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Product Description
Hot 2003 album from German king of 'all things trance' includes the hit single '4 Just 1 Day' (Energy Mix), plus multimedia part.

Contemplate,Kai Tracid,Sony/Epic,Dance

Average customer rating: Now it's possible to get your Partch all in a row

The Harry Partch Collection, Volume 1 Manufacturer: New World Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Harry Partch Collection, Volume 2 The Harry Partch Collection Volume 3 The Harry Partch Collection, Volume 4 Genesis of a Music: An Account of a Creative Work, Its Roots and Its Fulfillments (Da Capo Paperback) Harry Partch: Enclosure 7 ASIN: B0002WZTKC Release Date: 2004-09-28

Tracks:

1. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
2. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
3. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
4. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
5. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
6. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
7. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
8. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
9. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
10. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
11. Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)
12. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Castor & Pollux---A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini
13. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Castor & Pollux---A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini
14. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Ring Around the Moon---A Dance for Here and Now
15. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Ring Around the Moon---A Dance for Here and Now
16. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Ring Around the Moon---A Dance for Here and Now
17. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Ring Around the Moon---A Dance for Here and Now
18. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
19. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
20. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
21. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
22. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
23. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
24. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
25. Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre (1952)- Even Wild Horses---Dance Music for an Absent Drama
26. Ulysses at the Edge (1955)

Album Description

This newly remastered reissue marks a welcome return to the catalog of the first volume of the classic 4-CD collection that was formerly available on the CRI label. The works recorded on this disc span the first six years of what Harry Partch (1901-1974), slightly tongue-in-cheek, called the "third period" of his creative life. They show him moving away from the obsession with "the intrinsic music of spoken words" that had characterized his earlier output (the vocal works of 1930-33 and 1941-45) and towards an instrumental idiom, predominantly percussive in nature. This path was to take him through the "music-dance drama" King Oedipus (1951)—-the culmination of his "spoken word" manner—to the "dance satire" The Bewitched (1954-55), in which his new percussive idiom manifests itself. The three works on this disc show Partch before, during, and after this period of transition. In their quiet, forlorn way, the Eleven Intrusions are among the most compelling and beautiful of Partch's works. The individual pieces were composed at various times between August 1949 and December 1950, and only later gathered together as a cycle. Nonetheless they form a unified whole, with a nucleus of eight songs framed by two instrumental preludes and an essentially instrumental postlude. Although foreshadowed by the dance sequences of King Oedipus, the Plectra and Percussion Dances (1952) are the first of Partch's major works to be wholly instrumental in conception. They stand in relation to Oedipus as a satyr play in relation to a Greek tragedy—hence the work's subtitle, "Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theater." He felt that after the prolonged period of composition and production of Oedipus it was "almost a necessity to give vent to feelings and ideas, whims and caprices, even nonsense, that seem to have no place in tragedy." The final work on this disc is Ulysses at the Edge, written at Partch's studio at Gate 5 in July 1955. Ulysses, which Partch describes as a "minor adventure in rhythm," is unique among his mature compositions in that, in its original form, it did not call for any of his own instruments. The version recorded here, for alto and baritone saxophones, Diamond Marimba, Boo, Cloud-Chamber Bowls, and speaking voice, is considered the third version of the piece.

Customer Reviews:

Now it's possible to get your Partch all in a row.......2006-02-20

Harry Partch is the quintissential mad genius of music--his image of music that was non-Eurocentric led to him devising his own tonal scale based on ancient Greek and Asian methods and then creating his own instruments. This series release of Partch music lets one organize his Partch tastes and get a real sense of his progress through time. This disc is superb for the Intrusions, ghostly little pieces that were my first introduction to this fine composer. I would also highly recommend volume 3, which has Barstow, one of my favorite Partch pieces.

Be prepared. This is classical music you have not been prepared for. If you're already a fan of Partch, aren't you glad SOMEONE is getting all his amazing stuff together in one tightly knit package?

Average customer rating: Not what I was hoping for Great melodic trance album !!

Contemplate Kai Tracid Manufacturer: Sony/Epic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Skywalker EP Trance & Acid ASIN: B00008G9F3 Release Date: 2003-03-03

Tracks:

1. Welcome
2. Express Your Hidden Passion
3. Follow Me Freely
4. 4 Just 1 Day
5. Far Beyond Your Wildest Imagination
6. Drift Deep Into Your Own Thoughts
7. I Don't Want To Live 4 Ever
8. Pure Acid
9. Running Through Your Veins
10. Contemplate The Reason You Exist

Album Description

Hot 2003 album from German king of 'all things trance' includes the hit single '4 Just 1 Day' (Energy Mix), plus multimedia part.

Customer Reviews:

Not what I was hoping for.......2005-09-20

I was mislead by a video of him spinning in a club. I had no idea that he used a lot of vocals in his music. I personally don't like vocals in Trance even if it has Acid mixed in. He also has a message he's trying to get across with his music and it's a message that doesn't appeal to me, so it's a little irritating because it's so strong in his music. I can kind of get into one song on the CD, so it wasn't a total loss.

Great melodic trance album !!.......2003-05-04

The name might still be 'unknown' for most of people out there. But let me tell you, this guy has produced one of the most addictive & melodic trance albums outhere nowadays. Musically, I may compare his music with that of my other favorite artists (BLANK & JONES). So, for those who're questioning about what kind of trance KAI TRACID's producing should probably know now what genre he falls into.

Besides melodic, this album was crafted to content some of the most inspirational reasonings & thoughts in some of his tracks. Therefore, I particularly find the album to not only appealing musically but also spiritually. Plenty of strong tracks here.........there's hardly any filler here. If you think "4 Just 1 Day" was great, wait till' you listen to some other tracks on the album. Give this one a try for sure. Cheers for now.

Average customer rating: cool music Can't get enough of "Fool to love U"

Blues 2 Techno Artist Mermersky Manufacturer: Yonco Christov Mermersky ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0006L89QK Release Date: 2004-11-12

Tracks:

1. Sad Moon
2. Playfull Moon
3. Love Drug
4. Train Journey
5. Young 4 Ever
6. Balkan Rhapsody
7. Unkle Vanko's Extacy
8. Fool 2 Love U
9. Blues 2 Techno
10. Very Sad Moon
11. Love Drug Sonet

Album Description

This is a pleasant cocktail of original music in multiple genres. A few blues/smooth jazz pieces will sooth your soul, make you relax, contemplate and enjoy a refreshment either alone or with a friend. A few of the songs will energize you and make you want to dance to their modern beats, while all of the music on the disk, with its rithm and beautiful melodies will make your travel more pleasant and enajoyable, provided you have the disk with you.

Customer Reviews:

cool music.......2004-11-20

From a sexy to a party mood with just one push of a button, this album of Artist Mermersky is the perfect combination of blues and techno music available on the market.

Can't get enough of "Fool to love U".......2004-11-20

I love the songs, the variety of genres is amazing. I can't stop listening to "Fool to Love U" and "Love Drug".

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Dissonance Manufacturer: Jade Trees Weeping ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAE03G Release Date: 2003-06-03

Average customer rating: Angelic Voice Loved Breeayn's Contemplate CD

Contemplate Breeayn Manufacturer: Funky Chunk Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000075BFV Release Date: 2002-10-12

Tracks:

1. Hard to Try
2. Thankful
3. Contemplate
4. Learn to Say Goodbye
5. Everyday Rain
6. Scar of You
7. Invisible Girl
8. Present Irresolution
9. Unsaid
10. Intertwined
11. Asking
12. How Do I Lose You

Album Description

Breeayn's music is deceptive: the softness of her voice, the sensitivity of her lyrics, the gentle strumming of her guitar, might be (mis)taken for lullaby. But as you listen longer, and with an ear tuned to the complexities of sound, the harmonies of voice and instruments, there is present here in spinning silver the songs of a poet, and philosopher, a woman wondering, a lover questioning. You begin to realize you are in the presence of a mind that moves at the lightning speed of its fingers, of hands that play at the pace of contemplation. And that is what the album invites you to do: come in, be soothed and also shaken--sit back and contemplate.

Customer Reviews:

Angelic Voice.......2002-12-24

I can't stop listening to this cd!!!! I listen to it all day long. I find myself relating to each song on the album. What an amazing and talented young woman.

Loved Breeayn's Contemplate CD.......2002-11-21

I enjoyed the music and loved the lyrics. It haunts me - I keep hearing the words and melody. A great addition to my collection.

Average customer rating: Sunny Australian pop

Sunshower Santhi Manufacturer: Santhi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA9356 Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

1. Sunshower
2. Anymore
3. If Only I Knew
4. Maternal Song
5. Meant
6. Just
7. Less Than Lovers
8. Dear Father
9. Garden of Eden
10. War Song
11. Meant (Acoustic)

Customer Reviews:

Sunny Australian pop.......2007-05-25

Santhi is an Australian lady of Indian descent whose album, Sunflower, is a mostly very gentle journey of pop songs, some uplifting, some plaintive and others - well they just harmless pop songs. At the time it's release this gernered a little attention in Australia due to Santhis' Indian heritage and the fact that she collared some locally well known session musos to play on what is a very indie feeling album and due to her stated intent of putting some meat on the bone of her tunes via guitar.

All up though her Indian heritage makes no impact, except in some of the booklet photos. And as for the musicians, yes it's all nicely played but outside of Sydney, Australia, nobody much will care who the musos are. What is more likely to capture the listener is the excellence of some of the tunes here. The title track Sunshower is wonderful pop, nothing more and nothing less. Track two, Anymore, is also lovely. Both tunes ride a gently brisk tempo to keep the listener engaged in what are deceptively simple melodies. And that's coming from a guy who normally hates this kind of stuff.

As the album scoots along Santhi find it impossible to maintain such high standards but numbers like Meant and Less than Lovers work their gentle charms. The War Song also has an emotive feel to it and sets the listener up for the gentle acoustic reprise of meant to round out the album.

Personally a few more guitars further up in the mix would of been preferred - but that probably has more to do with the limitations of my personal musical tastes (I'm a headbanger) as opposed to any real flaws in the albums music. As for things to compare this to I'm at a loss. It's not power pop like Avril Lavigne or the excellent Damone. What it is however is independant flavoured singer-songwriter stuff that should be encouraged as unlike most young women her age, Santhi doesn't endlessly sing about sex or shove silicone enhanced features at her audience. Instead her palette is far more mature and encompassing than that.

Not revolution inducing, but darn glad I picked this up on a whim.

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Returning Home Manufacturer: Gary Jess ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAJZ8Q Release Date: 2004-09-07

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Contemplate ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0001MBJF2 Release Date: 2005-12-20

Average customer rating: There is Something to Be Said Has not left the CD player since I got it! One of the best albums I have heard in a while

Viewfinder Ben Jones Manufacturer: Big P Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000AAL324 Release Date: 2005-06-30

Tracks:

1. Here in Thirty Years
2. The Road Ahead
3. Daytime Dwelling
4. Oregon Trail
5. Hands
6. Oregon
7. After All This Time
8. Cathedral
9. Touch, Feel, Stumble
10. Graveldust
11. Uncertainty

Customer Reviews:

There is Something to Be Said.......2007-06-02

Every now and then someone needs to say something musically but can't find the words to say them. It could be lack of intelligence or possibly that there is no flow of musicality with the lyrics. Ben Jones fills both departments. With a constant barrage of slant rhymes and poignant metaphors the Viewfinder LP creates a cinch in the loophole of creativity in modern folk music (by it's actual definition.)

Has not left the CD player since I got it!.......2005-09-18

This is the bestest CD I have bought in a long time. The whole CD is great! I just can't wait til he comes out with a new one!

One of the best albums I have heard in a while.......2005-09-17

Viewfinder, by Ben Jones, is one of the best albums I have heard in a while. I would recommend it to anyone.

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Easy Guitar Manufacturer: Beniafé ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA9UFY Release Date: 2002-05-14

Tracks:

1. Greensleeves - traditional
2. Dove che fierri occhi? - anon.
3. Galliard - Anthony Holborne
4. Veghe belleze - anon.
5. Bianco fiore - Cesare Negri
6. Danza - anon.
7. Gagliarda - anon.
8. Se io m'accorgo - anon.
9. Saltarello - anon
10. Vals - Argentine melody
11. Trimazo - French
12. Romance - Spanish
13. Danza - Argentine
14. Canci Bolivian
15. Guardame las vacas - L. Narv
16. Italian Dance - Hans Neusiedler
17. Kemp's Jig - anon.
18. Simple Gifts - traditional
19. Minuet in D - Robert DeVis
20. Waltz in E minor - Carulli
21. Fse - Beethoven
22. Scottish Folksong - traditional
23. Packinton's Pound - anon.
24. Rondo - Jean Philippe Rameau
25. Alman - Robert Johnson
26. Minuet in C - Fernando Sor
27. Waltz in E - Fernando Sor
28. Gavotte - Manuel Ponce
29. Prelude & Bourr- Robert DeVis
30. Variations on a Theme by Handel - Mauro Giulliani

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