This CD is a must have...it is beautiful..honest...and absolutely ...AWESOME!!!!!!!!
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Sayjing Rand has successfully blended musical skill with an emotional honesty that could soften even the hardest hearts. The seductive introspection in the melodies,combined with the pulsating, hypnotic rhythms create a whirlwind of romance and nostalgia; one that speaks to you personally without ever tresspassing or invading your space. The awareness of texture is the real catch throughout the album; harmonious layers of exotic sounds consciously flow, swell and recede to accentuate the touching lyrics. This album lends itself to those quiet,romantic nights as well as more social atmospheres. Brilliant!
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There's something about the dreamy background and the super-earthy backbeat that suddenly knocks on the door: Confess, Confess -- and it suddenly *really does* make me want to confess. Just do it.

Sayjing does really unusual combinations of instruments well: flutes [of Pan?] draw you in, quickly progressing to an electric-guitar-romp-of-freedom hook - really making you feel the vibrant, very alive landscape of Confession - this cool instrument combination. He layers in an almost rap-like mantra about the ease of being human. I feel like this artist really experientially feels out his music and sincerely fuses it with his lyrics.

In case you think his vision only encompasses how to feel the best out of life, "Fake" has rock-group vocals and a killer beat to edge you out. Ever feel like someone wishes you were...something else? Ever play that for a while?

What really strikes me that's so unusual and fresh about this artist is how good he is at genres of music. If I never read his lyrics or really "heard" the words, I'd simply groove with his beats. "Summer is Here" has got a great bass. "I believe" transports you to a cocktail lounge with streams of electronica to percolate it up a level. "Love is Right Now (Evolution)" has a contemporary world-band beat. The fact that all of these songs have contemplative lyrics about being real and valuable in life is, well, icing on the cake.

gallantpresent / New York, NY / July 2004
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In Dallas here
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