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Posted: Mar. 17 2008, 14:03 |
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I got mine from Play but not signed. Not really bothered.
The music...?
Well, on first listen....Tubular Bells riff again and again and again with some repetetive bits and nothing really standing out except the nice bass riff on Musica Universalis. I like that piece. Sorry but this isn't standing out as anything groundbreaking. There is no way you can compare this to Amarok, Hergest, Tubular or Ommadawn. Its highly polished and a bit John Williams'y (Suggary film composer) in places.
Sorry, it doesn't move me like the wonderful stuff he has produced in the early days but thats just my opinion. I will give it a few more listens and see but having listened to a lot more diverse and minimal composers like Terry Riley, Steve Riech, Phillip Glass, Brian Eno, Stars Of The Lid, Loscil etc etc I find over sweet and quite shallow music like this hard to listen to.
Personaly I don't think Mike has ever eclipsed the supprise and rawness of Amarok.
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