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Atmospheric guitar music for everyone who feels drawn to the coast, to lighthouses and the sea.
Genre:
Rock: Progressive Rock
Release Date:
1998
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The Lighthouse Keeper
© Copyright-Beachcomber Music
(801082019122)
Record Label: Beachcomber Music
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The Lighthouse Keeper is the first of two original albums in tribute to lighthouses and their keepers - if you're interested in discovering inspiring melodic guitar music with an undercurrent of maritime imagery, then these are just the albums for you!
Mat Dickson's music creates a highly atmospheric soundscape, reflecting the ever-changing moods of the sea and the sky around the lighthouse; from storm to calm, cloud to sunshine - stimulating to relaxing, contemplative to uplifting.
However near or far you may find yourself from the coast, the inspiring and relaxing music of The Lighthouse Keeper will take you on a journey where time stands still. Where the everyday world can become just a speck on the horizon in your mind's eye. A musical breath of sea air, guaranteed to help you unwind!
If you're a fan of Mike Oldfield's instrumental music or Breton guitarist Dan Ar Braz you should really check this music out! Mat Dickson's guitar style has also been compared to that of Robert Fripp (King Crimson) and Marillion guitarist Steve Rothery - see the reviews on Mat's website.
Are you a lighthouse enthusiast? Then Mat Dickson's albums are a 'must-have' for your collection! Both The Lighthouse Keeper (inspired by The Needles) and The Keeper's Log (Skerryvore) feature watercolour paintings of the lighthouse, and also include the Admiralty marine chart of the local sea area.
Please visit Mat's website at www.beachcombermusic.com for more information, reviews and sound samples of every track.
Track Listing and Times:
1. The Beachcomber (8:26)
2. City Of Light (5:11)
3. Back Of The Wight (7:34)
4. The Citadel (4:44)
5. From These Shores (5:08)
6. To Distant Shores (3:31)
7. Light Of Hope (3:31)
8. Into The Citadel (7:45)
9. The Way To Your Heart (7:30)
10. Farewell To The Lighthouse Keeper (5:43)
11. Dawn Of Tomorrow (6:55)
Total Time: 65:59
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If you like one track you'll like them all
author: Michael Ezzo
Mat Dickson creates a very poetic and cinematic music
which you'll easily identify as his own the moment you hear it.
On The Lighthouse Keeper, his first effort, he steers rather
well clear of heavy drumming, pop song structures, and vocals.
His music greets the ear as a sort of musical seascape watercolor.
Completely instrumental, the compositional elements comprise
thick layers of keyboard background, layered together with
echoing arpeggios and fluid solo electric guitar melodies,
the combined effect of which truly does conjure imagery of
lone lighthouse keepers and the sweeping waves of the ocean
tides. If you like one or two of these samples then I assure
you, you will love the whole recording.
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Relaxation at its best
author: JaneyZee
Wonderful music, very relaxing to listen to. Put it on in the car and have a peaceful ride home!
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If you love the sea you will adore this CD
author: Hilary Stevenson
When I return home after a stressful working day, this is the CD I like to play. I close my eyes and the sea comes to me in all its nuances through the music. Not all of us are lucky enough to live near the coast and watch the ever-changing colours and moods of the sea, but the Lighthouse Keeper does wonders for your imagination.
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Excellent instrumental concept album - beautifully presented theme.
author: Norman McCourt - AMMA Issue 12
Excellent instrumental concept album dedicated to lighthouses, their keepers and their waters. Beautifully presented theme.
Certainly one of the most original and unique ideas to accompany eleven pieces of music that we have seen or heard in a long while. A larger than life theme.
Mat Dickson’s The Lighthouse Keeper is a deeply thought-through production echoing back to King Crimson days in its stark, lonely intensity.
Mat paints an indelible picture in our minds of the loneliness of the lighthouse keeper and life in this windswept but beautiful coastal region.
Accompanied by his amazing and haunting Fripp-like guitar work, the compositions introduce unforgettable themes, some of them with Celtic origins, that roll and sway on that lonely expanse of English/French water.
Norman McCourt – Director Australian Music Marketing Abroad (AMMA)/ Director Australian Radio Services
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