Lumia Nights

Editorial Reviews
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Synthesist Jonn Serrie has always traversed a spectrum between deep space excursions and sentimental pop melodies. He charts a similar course on Lumia Nights, creating ambient lounge music full of breathy synthesizer pads and cocktail-bar-at-midnight moods. He even covers the jazz standard, "Autumn Leaves" to cloyingly bad effect. Just think Lawrence Welk plugged in. The lounge rhythms are offered up with none of the irony you might find in electronica artists such as Thievery Corporation or Loop Guru, whose grooves call up an iconography that's twisted on its head. It's not until "Deep Mystery" that Serrie floats off into the night sky with shimmering synthesizer textures that recall some of his Planetary Chronicles recordings, but even here, the synthesist goes for melodies that exhibit more saccharine than soul. --John Diliberto

Lumia Nights,Jonn Serrie,Valley,Ambient,New Age,New Age / Meditation,Pop

Lumia Nights

Lumia Nights

Average customer rating:

best of space music!!!

Contemporary, Futuristic, Essential

A Must For Space Fans Everywhere!

Celestial Heaven

Serrie's best since he put out "Spirit Keepers"

Lumia Nights
Jonn Serrie
Manufacturer: Valley
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
General | New Age | Styles | Music
Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00009KTYM
Release Date: 2003-06-10

Tracks:

Lumina Nights
Lovers In Motion
Tidepools
Autumn Leaves
Starshower
Evening Shade
Deep Mystery
Lumahai
From Here To Eternity

Product Description

1. Lumia Nights
2. Lovers In Motion
3. Tidepools
4. Autumn Leaves
5. Starshower
6. Evening Shade
7. Deep Mystery
8. Lumahai
9. From Here To Eternity

Format: CD

Amazon.com

Synthesist Jonn Serrie has always traversed a spectrum between deep space excursions and sentimental pop melodies. He charts a similar course on Lumia Nights, creating ambient lounge music full of breathy synthesizer pads and cocktail-bar-at-midnight moods. He even covers the jazz standard, "Autumn Leaves" to cloyingly bad effect. Just think Lawrence Welk plugged in. The lounge rhythms are offered up with none of the irony you might find in electronica artists such as Thievery Corporation or Loop Guru, whose grooves call up an iconography that's twisted on its head. It's not until "Deep Mystery" that Serrie floats off into the night sky with shimmering synthesizer textures that recall some of his Planetary Chronicles recordings, but even here, the synthesist goes for melodies that exhibit more saccharine than soul. --John Diliberto

Customer Reviews:

best of space music!!!.......2007-05-24

Can't get enough of it. I am planning to listen to it in this summer while gazing stars outside:-)

Contemporary, Futuristic, Essential.......2007-01-20

One of the pleasures of an educated listener is to be able to follow the journey and growing of talented composers like John Serrie. Serrie, whose talents were graciously recognized and utilized by CNN and Steven Spielberg, shows his maturity and sophistication on "Lumia Nights," elegant in both title and melody. Surpassing even "Planetary Chronicles II" and "Ixlandia," Serrie truly takes the listener on a journey far away from the troubles of this world with the full range of his electronic and ambient talent, beginning with the title track that impacts the listener like a ship taking off for a celestial journey. "Lovers in Motion," "Tide Pools" and "Autumn Leaves" continue past earth, making the listener truly feel like he or she is in the 21st century, far from the petty cares of this world.

Serrie has definitely evolved into one of the premier space music artists of our time. Not like the twinkly-winkly 'new age' music of the 1980's that never really got off the ground, "Lumia Nights" is a shining jewel in a music lover's sophisticated collection. Filled with pleasant melodic echoes that instill the vastness of space against a starry backdrop, Serrie shows his qualities without "too many notes" or the lackluster effect of the novice who has no layering to his compositions. On the contrary, Serrie blends beautiful reverbial harmonies with smooth, even flowing tempos, ereatheral pings that almost make you feel you're on 10 Forward admiring the stars, nebulae and other celestial beauties--just a little closer to heaven. There's nothing corny or overrated here. Contemporary, Futuristic and Essential, it is worth repeating a thousand times. Serrie's work is sure never to grow old, ageless and timeless. Perfectly appropriate for listening while reading, relaxing, love making or as a cure for insomnia, "Lumia Nights" is a must have for the intelligent, mature listener.

A Must For Space Fans Everywhere!.......2007-01-10

I very strongly recommend this cd for space music fans everywhere. I use it when I need to relax, for sleep, or meditation. It helps me get in touch with the inner self.

Celestial Heaven.......2007-01-10

I enjoy New Age music that can take my soul for a journey through the stars. This is one of my favorite CDs for relaxing.

Serrie's best since he put out "Spirit Keepers".......2006-07-06

Seldom have I run across a "mood" album which so completely captures the rhythms of the evening. A newcomer to the genre might mark this as typical 'easy listening', but it is not. This is Space Music Serrie at his best, cut loose on a sensual, somewhat titlating journey through the activities of night: rest, relaxation, romance, and sex.

Listening to this album is like going on an aural date with your one and only: a high-dress night on the town, superb dining, slow dancing, the eventual midnight drive home through gentle summer air while the stars illuminate your way, to be capped by scenes of slow, hungry passion in the jacuzzi, shower, or between the sheets.

My wife is not overly fond of space music, but on this album we're agreed, Serrie has truly captured the feeling of the complete couples' evening. Smooth, flowing, with a depth of bass that perfectly underscores the higher melodies. A remarkably undersold gem of an album which I very much recommend, whether you need some background ambience to set the tone, or a bona fide space trip of the mind.

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