I knew Robyn from Myst/Riven and was a big fan of those two. I checked out Keith Moore after seeing him on the tinselman webpage, but didn't pick up this release until just recently. To be blunt, I was blown away. While a few bits are rather reminiscent of Myst, such as the very first few notes of "Bluebird," the CD as a whole manages to take the listener on a really wonderful journey. I'm hoping to see more stuff from Ambo in the future.

An incredible listening adventure. A warning though: this music induces intense hallucinations imbued with color, light and shadow that take the listener on a rare journey. I too stumbled on this music because of Robyn's earlier releases of the Myst and Riven soundtracks. It can only be called providence that these two artists found each other (and so lucky for us). The music is hard to explain. I heard the possible influences of the likes of King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Joni Mitchell, but this band is intensely original! This CD is a precious gem full of fire. Each cut stands completely on its own, but there is a well-defined theme that is both personal and universal. One of my favorites is "Bluebird", a short and simple poem drawn like a Japanese silk painting - surprisingly rich detail in a small fleeting space of time with an absolutely haunting melody. There is not a bad or mediocre cut on this CD. Each song is crafted with a careful hand and a truly enigmatic voice. Some are richly drawn and others are raw and primitive. I hope these guys find a label, but I also send my sincere wishes that when they do that they can find a willing partner who will permit them to retain complete artistic control. This band is so real that it's unreal and I wouldn't change a single thing they do. "Keep on dreamin..."

I'm a great fan of Robyn Miller's music. Bought both his Myst and Riven soundtracks when they first came out and must have listend to them hundreds of times each. They have always been in my top 10 favorite albums list. I find them both soothing and stimulating and enjoy listening to them even whilst doing very difficult tasks requiring lots of concentration. They are just perfect ambient sounds and so well create the emotional presence of the worlds they portrait. Robyn would be an amazing film soundtrack composer. In that respect I was very sad that Robyn hasn't released anything since Riven for so many years - until AMBO. And now the collaboration with Keith Moore makes his music even richer. Thank you guys! Here's to many more AMBO albums in the future! The one collaboration I would love to see is with Bjork. Her voice would so perfectly fit those songs.

Not anyone can go to Murfreesboro, Arkansas and find a diamond. Fact is, most wouldn’t know if they saw one. If so, then 1000 years and 1 Day by Ambo would be in everyones music collection between Springsteen and Ectomorph. If Springsteen’s songs are for the working man, then Moore’s are for the working man’s soul. In Lips, Moore reaches deep to paint a picture of idealic love as “the beauty of guilt and grief and pain is pure and untainted it needs no explanation – it just is and it changes us”. But beauty sometimes brings despair as a counterpoint to love. Her lips “enrage and confuse and clarify my idea...and when they speak they sometimes break my heart and wound my soul.” Moore also reveals his optimism in Is Blood. My first impression of this song was images of the destruction caused by hurricane Katrina. Our blood is like streams and rivers flowing into the ocean of our heart. Only God can control the great tempest of the seas. But Moore surprises us; “I'll tell you a secret... listen well I still taste heaven, seized by hell and in this seizure that wars in my soul I find great peace in flesh and bone so war and wage within my sky blue blood we'll build a bridge and cross over the flood” Miller tells us a story of someone bound by lifes limitations in Cocoon. Perhaps it’s in our own mind not seeing God. Or it’s something as simple as growing up as we are “waiting to bloom, reaching out calling out from my cocoon.” “I'll hold you soon Dream of God I’m breaking out I’m waking up I’ll be embraced I’ll hold you soon A thousand years and I'll hold you soon” Miller is well grounded on this earth by hinting of more carnal desires in Kissing Free. In this song he seems to turn his back on spiritual contemplation with almost a ‘just a minute’ jesture before pursuing the desires of the flesh; “To life I finally give my life toward the sky I finally smile So don't wait for me to come home tonight cause making love to life is never done” Finally, Miller conjures a jeanie of hope in his tale of doomed humanity destined for death in Eden I Am. He opens the veil covering the mystery of all our demise to see new life springing forth. “And it’s finally waking... a hidden world deep within a world watered by our blood an eden springing from our skin” Ambo has masterfully written truly poetic songs that will shine a light on your music collection for 1000 years and 1 Day.