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Michael La Guardia : Swim through the blue sky
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Intimate, enveloping explorations of tone and texture; exotic instruments such as harp, dulcimer, Japanese koto and Irish whistle; driving hand percussion laced rhythms, and well crafted pop tunes - La Guardia's music never fails to please or intrigue.
Genre: World: World Fusion
Release Date: 2002
Swim through the blue sky Record Label: Michael La Guardia
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Indifferent Angel 5:43 $0.99
Invention #3 4:54 $0.99
Invention #1 5:28 $0.99
Adrift 4:02 $0.99
Invention #2 3:33 $0.99
All the Broken Pieces 4:21 $0.99
Lullaby For K 2:05 $0.99
Almost Mine 4:48 $0.99
Star 911 5:18 $0.99
Dulcimer 2:31 $0.99
Adrift (remix) 4:00 $0.99
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Album Notes

I play what I like to hear, and I try to do it with as many instruments as I can get my hands on. I love the textures of sound, and especially the characters of individual instruments. On this album you will hear the results of my explorations and experiments.

The album is split 7 / 4 between instrumentals and songs with lyrics, though on the later, I tend to use voice as just another instrument in the mix. Many of these tunes are of a more contemplative nature, soundscapes that evoke mood without (hopefully) devolving into the trite. Sometimes events call for a harsher view of the world, though....

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REVIEWS

The rare album that combines a world music timbral palette with a songwriter's s
author: Melissa Baldwin
Swim Through... is the rare album that combines a world music timbral palette with a songwriter's sensibility. Michael's music is immediately accessible thanks to catchy melodies and thoughtful lyrics (check out the first track for an example of both) but with a depth that only reveals itself with time (I can't even figure out the time signature of "Angel", but it wasn't until the third listen that I realized something was unusual - kind of like Peter Gabriel's "Solisbury Hill"). By far my favorite track is 911, an incredibly subtle and stirring instrumental minor key transcription of the National Anthem that juxtaposes a heartbreaking sadness with a powerful and unrelenting backbeat- a perfect sonic encapsulation of our country in the wake of last fall's catastrophe.
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