What a great new age mix -- it's so rare when you ...
351264
What a great new age mix -- it's so rare when you enjoy every moment of a continuous piece like this.
4556159
Uneasy listening? This can only refer to the way some tracks are compiled/mixed together by 45 Dip, which at first is a bit challenging in places. But what do you expect from a double cd that describes itself as being banned in 7 countries, 12 planetary systems and the 9th dimension? This is not your average downtempo compilation.
Soon enough, this weird blend of latin, lounge and other undescribable stuff starts to make a lot of sense, and I am now hooked. Three of 45 Dip's own tracks are included and they stand out within a consistently high quality selection.
254775
From the first few seconds you know this is not like any other music on Earth. It draws from many traditions and seems to find the best in each and then blends them all together in to a delight that should please lovers of world, Arabic and Qawwali. In fact, this may be a gateway album for those not familiar with these rich traditions as the songs have some Western structures as well. Listen and love!
887100
This is a great concept album and deeply spiritual. We all know that Uli can play and he certainly delivers. But what makes this album unique and special is its spiritual inspiration. (Spirituality here has nothing to do with organized religions). Entire album flows like a poem that is, if you can get into the vibration and message this album brings. Inspiration and its interpretation is always a subjective matter so I would not comment on the detail. Give this cd a chance and see what it brings to your mind. This cd is full of great songs but if you want to truly appreciate them, listen from the first track to the last track in one setting. It will create a different synergy and you'll thank me later.
4839867
GU's Nu Breed series is fantastic and this is an amazing example of that.  Papppa keeps the vibe pretty dark on both the disc but the mixing is seamless and he introduces very pretty melodic snippets from time to time teasing the listener.  The first disc is mellower than the second which is more aggressive.  I think this mix is consistently interesting and inventive but it is NOT hands-in-the-air anthemic trance, so if that is what you are looking for, look elsewhere.
1724638
I don't purchase many cds, but when I bought Simply Red's "Home" last weekend I was so tremendously impressed and pleased with my purchase that I felt it crucial to spread the word about this amazing new album.  Yes, it is random, but it flows well and although there is a lot of new work, some techno beats, this cd is wonderfully nostalgic.  I think of Earth, Wind, and Fire, along with Bob Dylan, along with Marvin Gaye, along with Sting.  This is such a great sound and it is so refreshing to hear new music that doesn't sound like new music.  Buy this cd, a bottle of wine, and just chill out on the sofa for the night with someone special, or at least someone who will aprreciate some very special music.
700934
This is an Electronic sound scape of the layered sounds that send the mind into pure spaced out bliss. WOW !
 If you enjoy a multitude of wonderful genres of mixed tunes, put on the head phones, lay back and enjoy. This would definately be the best mixed double CD released in the last few years. The first CD is upbeat, full of tunes to play at a party and set the mood. I don't think this Albums suits all fans of psytrance/progressive/trippy layered beats, but for the connoisser of electronic music this is a must have album. Lots of  really different tracks overlayed seamlessly. The second CD is a more beautiful ambient/chillout mix. A wonderful choice of tunes that soothes the mind and puts Joris Voorn on a path to Stardom. ENJOY !
957627
This is one of my favorite new age CD's..and I have been into new age music since the early 80's starting with Kitaro, then Yanni, Enya and soo many more.

Beautiful eastern sounds and great melodies. The CD is really almost like one long continuous piece. Even though they're broken down into different sections, each one picks up where the previous one left off, but the melody changes enough so that you don't get bored. The volume also changes from louder to softer so there is a constant change. I love the instruments themselves from plucking instruments to nice background percussions instruments of various kinds that help to give the mind and ear something else to focus on even if only for a few seconds.

If you love melody and new age instrumental sounds with an eastern flare that will help take you away and relieve stress at the same time, this would be one album to check out.
256895
I was first exposed to Adiemus by a coworker who brought "Songs of Sanctuary" to work one day.  I subsequently went to buy that disc but discovered this one and bought it instead.  This disc more than twice as long as "Sanctuary" and is supposed to contain their best work, so I figured I would try it out.
I was not disappointed.  I am a new age music fan, and this is a unique new age group.  Using voice as another instrument, the Adiemus singers offer fascinating lyrical and melodic textures to these songs, which are backed by orchestral arrangements and other ethnic sounds.  I have played this disc for friends who usually believe the singers are singing in an African language.
In fact, it seems that Karl Jenkins composed this music in an effort to bring eclectic musical flavors together in a sort of musical fusion.  There are ethnic rhythyms, chants, classical influences, soaring vocal arrangements, a variety of instruments, and light to heavy beats laced throughout this music.
This music is fascinating to hear.  The listener can become mesmerized by the intricate sounds and musical landscapes presented by Karl Jenkins and his performers.  This is the kind of disc you play loud on high-quality speakers so that you don't miss anything.
Or this disc is also an excellent selection to be played softly as background music during a social gathering.  You are guaranteed to receive inquiries from people about the music because of its originality.
2214553
This lovely album is, at least to me, what the new age styling is all about. Enough organic substance to stand on its own, yet transparent enough to be mysterious and magical.

Although I enjoy all of Lucia Hwong's music, this is her debut, and her finest. An innocent moment. The combination of real instruments, blended with the synthetic's available at the time is pure aural bliss. I can tell you from experience, that combination is tough to do, and the way it works is, that it first must be just simply good music; not depending on electronics or special effects on the real instruments. Again, Lucia achieves a beautiful blending of the elements at hand.

Bravo, Bravo, Bravo. Long live these visionaries!
4181227
Sister Bliss is well-known as a major part of Faithless, an electronic act that has experienced remarkable crossover success in recent years.  She also has been a producer/remixer in her own right, and here she shows that she knows how to prepare a first-rate dj mix, as well.  In this remarkably fresh-sounding and energetic brace of mixes, Sister Bliss takes the listener on a veritable all-stops tour of contemporary progressive dance music.
The first mix begins in socko style with "American Dream," an electronic adaptation of the theme from "American Beauty."  This segues into THE progressive anthem of 2001, Pete Heller's "Sputnik," followed by a soulful, uplifting, U.S. garage-style number, Annette Taylor's "Faith."  Track five represents the only real clinker in the mix, a tweaky piece by Synapses called "The Instigator," much of which connotes (to me, anyway) the imagined vocalizations of some wounded alien life-form.  Things get back on track quickly with the next track, however, as the mood shifts toward deep and jazzy house with Heiko Laux's "Moved" before meandering back toward a progressive groove with Harrison Crump's "Racing Rotors" and Saints and Sinners' wonderful "Pacific High," with its breathtaking combination of atmospheric synths and churning bassline and beat.
The Linus remix of Trisco's "Musak" and Medway's "Release" draw the mix into yet deeper territory, and this dark-ish groove continues until Simon's "Free at Last" shifts the mood through presentation of yet another version of the wonderful but now-overexposed samples from Martin Luther King's speech from the August 1963 March on Washington.
Scanty Sandwich's "Las Vegas" features a slightly annoying breathy-female vocal loop (You're something else"), but Swag's "The Soundworks" re-establishes the mix's momentum as it decelerates toward a satisfyingly conclusion with Parks & Wilson's soaring "My Orbit."
The second mix is just as strong as the first, including contributions from from such musical standouts as Trancesetters, Futureshock, Starecase, Sander Kleinenberg Cass, and Timo Maas, and highlighted by a brace of tracks by Sister Bliss herself, "Sister Sister" and "Deliver Me." The pacing and transitions are exemplary throughout.
Overall, the two-cd package delivers a terrific cross-section of progressive yet energetic dance tunes, intelligently programmed and gorgeously mixed.  This definitely is one of the better dj mix releases of 2001, and given the number of fine mixes that have emerged this year this is high praise, indeed.
2441885
Robert Mirabal's solo music tends toward new age, and Bill Miller's toward contemporary folk and rock, but here, both put aside the embellishments to create truly Native American medleys of drums, pow wow chanting, and dark flute duos - with little hint of modern instrumentation.  The first half of "Embrace and Betrayal," which has a wonderful voodoo feel about it, is the highlight for me.  Contemporary Native American music at its best; I have nothing else quite like it in my collection.
3454323
Never had heard of this combination--and liked it very much!
2826148
In the same way that you can't judge every mix CD in the rock or pop genre as being immediately suited to hearing in a venue, you certainly can't pin down mix compilations as only being suitable for hearing in a dance club. Stacey Pullen's DJ Kicks album is full of inventive use of scratching, sampling and mixing that sounds so much better on your home or car system, where you can appreciate the subtle sounds he's working. Comparing this to his live work is quite pointless: I've seen him live too and I listen to this CD as much as I do to his live sets I have on MP3, but with different ears on.
Bladerunner fans are in for a treat, as Stacey (obviously a fan too)works the main theme and dialog throughout the mix, giving the film's pundits a rare opportunity to hear some 80's Vangelis electro get updated into a more modern-day mix.
Overall, a mix that will take you on a journey, but not an epic dancefloor workout that you would expect from him up close and personal. With the right approach, this CD is wholly satisfying and heartily recommended.
1996251
This album is an amazing mix of old world music and new electronic sounds.  It tickles the same part of my brain that loves mashups when stuff that shouldn't go together does... and the combination surpasses either source.

Dubstep, electronica, house, vocal trance mixed with traditional sounds and instruments - it's simply good.  What you hear in the samples is VERY representative of the album as a whole.
263799
I recently discovered this album on Spotify and have been listening to it every day. I'm a long-time fan of acoustic guitar-based New Age and have heard a lot of music through the years of that genre. However,  I don't recall a single album that I've enjoyed as much as this one, being one of those really rare records that sounds good on the first listen and then it only gets better, and the songs get into your head with repeated listenings.  And even though the album can be heard on streaming services, I had to have this one on CD. Unfortunately, the artist passed away several years ago...as good as this music is, I would truly love to have heard more from him.  If you're a fan of various New Age acoustic players (Alex Degrassi, Michael Hedges, etc.), you need to get this CD.
4819885
I'm not really into new age music, but this is an amazing CD if you really love great percussion.  If you like Dead Can Dance or Vas you might want to check out this CD, the drum work and the vocals that go along with them are fantastic.