THE WIMSHURST'S MACHINE: Time Traveller

The Wimshurst's Machine

Time Traveller

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Warm, environmental music, crossing from chillout to rock, from world fusion to progressive electronica. 37 tracks for a total of more than 2 hours of music, for an award-winning concept disc. An ideal soundtrack.

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ENGLISH:
NOTE: This album is a special double CD edition, made of 2 CDs, 37 tracks, more than 2 hours of music and with an 18 pages booklet, also including the arts of Daniele Scerra and a short novel of Duilio Chiarle! Since is a particular case, we recommend you to buy it WITH the case!

50% of the money raised (out of expenses) from the CD sales will be donated to "Partners in Health". The PIH Vision: At its root, their mission is both medical and moral. It is based on solidarity, rather than charity alone. When a person in Peru, or Siberia, or rural Haiti falls ill, PIH uses all of the means at their disposal to make them well—from pressuring drug manufacturers, to lobbying policy makers, to providing medical care and social services. Whatever it takes. On internet: http://www.pih.org

A review said:
"Listening to the TWM you'd travel into a relaxing world of good music. TWM plays a mix of acoustic and electronic music, sometimes inspired by ancient or traditional tunes (Irish, indian or spanish), mixed with modern sounds, from chill-out to jazz, with a mix of acoustic and electronic instruments. The music of TWM is something that will make you dream. A dream you won't forget."
(published TWM review)

The Wimshurst's Machine is a project born by the music passion of each component and a mad idea, developed between friends and colleagues with little time to play together "in person". Thanks to modern softwares and computers (as Propellerhead Reason, Apple Garage Band, Sound Studio Pro and Apple Soundtrack), it has become possible to play together even when living apart, recording each track separated from the others with modern "home made studios".

This Wimshurst's Machine's first album ("A traveller who didn't ask for glory", 2004) is based on the notion that ancient explorers lived most of their lives through violent but incredible adventures. In this album you may read (and listen to) a story that tells about an ancient traveler that obtained glory while he was searching for himself across the world.

In "The Alchemist" (TWM's second album, 2005) the storytelling is about an Alchemist, during the spanish late middle age. Also in this other album you may listen to more than 1 hour of music, ideally the soundtrack of the story the CD itself is telling (that you may also read from the inlay card), flowing as in a movie.

Now available also "Time Traveller", a new studio album made of 37 tracks for a double CD edition with more than 2 hours of new music, lots of important collab tracks with artists such as Corrado Rossi, Queenie, Lisa & KMP, Andrea Ferroni, DCallen, Gamma Leonis, Trulala and Scott Hill and a short novel written by Duilio Chiarle (based on the CD concept, in italian) and illustrated by the great Spectrum Artist 2006 Daniele Scerra.

Why this name?
There is nothing as fascinating as an old technology, so we chose this old precursor that made possible even the use of electricity in modern times. The choice happened by chance, talking in a brewery, while looking for an original band name that would show the world how complicated but fascinating our project is.

Influences:
That's very difficult to say. We just play what's going on in our heads and hearts, so I must say each one of us likes different kinds of music, but the union of the 8 of us created something that looks like "Café Del Mar" or "Buddha Bar" as a 1st impression. We like the idea to set a mood for the complete album, that has to be an experience in itself and not "just" a collection of songs.

Equipment used:
We do have plenty of acoustic instruments, from Saxophones (soprano, alto, tenor and bari), clarinet, flutes, guitars (classic and spanish), trumpets, dulcimer, bagpipes, mandolin, drums and lots of others... but we have also plenty of electric guitars, many different MIDI keyboards/controllers and so on. At the same time we also use powerful softwares, to record our music professionally but at low cost.

Before let you go...
While several bandmembers do support a non-profit organization for distance adoption of Madacascar's children (with personal donations), the band (as band) also decided to give the money raised with the CD sales for Charity (50% of the money raised out of expenses), precisely, and support the Partners in Health project.
We hope you'd enjoy TWM music, and if you'd like to use our music as a soundtrack, you have just to ask us with an email: we are inexpensive, since we have other jobs and play music just for the pleasure of it.

*****

ITALIANO:
NOTA: Questo album è in edizione speciale: 2 CD, più di due ore di musica in 37 brani, e include anche un libretto di 18 pagine a colori contenente testi, le magnifiche illustrazioni originali di Daniele Scerra ed il racconto di Duilio Chiarle che ci ha suggerito quest'opera. Vi raccomandiamo pertanto, se lo acuistate, di acquistarlo CON la confezione.

The Wimshurst's Machine (o più semplicemente TWM) è un gruppo che nasce nel 2003 dall'unione di due appassionati di Computer music, Augusto Chiarle e Fabio Rodi, producendo musica elettronica a cui vengono aggiunte sonorita' acustiche, etniche e d'ambiente. Al nucleo primordiale cominciano quindi a collaborare alcuni altri musicisti (Roberto Canone, Massimiliano Baudissard, Antonio Rapacciuolo, Daniele Scerra, Duilio Chiarle ed Elvis Bergero, al momento), alternandosi nei vari brani senza prevaricazioni a seconda delle necessità.
Le musiche sono di volta in volta elettroniche, re-interpretazioni di brani tradizionali irlandesi o antichi, influenzate dalla passione e dal gusto dei singoli componenti.

Una recensione ha scritto:
"Ascoltando i TWM farete un viaggio in un mondo rilassante fatto di buona musica. La musica dei TWM è fatta di suoni elettronici ed acustici, a volte ispirato da brani tradizionali (indiani, irlandesi o spagnoli), misti a sonorità moderne dal chillout al jazz, dal new age all'ambient, il tutto suonato con un misto di strumenti acustici ed elettronici. La musica dei TWM vi farà sognare. Sogni che non vorrete dimenticare."
(recensione pubblicata)

Influenze:
Sono tante, quindi è difficile da definire una fonte d'ispirazione vera e propria: gli 8 membri della band arrivano da esperienze molto diversificate (Jazz, funky, elettronica, leggera, classica). Sicuramente l'effetto complessivo è simile a quanto potete trovare in compilation del tipo di "Buddha Bar" o "Cafè del Mar".

Perché questo nome?
Non c'è nulla di così strano e affascinante come un'antica tecnologia, così abbiamo scelto il nome del primo generatore elettrico dell'umanità per rappresentare il nostro complesso ma (speriamo) affascinante progetto musicale. La scelta è stata casuale, avvenuta parlando tra amici in birreria, ma il nome è rimasto.

CD pubblicati:
Il primo CD pubblicato ("A traveller who didn't ask for glory", 2004) è basato sul concetto che la vita degli antichi esploratori (vedi ad esempio Marco Polo) era pervasa di avventure incredibili, purtroppo quasi sempre violente ma comunque meravigliose. Nel CD si racconta la storia di un viaggiatore che trovò la gloria mentre cercava se stesso esplorando il mondo, le cui avventure potrete leggere nella inlay card.

Il Secondo CD pubblicato ("The Alchemist", 2005) racconta invece la storia di un alchimista vissuto nel tardo medioevo spagnolo e delle sue disavventure. Idealmente la colonna sonora di una storia, lunga più di un'ora, che vi farà vivere le sue stesse esperienze, che potrete seguire leggendole nel libretto del CD.

Il terzo CD pubblicato ("Time Traveller", 2007, letteralmente "Il Viaggiatore del Tempo") è quello che state osservando: un doppio album, più di due ore di musica per 37 brani. Una vera e propria storia raccontata in musica.

Mentre diversi membri della band supportano con le loro donazioni un'organizzazione no-profit che si occupa di adozione a distanza di bambini del Madagascar, la band in quanto tale ha deciso di aumentare gli sforzi e di destinare una buona parte dei proventi dei CD pubblicati (per la precissione il 50% degli incassi, salvo le spese) ad un'organizzazione no-profit che si occupa di curare le malattie infettive nel Terzo Mondo: Partners in Health. La loro missione è sia medica che morale. E' basata sulla solidarietà oltre che ssolo sulla carità. Quando una persona in Perù, o in Siberia, o nelle zone rurali di Haiti si ammala, P.I.H. usa tutto ciò che ha a disposizione per farli stare bene (incluse pressioni sulle case farmaceutiche e quelle sulla politica), per provvedere alle cure mediche ed ai servizi sociali. Qualunque cosa richieda. Su internet: http://www.pih.org

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  • In viaggio con i WImshurst Machine
    author: Ale

    In viaggio con i Wimshurst’s Machine Veri e propri viaggiatori del tempo, saltano da un’atmosfera all’altra in modo naturale, come se nulla fosse accaduto. Un progetto completo e ammirevole quasi tutti strumentale che si articola in un doppio cd per un totale di 37 brani che include anche un libretto a colori sul quale troviamo i testi, le illustrazioni originali di Daniele Scerra ed il racconto di Duilio Chiarle (ispirazione per la band per questo terzo lavoro). Partiamo dal passato (past è infatti il nome del primo cd) muovendoci tra sound celtico e jazz con gocce di elettronica e suoni naturali (come lo scorrere dell’acqua e il rumore di cicale in sottofondo che fa da ponte tra il brano “Seven lost cities” e “Bayside waltz “ . Pezzi che ci trasportano facendoci viaggiare con l’immaginazione tra le capanne degli indiani d’america fino alla corte del Re Artù fino a rompere il silenzio dello strumentale con “Broken silente” dobe all’hambient soft è unita la dolcezza sinuosa della voce femminile . Pezzi che sembrano nati per accompagnare le immagini di qualche colossal di qualsiasi ambientazione temporale si tratti. Rimango sbalordita ascoltando “Rise and fall of the anasazi”: incredibile come riescano ci si rilassi al suono celtico per poi cadere nel rock con tanto di batteria e chitarra elettrica, tornando alla pace con il brano successivo fino ad aprire l’ultima porta che ci conduce alla seconda parte del viaggio. Un racconto accompagnato dalla musica o la musica accompagnato dal racconto a voi la scelta su come vivere un cd particolare lontano dai canoni del commercio ma assolutamente maturo e con un chiaro marchio di fabbrica. I The Wimshurst’s Machine nascono appena nel 2003 da due appassionati di computer che danno il via ad un progetto a metà tra l’elettronica e l’acustica, dando vita ad un’unione impossibile tra atmosfere etniche, d’ambiente, rock ed elettroniche.

  • Time Traveller : Wonderful ambient music !
    author: Bruno Misonne

    "Time Traveller" is a double CD album which holds 37 different tracks and the music is very appropriate if you want to listen to an interesting range of music genres. The instruments and percussions are very well mastered, all the transitions are extremely smooth ; There are also some delightful orchestration arrangements reminding of great contemporary film music. Both CDs are also very convenient for background music. I give 5 stars to this amazing achievement from "The Wimshurst's Machine" !

  • PACKAGING - ARTWORK - BOOKLET - CD LABEL - MUSIC = AWESOME !!!
    author: Jim Mattson aka eX1

    TIME TRAVELLER is the Most Incredible CD I have seen in a very long time. The Packaging - Artwork - Booklet and CD Labels are Extremely Professional and then it Gave me the Chills when I heard the very first Notes to start off Disk ONE - THE PAST! Wooooo Hooooooo Wow!! Then Disk TWO - The FUTURE oh My !!!! The Music and Production is Incredible. I am so Impressed and cannot say enough Awesome things about this CD. I know I have said this before but You and Your Band are Definately on The Top of My List of Favorite Groups and I sincerely hope you guys hit the Big Time. You certainly Deserve it. Thank You for Making My Day.... with Your Music !!!

  • author: Vittorio Besio

    Lascio l'analisi suono/tendenza ai conoscitori d'oltre oceano più quotati.Personalmente,trovo questo doppio cd dei TWM,unico et innovativo.Un genere di musica che ad ogni ascolto,come il dipinto di un grande maestro,ti da sempre un'emozione nuova.Un gruppo di altissima sensibilità,in crescente evoluzione,dalle magiche e introspettive sonorità.Grazie per l'ottima musica e buon lavoro.

  • Best described with just one word: Quality.
    author: Lonesome Dave

    Eclectic, warm, REAL music of and for the world is what first comes to mind listening to this double CD. Not only is this ambitious, well-thought-out and tightly organized collection of songs put together by eight very talented minds, but they bring quite a few of their friends into the mix, which adds color, dimension and diverse cultural influences to the sound. The sound quality and production are first-rate, very ear-pleasing and natural. The jewel case and booklet art are very eye-catching and interesting, combining a sense of mystery, history and mythology that expresses well what the music itself conveys. Smooth jazz is what this music loosely could be considered, but it is so much more than that. It has much more spice, more dimension, more power than that label would suggest. All in all, a wonderful offering from The Wimshurst's Machine, and very highly recommended.

  • This CD is filled with many beautiful and creative sounds and rhythms. Pick up a
    author: RadioIndy.com staff

    “Time Traveller” is a large and eclectic collection of creative tracks. The CD speaks to you with a passion for life. An expansive set of musical wisdoms come together as one, each harmoniously telling its part of the legend. The blending of abilities like electronic mastery, vocals, instrumentation and percussion is well balanced. The Wimshurst's Machine does some exciting things in bringing many skills together. Some tracks are meditative and mystical like chants, while others deliver spirited down-tempo grooves. Each song is a new phase of a journey; a gift of true artistry and raw creativity. Songs such as "Romanza" and its beautiful acoustic guitar work illustrative the many talents of The Wimshurst's Machine. There are many very interesting and creative sounds and rhythms included throughout the tracks. When you grab a copy of this musical journey, keep an ear out for "The Moon.” This song shines with beautiful female vocals!

  • A truly masterpiece
    author: Corrado Rossi

    An incredible, amazing double Album that I really reccomend to everyone who likes good music!! Two hours full of awesome musical images and different styles perfectly blended: a beautiful voyage. Lots of other musicians are involved in this project and this makes the TWM's album even more interesting and captivating. TWM made a great conceptual, creative, musical work here and every song gave me special, different emotions: my personal congrats to the band! I expecially loved the arrangements and the pure sound quality: the global production is absolutely top-notch. Take your time and have a listen to this outstanding double Album: you'll never forget it. In a simple word: a masterpiece!

  • Magic Lights: a very good piece
    author: djsiren from Soton, Hants, United Kingdom

    This track has a funky, jazzy elements in the piano melody and the bass line. However it is still a fairly moody, electronic piece which manages to keep an ever changing dynamic. This means the listener stays engaged, and by keeping on returning to the main melody after the use of bridges, ensures the feeling of a build up. Certainly a very good piece with a rhythm that makes you want to move around. The mood is urban and night time. I'd love to drive around to this song and just think. Good work. Production is good too and it is just about the right length.

  • Dream Processor: Groovy baby, Yeah!!
    author: vox_eviscerated from Piney Flats, Tennessee

    This one has a nice groove to it. The melody kinda makes you want to bob your head and sway. Nice synth in there also like in 1:05-1:25. It adds alot to the track. The chord structure and progression are very good. They seems to know when to come in with the different chord, f/x, and sounds to make the song fit together. This song proves that you don't have to have a kagillion sounds and f/x to make a good song. Overall very good melody, supurb chord structure, and the production is top-notch. very nice!

  • Coming Home: 5 stars old school man!!! ;)
    author: Arion from Pirot, Serbia, Yugoslavi

    Old School's back! Ah the warm sounds of the early 70's when everything was so analog and natural. This piece is sure to put the listener in some far distant land where people smile and music is appreciated. The specifics: 1. Keyboards start with a soft and sweetly reverbed sound making a great intro and backgroung for what's to come. The lead keyboard is as atmospheric as ever, leaving a big personal seal of the player and giving a great deal of room for the listener to be able to imagine! 2. The phased guitar slides into the song like a water drop merging with a flowing river. Nice performance by the player, just enough to melt with the rest of the instruments. 3. The song's ending is almost identical as the begining, it lets you go right at the place where it begun making the listener press the repeat button immediately! In all a great chill-out song with a lot of sentiment built into it. This one gets 5 big stars from me! Thank you for the music, and best wishes!

  • Rise from the ashes: makes me cry...
    author: Now from Everywhere, Accross The Universe

    Makes Me Cry... And the night was beautiful and mellow and the light of the night shines on this track great vocals soothing to the listeners ear...

  • Funky Cairo: Sensual.
    author: heathergrooves from Fort Myers, Florida

    Oh boy, what have we got here. Some sneaky jivin ninja funk. The pan flute at the top was pretty happenin! Diggin on the groove here, got a real tastey little vibe settin the tone for what's to come. Little horn stabs in and fills the air with electricity. The bass part here is very subtle yet so effective. Arrangement wise this one is stellar, all the instruments coming in and on going here and there, poppin in and out of existence for a while then dropping away to reveal the groove as the master of ceremonies. Gettin in to the sensuous middle eastern tabla percussion that drifts in and out of the mix and sparks the imagination. Trumpet solo is quite fitting and perfectly executed. This is a very nice chill out song and you wil do very well with this piece in that market. Great job all around. Thank you for your excellent music and marvelous creativity! Good luck with everything!

  • Iron Forge: smooth.
    author: ssannelli from Sweden

    Vey harmonic music, meditation music or just cruising in your car late at night. Or making love to a beautiful woman.. :) Keep it up, why not try making soundtrack songs? Keep it up - this one goes to my play list.

  • Le Voyage Dans Le Temps: George Harrison might have liked this... trip
    author: significanteffects from Costa Mesa, California

    The mood set, a Middle Eastern bazaar, is effective. Bring on the sitar and incense, mate! The guitars, or whatever string instruments your using, are repetitive but appropriate for this song. As the song progresses, the listener's mind is forced to evoke sandy, sun-filled images of the past. The crazy spoken words around 2:15 only confirm the astral nature of the arrangement. With an epic song like this, there is no "peak" necessary, the listener is already with you. Great job.

  • Mystic Science: Good Music
    author: VI_Renegade from Trinidad / Virgin Islands / Fl, Florida

    The music began, creating an invocative mood as the congas surfaced from the background. While the drummer held a steady beat. Hence forth, the keyboards dictated the pace until the moment arises for the guitar to shine. He did not disappoint anyone; In fact he displayed raw talent as he took the music to higher heights, while the keyboards created a splendid complimentary groove. The conga drums which were not to be out done, left an indelible mark balancing the music. The guitarist I must re-emphasize was just phenomenal. As a team of great musicians you have created good music.

  • Porsenna: Great Song!
    author: ZemZada from Seattle, Washington

    I love it from the very beginning. The bells and the spanish sounding guitar along with the flute set a peaceful and reflective mood. Congas are a nice touch. Production is clear and well balanced. The vocals in the background are subtle and add fullness. Musicianship on the flute and the guitars is excellent. When it got to the end I wanted to hear more. Especially with the sounds you used on the last notes. I think it would make a great segway into a longer version for you. For ambient it would be nice to hear at least five minutes to keep the mood flowing but all in all no complaints just compliments:-) Great music!

  • Ouverture: we all should live in peace
    author: sagittaris from Oslo, Norway

    This song is not a song. It is a statement. The statement is that "we all shuold live in peace". Why? The song builds from the enchanting beginning and really gives you the feeling of peace. The music is so soothing and when the saxophone enters you can feel happines. It is nicely played that one is to wonder if we really live in a world where there is no war anymore. The only negative about this song is that it is too short and ends a little boring. Other than that this is a great band with lots of potencial. I will buy this when it is finished.

  • Broken Silence: Masterpiece!
    author: magnu from Moscow, Russian Federation

    This one remind me of Enigma but with more pop influences. Saxophone in the background is cool idea and it works. Female vocals are sexy and pleasant. Soft beat. All these arrangements made catchy mood. This song could be on any enigmatic collection CD.

  • S.E.T.I.: Zoned
    author: christofferpk from Vojens, Denmark

    A short dishamonic mistery build up introduces a sax, played with no flaws. Melody is simple, easy to catch up on, basically feel good mood. Sax is dooing a melodic mix of improv and tune, sometimes dissapearing keeping the listener waiting for the next 'entry'. This is quite intelligent done: a listener 'waits' maby even fills in the waiting with a 'mind sax'. Somebody once told me that great music or melody, is something missing. maby a note or two, abcense of a instrument. It works realy well in this composition. Synth, mallets lays a nice sound foundation, mallets also are the dominent instrument that fills in the missing sax. Drums are clear, on the beat, and not in the way. The production is top notch, every instrument is clear and easy to place in the 'stero'. I liked this compsition. Looking out the window to my trees in the garden, this composition wery fast send me in to the 'zone', (visual dreaming mood).

  • Timeless: Prog-ambient?
    author: tjeales from Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

    Those almost mitilarist snare rolls seem to be a thing these days and I'm not so sure about it, however in this track it's only the begining of what becomes a 5 minute long prog-rock like drum solo. At first I thought it was intro-ing the piece however I soon realisted that this was the focus of the piece. Once I'd settled in for a few listens the whole thing grew on me and I find the concept quite charming and experimental. The droning synth pads give expression and added meaning to what may have otherwise seemed like a bit of a pretentious show-off. In many ways this is very minimalist featuring, as it does, only two instruments however the complexity of the drumming belies the minimalist tag and gives the track an energy beyond the usual ambient quality one might expect with long synth chords and drumming. In all it was a fine experiment which I felt worked in this case, mostly through sheer talent and ability but also largely through novelty. I could never imagine wishing to listen to an entire album of this kind of thing but it's creative/original and well executed.

  • The Moon: Engaging!
    author: Tragictrain from Portland, Orego

    How very engaging! The vocalist is very gifted and talented! That is a VERY angelic voice! The back beat is very entrancing. I found myself staring out into nothing and contemplating what this song was saying to me. The soft mellow beat is capturing from the very beginning. This is a very well written piece. I was taken with every aspect of it.

  • Elven Dolls: Mr. Roboto Makes A Comeback!!
    author: sirgiant from Ocala, Florida

    I like the industrial feel to this piece. Very effective marriage of percussion with a string/synth backdrop. This could easily be the soundtrack for a sci-fi film featuring high tech suspense. Definitely some nicely placed elements in here. The piano at the 3:15 mark almost feels like a reminder that there still is a real world out there even if we can't see it through the blinding technology. Definitely a skilled producer and probably a genius composer behind this piece. Great job!

  • Rise and Fall of the Anasazi: So beautiful!
    author: Musician3 from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    What a gorgeous composition. An interesting and unexpected bit of history accompanies a traditional but beautiful sounding (wood flute of some kind?)at the start; soon piano enters and the piece holds you tightly. The structure, progression and pure emotion of this song is so engaging; and just when I think it couldn't progress any further, I remember the "Progressive Rock category"... A quarter-note pulse bass and symphonic swelling soon radiates; and then the song takes off, interesting rhythm and synth (trickle-lines and dark waves) take over. When the guitar comes in to guide the listener, it is the human presense that adds extra life here... I like the way everything comes crashing down... And then the listener is drawn, slowly, back into the first main segment of the song. The piano is sad and beautiful; the flute like some kind of tale-telling ghost. And then it is all washed away by the sound of the waterfall. I don't listen to this brand of music typically, but I am in love, impressed, moved. Keep showing your spirit.

  • Afterlife: Haunting vocals carry the day.
    author: tempodeluxe from Indianapolis, Indiana

    This is a great song. Perfectly chilled, supremely ambient. The vocals are outstanding; I especially like the harmonies. The piano is sweet. I've reviewed a lot of songs where the piano was either tired or new agey (or even both). This is a nice use of the piano. The melodies are simple, but the reverb and the sonic quality of the piano give it a soundtrack feel that makes the simplicity very enjoyable. This is just a great song. The outro is like an electronica madrigal group. Very cool.

  • Mountains of mourn: exotic
    author: spadanny from Fayetteville, Arkansa

    This is very good. The whole peice has a dark, sexy mood. The mix of acoustic instruments with electronic instruments is pulled off gracefully. I could see this being used well for a sound track for an epic period peice.

  • Freefall: Absolutely amaizing
    author: Klavar from Portsmouth, Hants, United Kingdom

    This track is just fantastic, the mood is realy good it make me thing of films were sombody is sat looking at photos of the past in a moonlit room. the beat and the bas work realy well together and dont fight for space that is very hard to achive ina track and this has been pulled off to a tee. If that wasnt enough the piano and sax just make you feel week at the knees this track is amaizing and deserves alot of credit. the whole production was just perfect for me.

  • Water Drops: Perfect chillout music
    author: silverline from Liverpool, United Kingdom

    This is so cool, the way you build up from the atmospheric opening into the groove, keeping it light, but still engaging. Some great jazz flute playing over this groove, the keys have to be commended too. Really professional recording, crisp and sparkling, great production. This is my perfect idea of chillout music-slightly ethnic feel, bit of jazz, a cool beat, engaging, but not intrusive. Finishes where it started...smooth, soothing, atmospheric... Aaaaaahhhh.......

  • Return to Freedom: Class all the way
    author: SOULARFLAIR from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    There's a comforting familiarity about this song :) Hard to put my finger on... Reminds me a little of "Endorphin", an Aussie artist. He uses piano, and it blends well with electronica, like this does. I like the use of the brass (is that a trumpet or cornet?) This a well conceived song. Classy and engaging. Probably the best thing I've herad out of 20 songs today. I'm impressed. Very well mixed. This sounds really professional. Either it's money well spent on mastering, or if done themselves, stellar job guys :) I found myself really enjoying the journey this took me on. Lovely choice of instrumentation throughout. Great bassline! Very impressive. Check this out if you dig classy music.

  • Bayside Waltz: Outstanding in every way...
    author: Captain_O from Oregon

    Outstanding in every way... What a lush & serene production with a european flavor. One of the best arranged & executed productions here. You'll hear a variety of instruments on this folk tune. Flutes, accordian, violin, guitar & exotic percussion (I'm sure I missed some). All of the instruments play the melancholy theme or variations of it at one time or another with great expression. This is truly a beautiful & peaceful composition that's worthy of being listened to again & again!

  • Hudred Years' War: Drama!
    author: thegroovemine from Frederick, Maryland

    I like the dramatic intro, almost "Star Wars" like. Nice segway into a spacey groove with beautiful sound production value. I could feel the bass penetrating my soul as the guitar crunched in unison, meanwhile the orchestra played in epic fashion, enveloping me into the battle of deep space. Excellent job, I loved this track!!!

  • The Battle of Kadesh: Superbly Haunting Melody
    author: DarksomeKnight from Charlotte, North Carolina

    Wonderful use of the musicbox in the intro. Talk about creepy, I loved it!! The piano in this tune is melodiously played and the string section is simply beyone compared. Oh, to hear a Cello in music again! The horns kick in at exactly the right time and the percussion is ever dilligent like a sentinel guarding the sacred beat. Just the right amount added and not too much is used. The production is simply timeless for the entirely too short a span of time the music plays for. The ending is almost abrupt and comes close to sounding unfinished and that is almost a tease! I was really digging this piece and this is another one I think will work well for a movie soundtrack. This piece will also work well for a soundtrack to a video game as well, I could hear it in a Resident Evil or F.E.A.R. type of horror game genre. This is a brilliant composition and captures a dark mood in a fabulous and artisitc way without loosing its momentum. BRAVO!!!

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