BLUE STAR: Zen Blues

Blue Star

Zen Blues

© 2004 Peter Blue & Elizabeth Star (634479023392)

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Zen and Blues meet in a quiet deep emotional dialogue of electric guitar and rhodes piano

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Zen Blues came to us as a complete surprise. It is exactly what the name suggests:
Zen - time, meditation, reflection,
Blues - passion, emotion, feeling.
This is the first Blue Star album without rhythm section. It is only electric guitar and fender rhodes piano on a journey to the inner spaces. For us it was always clear, that the blues is much more than "cryin´in my beer". Zen as well is nothing that hides behind the walls of a monastery. Zen music and the blues are both rooted in pentatonic scales. But this album is not about scales - it is about the wide open landscapes of both the inner and the outer world.
It makes you feel good. Very good! Listen to the soundclips. But be warned: You might want it. That´s why we call it Electro Magnetic Music. Addictive!
Like it? If you tick the way we do, you have already waited for this album. A long time. We did not plan this album. It came to us as a gift. We were actually working on completely different material. Then Zen Blues happened. Now we share it with you. Have fun!

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  • Rainbow Dome Music 2
    author: Joseph Wright

    I came across this CD when I did a CD Baby search on Electric Piano or Rhodes. After hearing the sound bites I decided to take a chance on in. The CD is great combination of laidback electric guitar blues with a touch of electric piano to add some tension and mix up the mood. It reminds me of a stripped down version of Steve Hillage's Rainbow Dome Music without the swirling analog synths. My wife even likes it and she has very unsophisticated musical taste. This CD is your not your average New Age bubblegum. It is more like someone recorded an instrumental blues CD from the International Space Station or the moon. The best way I could desribe the music is that it spacious and expanding without droning. It is mellow but also energetic. The lack of drums allows the the guitar and electric piano to interweave in an unhurried fashion. I would like to see a volume 2 with some delay effects, panning, and occassional electric guitar played with some slide.

  • Just Brilliant
    author: Nigel Booth Macclesfield England

    This is one of the best cd's i have ever bought, its all really good but the last two tracks(its always here + beyond illusions) are out of this world!!

  • blues with soul, well, it makes sense to me
    author: Betty

    Pleasant and soothing. The message of the music is felt in a very comforting way.

  • Every massage therapist needs this music in their CD collection!
    author: Charlotte Stewart-Smith

    What a perfect blend of blues and relaxation! As a massage therapist, I've been searching for music that relaxes the mind and slows the heartrate, but is also unique and different from the norm. This CD is just what I've been looking for. I love it, and so do my clients.

  • Mindful
    author: Sprude

    This is a great album both for background music or listening to intently. Calming yet provocative. Reminds me of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew and the soundtrack to Dead Man. My favorite album for early Saturday morning.

  • Hmmh - slow
    author: lordh

    I know that there's a vast difference between the two and that I'm about to commit heresy of the third degree, but I just have to compare this CD to "Bohren and the Club of Gore" ;) Slow, atmospheric wafts of sound woven together in a tapestry of glacier-like rhythms... I would love to hear more from Blue Star!!

  • Ain't no shufflin blues
    author: Ken Opener

    It's like watching a lava lite in lunar gravity ,or maybe its like listening to ice weep, or maybe its like feeling the dew form.It's good to know there's an ointment one can apply when the soul gets the blues.

  • author: Steve Gledhill, Naperville, IL

    While I could careless about the whole zen thing, I enjoy this album a great deal. Blue's guitar is Cooder-esque at times and I feel like I'm in the movie theatre watching a psycho or mystery thriller the way the brooding guitar and gentle electric piano takes you through one cool scene after another. It's an hour of utter listening pleasure.

  • Feng Shui Perfection
    author: Monica Hess FengShui Consultant www.monicahess.com

    I love this CD. The gentle sounds are pefect for a feng shui "metal" cure. I keep it running all day to cure the 5 mountain star in my living room. If we're watching tv I just turn the volume way down. The music is so beautiful and unintrusive, I've had no problems playing it constantly. I highly recommend this CD. It's music, but it's as if a gentle stream is playing guitar...just beautiful.

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