Sir Mustapha
Group: Musicians
Posts: 2802
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Posted: Mar. 26 2006, 16:43 |
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I'll try to give a full picture here. If you decide to buy it, be aware that until Light + Shade came, Incantations was the longest of his albums. I recommend it to any potential Mike Oldfield fan, but it's important to keep in mind that, along with Tubular Bells, it's one of his most unique albums. You have to be able to enjoy one single bit of music being played many times, over and over. If you can do that, you'll probably stick around with Incantations for a long time.
For one, it combines an orchestra with aboryginal music, synthesized and tuned percussion, rock 'n' roll with quasi-new-age. One of the best aspects of it, though, is the unique, fluttery kind of sound. It sounds like candy. Listening to it, you'll do like the Backyardigans when they found the Flying Rock atop the Stone Step Hill: "Float, Flutter, Fly". It soars. At times, it's like a jet plane. At others, it's like sleeping inside a cloud. It's even a bit sad, at times, but it's not Robert Smith.
If you can't stand repetitive music, you'll need some kind of strategy. Either learn to like it, or just do like George Starostin once brilliantly put it: enjoying it like good red wine, taking a sip now and then and just enjoying the taste in your mouth. Or just stick around with Tubular Bells III instead. If you can stand repetitive music, though, go for it, go for it again, and go for it some more.
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