Reviews for fans of contemporary instrumental music
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This has been yet another good year musically, especially in the EM and ambient genres. Here's my top ten
list of CDs first heard this year (not necessarily released this year), in no particular order:
Hammock - Raising your voice ... trying to stop an echo Heart wrenching stretched out electric guitars in Hammock's inimitable style. Dynamic "shamanistic spacemusic" unlike anything I've heard before. Chris Bocast - Through the Airlock A modern classic of spacemusic. A totally enjoyable album with exotic flavouring. Spiritual new age ambience that should appeal to all lovers of quality music. A superb mix of environmental sounds and reflective new age music. Jon Jenkins - Beyond City Light Great floating/drifting ambience coupled with percussive rhythms. Winston Giles Orchestra - Soundtracks for Sunrise Sunny and upbeat music brimming with rhythm and melody plus a sense of fun. A peaceful journey through meditative landscapes of the mind. Drifting in Silence - Ladderdown
A brilliant interplay of ambient tone poems and rhythmic groove pieces.
Diatonis - Perception More atmospheric ambience from a virtuoso in the highly processed guitar genre. Moonbooter - Teralogica Melodic and rhythmic EM from Bernd Scholl. |