Michele Ippolito
Mystic Moods
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A soothing melodic musical voyage into inner self, meant for Relaxation/Spa experience.Imaginative and Medatative with a subtle theme weaving throughout. Orchestrated with ambient spacelike angelic voices and soft flutes creating peace and tranquility.
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"Mystic Moods" are soundscapes that tenderly caress the listeners consciousness which allows the mind a fluid flow of tranquility. Meant to cleanse the mind and bring the listeners to a greater state of harmony. Mind-Body-Spirit.
Born and raised in Chicago Michele is classically trained on piano. Her music is influenced by classical, new age and contemporary. Using various keyboard techniques, she composes full time and works on various studio projects with husband Vince, musician/producer at their commercial studio in Dixon Il.
"I like to create music that is picturesque with unusual effects giving attention to detail, that prepares the listener's mind for the full meditative experience".
Bill Binkelman of "Wind & Wire" / New Age Reporter says: "Michele Ippolito’s debut CD is one of the best first efforts I have heard in years."
Serge Kozlovsky / Republic of Belarus says:
"Fresh and transparent, this music washes you with its warm waves."
Dave Bethke of "Dream Catcher" / Live365 says:
"The compositions by Michele Ippolito are just right for bringing peace and harmony to both mind and body."
Capt. Christopher of "Cheezmuzik" / WTUL says:
"Listen to this one and trash your TV. Mystic Moods takes you on wings of sound to a land of inner peace and tranquility..."
Tim Shay of "Station112.com Online Radio" says:
"It's just the thing to put on if you need to relax, decompress, destress, meditate or just think..."
"Mystic Moods" has been Nominated for Best Ambient Album 2006 by the New Age Reporter
As Nominated by Broadcasters Worldwide
iTunes Top 100
New Age Reporter Top 100: "Mystic Moods"
New Age Reporter Top 100 Airplay Recordings of 2006 #34
Music Choice "Soundscapes Program" #1
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Mystic Moods
author: Howard R. BrownExcellent New Age album. Very calming. The sound caresses the ear & the psyche.
This is wonderful music for massage therapy and relaxation.
author: Registered Massage TherapistThis is wonderful music for massage therapy and relaxation. A little on the melancholy side, but thoughtful. My only complaint is that she does not have other CDs!
Awesome Soundscapes...
author: Tim Shay, Station112.com Online RadioThe cover art for this album really sets the tone for these broad soundscapes. It's just the thing to put on if you need to relax, decompress, destress, meditate or just think...
excelent CD. Very fast delivery and I loved the e-mails.
author: Cynthia FreyI got my CD in great condition. Shipping was very fast and the price was awsome. I loved the e-mail sent to me saying it was being sent. Very cute. I am sure I will be doing business with cdbaby in the future.
The music transpires sensitivity from all its pores.
author: Amazing Sounds/Edgar Kogler:Barcelona Spain"Mystic Moods" is a beautiful space travel based on the use of synthesizers, ideal to let imagination soar through inner worlds. The Ambient style present in the album is melodic and symphonic, full of spectacular orchestrations with synthesizers and a certain romantic character though it doesn't fall into an excessive sweetness. Michele offers us a careful selection of seven pieces in which she presents us the best of herself as a composer. The impressive orchestrations of the themes show her experience as a composer as well. The music transpires sensitivity from all its pores.
Michelle Ippolito's "Mystic Moods" CD is a can't miss for those who enjoy the mu
author: BACKROADS MUSIC: Lloyd BardeMichelle Ippolito's "Mystic Moods" CD is a can't miss for those who enjoy the music of Liquid Mind. It's not a blatant carbon copy or imitation, but the overall tone and motif is similar enough that if you enjoy Liquid Mind's music, you can't help but like "Mystic Moods". And there is a unique quality in this concise yet expansive 30 minute CD (that is what the repeat button is made for!) that is so attractive in its gently inviting tones and engaging feel. If you like lush flowing electronic music and are seeking music for meditation, this music compels you to listen attentively to your feelings, to sense your innermost wishes and stay in that alone space with yourself. Discover what may have been hiding somewhere deep in your consciousness, and befriend your true self, without far-fetched conventionalities and false masks? This music expresses an access to everyday emotions and the depth of human consciousness. Fresh and transparent, Michelle's music washes you with its warm waves. Her music sends you back to the source, and with great care she is guiding you through emotions like glimpsing pictures of a personal movie. This is angelic music and "Mystic Moods" is a guide from the divine to the world of humans.
Fresh and transparent, this music washes you with its warm waves.
author: Serge Kozlovsky: Republic of BelarusHaving returned just for a moment To a source You’ll never be as you used to be before…. What is attractive in a new, half-hourly Michele Ippolito’s album called "Mystic Moods"? What makes this calm electronic music such a magnetic one? And why doesn’t it “set you free”? This is a music-meditation, the music that impels you to listen attentively to your feelings, to sense your inmost wishes and stay alone with yourself. And, maybe after one has listened to "Mystic Moods" he will realize what it means as far as he had never plunged in the innermost of his own personality before. And what is hidden behind the veil of a day-to-day tumult and goals and wishes dictated by other people? What is dozing off somewhere deep in your consciousness, for the time being dispirited by the society around you, or, maybe hidden from it. And what is your true self, a real one, without far-fetched conventionalities and false masks? Michele Ippolito’s music impels to think and feel empathy. This music expresses an inconstancy of everyday emotions and a permanency of an inexhaustible depth of human consciousness. The constancy of that inner source which rules over the life. As far as the divine is concealed deep in human consciousness and one have to learn how to feel it. It is so easy and incredibly different at the same time. Michele Ippolito proposes to start a journey to your true self. Her music sends you back to the source which is consigned for oblivion for a while but this very source is you. With great care the musician is guiding you through emotions flashing by before your eyes like glimpsing pictures of a colour movie. You are plunged deeper and deeper all the time. This plunge brings a content to you. Fresh and transparent, this music washes you with its warm waves. It arouses your consciousness and heals your heart. And you want to live and create over and over again because just in it the God is… An angelic music of "Mystic Moods" is a guide of the divine to the world of humans. P.S. Translated by Tatyana L. Permyakova.
The back of the CD case explains the music well.
author: Ron Warnick: "Music Scene" Sauk Valley NewsThe back of the CD case explains the music well: "Soothing melodic sound voyage...soundscapes allow the listener to create their own moods. It accomplishes what it sets out to do.
The compositions by Michele Ippolito are just right for bringing peace and harmo
author: Dave Bethke "The Dream Catcher" Live365 RadioNew Age sounds with a decided Classical influence make this a perfect sound for relaxation or meditation. The compositions by Michele Ippolito are just right for bringing peace and harmony to both mind and body.
Michele Ippolito’s debut CD is one of the best first efforts I have heard in yea
author: Bill Binkelman "Wind and Fire" KFAI-FM Minn. & St.Paul.From newcomer Michele Ippolito comes the album Mystic Moods, an excellent collection of serene electronic ambient/classic new age compositions in the same vein as Liquid Mind, Robert Haig Coxon, and others like them. Equating someone’s debut recording to Liquid Mind is a bold statement, to be sure. However (after multiple playings of the album), I am confident in my assessment. Ippolito does belong in the company of Chuck Wild (a.k.a. Liquid Mind), albeit perhaps not as his equal yet, but she is certainly close behind. The seven tracks on Mystic Moods are lush, floating soundscapes, played out on an assortment of synths and keyboards, notably chorals, strings, plucked harp, and also “classic” new age sounds and textures. While the recording is short (just a few ticks under 30 minutes), what’s here is of such high quality that I can’t imagine anyone complaining – just hit the repeat button for goodness’ sake! While there is a certain sameness to the music from track to track (obviously intentional so as not to present jarring juxtapositions song-to-song), upon closer inspection (if one listens intently on headphones), the subtle, even pronounced, differences between selections are readily apparent. The opening “Destination” features ethereal chorals and delicate plucked harp while “Malibu” emerges as closer to hushed spacemusic with gently ebbing and flowing tones and washes anchored by a plaintive and lovely solo melody which resembles a woman soprano and the added sounds of soft bell-trees. The title track begins with harp and lilting flute cushioned by soft synth washes, fleshed out by the later addition of strings. “Sunset” presents the kind of massed chorals that Larry Kucharz uses on some of his recordings and the effect from Ippolito is no less mesmerizing than Kucharz attains on his albums. The relative starkness of the chorals, uncluttered with much in the way of accompaniment, introduces a minimalism that perfectly captures the essence of the song’s title while still glowing with warmth and beauty. “Spa” closes the CD with classic electronic new age elements flowing serenely under gentle harp and plucked guitar. There is a rich emotional resonance permeating all the pieces on Mystic Moods despite the presence of so many overt electronic components in the music. Michele Ippolito’s debut CD is one of the best first efforts I have heard in years. It’s near impossible to believe that she is a newcomer. Everything from the mix, production, quality of the synths, and even the subdued simplicity and beauty of the album’s (professional looking) graphics and fonts points to this being the work of someone who has been around for a long time. For lovers of calm and peaceful electronic new age and spacemusic (as well as ambient fans who don’t require dark soundscapes or minor tonalities), I can’t recommend Mystic Moods highly enough. I have no doubt you will be as impressed and delighted as I was.
I definitely like what I hear.
author: Bill Binkelman "Wind and Wire" KFAI RadioPlease accept my best wishes and congratulations on what sounds like a very promising album.
It's beautiful!
author: Spike O' Dell W.G.N. RadioI was listening to it while preparing for the show this morning. Great job with it...
relaxing
author: ralph napolitanovery original and relaxing. excellent compositions and performance by michelle.