings.com/audio/jorge_calderon_samples.html

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REVIEWS:

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/

JOSE BONET:
"TRAS LOS CRISTALES"
E.G. Tabalet
Pianist Jose Bonet has composed in this CD-single a fine work that can be
labelled within the New Instrumental Music. There also are Classical
traits. The seven pieces are romantic, in a mood more melancholy than
merry. Some passages have certain mystery traits. The expressivity that the
artist achieves with the piano is remarkable indeed, without the help of
any other instruments. Beautiful melodies, perfectly intertwined, follow
one another without ups and downs, in a work that Bonet's followers will no
doubt appreciate. Bonet's style shows his peculiar personal technique.
EDUARDO FONTANA

http://www.josebonet.com

MARK JENKINS:
"IF THE WORLD WERE TURNED ON ITS HEAD, WE WOULD WALK AMONG THE STARS"
AMP Records
Mark Jenkins proves his great imagination by creating a fresh electronic
music, with powerful sequencer rhythms. The style, between Synth-Pop and
Cosmic Music, has passages where the synthesizers create dense atmospheres.
Other parts possess a great melodic beauty with romantic airs. The
orchestrations are very well built, enhancing the impact of the music. The
final result is very good.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.markjenkins.net

JON JENKINS:
"BEYOND CITY LIGHT"
Spotted Peccary Music
The 63 minutes of music of this compact disc by Jon Jenkins are an
imaginative cosmic voyage. 63 minutes aimed at making the listener dream.
The result is worthy of attention. Ethereal sounds, unearthly atmospheres
and vaporous melodies envelop one by one all the themes of the album. The
synthesizers provide the album with a magical atmosphere ideal to wrap the
melodies in. Some passages have an overwhelming emotive nature.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.spottedpeccary.com

KYLE GANN:
"LONG NIGHT"
Cold Blue Music
In this CD-single, Kyle Gann presents a 25-minute piece. "Long night" is a
piano suite of a deliberate quality, with minimalist traits and some
Ambient touches. The music is of a soft character, romantic, with a certain
classical flavor. More than concrete melodies in the traditional sense,
melodic atmospheres that come and go. Not being quite tragic, the work
maintains a certain melancholy air, perhaps hinted at by the slow cadence
of the music.
EDUARDO FONTANA

http://www.coldbluemusic.com

JIM FOX:
"DESCANSOS, PAST"
Cold Blue Music
This CD-single consists in a 15-minute composition. The music presents
Minimalist elements as well as some touches of Classical and also New
Instrumental Music. By uniting the hypnotic strength of Minimalism with
melodic structures typical of the most daring trends of Chamber Music, Jim
Fox re-create a peculiar world, with eerie yet wondrous landscapes, as well
as zones of atemporal solitude.
VALERIANO GUIOL

http://www.coldbluemusic.com

RICK COX:
"FADE"
Cold Blue Music
This CD-single contains a 25-minute piece by Rick Cox. "Fade" is an
interesting combination of elements typical of Chamber Music and others of
an minimalist character sometimes near to Ambient Music. More than concrete
melodies in the traditional sense, there are chords that come and go, thus
contributing to weaving an unreal environment.
VALERIANO GUIOL

http://www.coldbluemusic.com

AGNUS DEI:
"REIKI-1: HEAVENS GIFT"
Indigo Music
Agnus Dei (Gerald Krampl) expresses his mystic emotions in this album,
whose title refers to the themes he has drawn his inspiration from. Using
the piano as a solo instrument, the composer has created the music of an
album that sprouts from the deepest regions of the soul. The music evokes
the wonders of a quiet dusk, the peace of green grasslands, and the sound
of the sea. Musically speaking, listening to the album has a relaxing effect.
VIRGINIA TAMAYO

http://www.indigomusic.at

AGNUS DEI:
"REIKI-2: INFINITE MIND"
Indigo Music
This is a piano release of a romantic quality, with some traits of
Classical Music, presided by melody. The music is very much inspired on
nature, thus shaping a work of an extreme sensitivity and introspection. In
some passages, the sounds of the ocean predominate. The author also uses
some electronic keyboards. Although there are some melancholy parts, the
general structure of the album displays an energy that, not quite becoming
euphoria, makes the music very dynamic.
VIRGINIA TAMAYO

http://www.indigomusic.at

MARK CIABURRI:
"ONE"
Real Music
Mark Ciaburri has a well defined objective: to communicate a feeling of
full optimism to the world through his music. And judging from this album,
"One", it can't be said that he has not succeeded. "One" is New
Instrumental Music that sounds warm, with happiness, yet without becoming
too sweetish. Mark also drinks from certain eastern influences, giving to
his work a stylistic aura that goes beyond the meditative music.
VIRGINIA TAMAYO

http://www.realmusic.com

VARIOUS:
"REAL PIANO"
Real Music
This compilation, like its title suggests, is devoted to romantic music
played with piano. The piano has quite a leading role, although it is
accompanied by several other instruments. These are the contents of the CD:
David London: "Horizons". Omar: "Free as a Bird". Paul Machlis: "At the
Wooden Bridge". Yanni: "Whispers in the Dark" (performed by Danny Wright).
Kevin Kern: "The Winding Path". Bernward Koch: "Deep Green Summer". David
London: "Capture the Moment". Jim Chappell: "Mockingbird Days". George
Skaroulis: "Return to Patmos". Mars Lasar: "The Blessing". Kevin Kern:
"Through Your Eyes". Frederic Delarue: "A Moment of Bliss". Paul Machlis:
"Farewell". Bernward Koch: "Childhood Hour". These stories in a musical
form are comparable to movie soundtracks, and stimulate the imagination of
the listener to re-create the emorive facts and sceneries that the music
suggests.
HECTOR JORDAN

http://www.realmusic.com

MARRY ANN:
"THE HARMONY OF THE ECSTASY"
"INTOLERANCE"
"The Harmony of the Ecstasy" and "Intolerance" are a magnificient sample of
fresh Synth-Pop. These two albums are basically upbeat, with cybernetic
rhythms, percussion, and unreal environments. The melody is an important
element in all the compositions.
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

http://www.marryann.com

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

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