One Thousand Years

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com's Best of 2001
An excellent companion to Uakti and Philip Glass's wonderful Aguas de Amazonia, U.K. trio Tuu's One Thousand Years is a densely textured ambient homage to primitive magical woodlands, tribal peoples, and sacred waters. The group features not just the expected synthesizer and samples but flutes, panpipes, clay-pot drums, bowl gongs, and a chiming array of percussion. Creating nearly an hour of luscious soundscape at once both ancient and modern, Tuu seem to find influences ranging from Ravi Shankar to Tuvan throat singing and pygmy song; taking cues too, from Tibetan chant and ceremony and the inherent music of old-growth forests visited by wind and rain. Beginning with the haunting dissonance of "Exile," an interplay of sound and silence, drone and tinkling bell, One Thousand Years plays as a mystic song cycle, quite likely to find an audience beyond listeners already won over to music classified as New Age. --Paige La Grone

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One Thousand Years

Tracks:

The Night Air
The Screen Door And The Flower Girl
Killing For London
Real Life
Into The Wood
The Gift
Take This Wish
1000 Years

Customer Reviews:

Interesting..........2006-06-25

I like 'Joy of Moly' better, probably because I find the lyrics on this album weak and distracting. But the guitar work, synthetic sounds and biting bass make the instrumentals come alive, and the lyricless vocals are interesting. The freewheeling melody lines - you never quite know which way the guitar line is going to weave, but it always makes perfect sense - make the album a keeper. I usually cut tracks 2 & 3 from the playlist.

I wish "Into the Wood" had been recorded in 5.1 sound - that could have been fascinating.

One Thousand Years Ahead Of Its Time!!!.......2004-03-01

"One Thousand Years" is the debut solo release from former King Crimson member Trey Gunn. This album coincided with him joining Crimson and was released around the same time as the band's 1994 comeback EP "Vrooom".
With the exception of the drums, percussion and vocals, every sound on the "One Thousand Years" album is produced with a unique instrument known as the Chapman Stick. The instrument (invented by one Emmett Chapman) is similar to a guitar but utilizes a two-handed tapping technique for playing as opposed to plucking or strumming the strings.
Musically, the album is very similar to King Crimson (circa 1981-84) and features highly rhythmic pieces such as "Killing For London", "The Screen Door and The Flower Girl" and "Take This Wish". Gunn also provides an ambient atmosphere with "The Gift", "Into the Wood" and the title track which boast similarities to Robert Fripp's minimalist 'frippertronic' and 'soundscape' delay techniques. There is also a hint of Eastern/World music in the album's opening track "The Night Air" as well as "Real Life".
With that said, this is a hands-down fine debut from Trey Gunn. It's also a real treat to hear Trey Gunn actually sing on one of his albums as most of his other solo material is either completely instrumental or features other vocalists. It's rather unfortunate that this album has become somewhat difficult to get a hold of in recent years. "One Thousand Years" is definitely worth getting a hold of especially if you're a King Crimson fan or are in the mood for music that is different from the status quo.
A Highly Original and Unique Debut!!

Good CD!.......2003-06-17

Many folks that are into Trey Gunn differ in what they think is his best work. One thing that you can say about him is that he is a fine musician in EVERYTHING he does. This is my second favorite as I do like "The Joy of Molybdenum" better. This is much sounder than his third CD and different than "The Big Star", which I also like. The thing about Trey is how much he is influenced by King Crimson and how large a part of that bands overall sound he influences. It is not a bad thing and often I would rather listen to one of his solo effort away from KC to really appreciate the music. This is a really great CD! You be the judge. Great spin!

Original.......2002-01-12

This is truly an original piece of work. Listened to carefully on several planes of audibility, one can hear the dynamic textures working together that makes this album so special. It is smooth and tight as well as adventurous and often deceiving in that one loses focus of the primary movements to hear subtleties throughout. I am unsure if there is a better progressive rock/ambient/tribal rock recording in existence.

My favorite Trey Gunn album.......2001-12-02

In this, his first solo album, Trey Gunn, master of the Warr guitar and the stick and full-time member of the eclectic band King Crimson lets his true self out. This is why it's my favorite album by him. His others albums are good as well, but the influence he's received from Robert Fripp becomes more evident, making his music harder to swallow at times, yet nowhere as minimalist as Fripp's. My favorites, "Into The Wood" and "The Gift."

Gabriel's Message: One Thousand Years of Carols

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Best Christmas CD available
best christmas music-on one cd!
Beautiful angel voices

Gabriel's Message: One Thousand Years of Carols

Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00002EPSM
Release Date: 1999-10-26

Tracks:

Once In Royal David'S City
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O Come All Ye Faithful
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Silent Night
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Jesus Christ The Apple Tree
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Ding-Dong Merrily On High
A Hymn To The Virgin
God Is With Us
Hark The Herald Angels Sing

Customer Reviews:

Best Christmas CD available.......2003-12-29

This enthralling CD is the best one out there. The arrangements and performances are top-notch. I only wonder why Naxos has chosen to make all the performances anonymous with its lack of liner notes. Only by going to the Naxos website can you find who is performing what. Among the choirs you will hear on this beautiful CD are the Worcester Cathedral Choir (4 numbers), the Elora Festival Singers (10 numbers) and the Tewkesbury Abbey Choir (6 numbers). If you only have one Christmas CD, this is the one to have.

best christmas music-on one cd!.......2003-07-27

I am a christmas music fanatic. On this cd there are all, plus more, of the songs that I love. It starts with "once in royal david's city",thats sung by a choir and a treble. All the solos on this cd are absolutely amazing. Whether it is by a treble or a man chorister. All the emotions for the songs are right on. Most are sung by the cathedral or abbey choirs. Thats the only thing that bothers me, they don't give you any information on the performers. But I recognize a lot of them. I think Trinity is also on it. but really-its just beautifull. I have no words for it. The price isn't much, if you love christmas music buy it!

Beautiful angel voices.......2002-12-11

I played this at work and EVERY person that passed my desk wanted to know what, who and where. By far one of the most moving collections of Christmas music I have ever heard and I have a collection of over a hundred Christmas Albums and CDs.

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My Pick for Best Tuu Offering
boring, boring, boring
Early Tuu evokes ancient perspectives & more tranquil times
Very good CD.
They don't get any better than this folks!

One Thousand Years
TUU
Manufacturer: Waveform
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00005B9TT
Release Date: 2001-05-08

Tracks:

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One Thousand Years
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Amazon.com's Best of 2001

An excellent companion to Uakti and Philip Glass's wonderful Aguas de Amazonia, U.K. trio Tuu's One Thousand Years is a densely textured ambient homage to primitive magical woodlands, tribal peoples, and sacred waters. The group features not just the expected synthesizer and samples but flutes, panpipes, clay-pot drums, bowl gongs, and a chiming array of percussion. Creating nearly an hour of luscious soundscape at once both ancient and modern, Tuu seem to find influences ranging from Ravi Shankar to Tuvan throat singing and pygmy song; taking cues too, from Tibetan chant and ceremony and the inherent music of old-growth forests visited by wind and rain. Beginning with the haunting dissonance of "Exile," an interplay of sound and silence, drone and tinkling bell, One Thousand Years plays as a mystic song cycle, quite likely to find an audience beyond listeners already won over to music classified as New Age. --Paige La Grone

Customer Reviews:

My Pick for Best Tuu Offering.......2002-08-28

Naturally, music resonates differently on an emotional level for each listener, but I found myself coming back to this highly evocative recording over and over again. Particular voices and instrumentations invite specific associations at times, but the pervading mood suggests exotic atmospheres, imaginary journeys and unfamiliar horizons at sunset. If you liked Mesh, you might enjoy the greater subtlety and languid pacing of One Thousand Years.

boring, boring, boring.......2002-03-01

I was so excited about getting this cd. My hopes were distroyed upon first play. It is monotone, repetitive, and boring. In fact it is very annoying. I've tried to play it a few more times, with hopes of changing my mind, but this one is going in the to sell or give away rack.

Early Tuu evokes ancient perspectives & more tranquil times.......2001-12-08

Happily reissued by Waveform, this was an excellent early to mid 90's ambient work. Its slow pace, and atmospheric mix of synths and folk instrumentation, evoke a more human past in which dreaming and spiritual speculation were stronger than any mass media or cultural technology ... heck, way back when, myths and folklore WERE the mass media. The technology ... was spoken history, and musical expression. Not quite slow and serene enough for yoga or other meditation, but a suitable soundtrack to your own afternoon of quiet melancholy for a hidden past. On the [Scary (1) -> Angelic (10)] scale of ambient works, I'd position this at 6. Followed by ALL OUR ANCESTORS, also on Waveform, also highly recommended as a companion CD.

Very good CD........2001-08-14

I was a little disapointed when I discovered the Nick Parkin was not on the CD, but, its very good although he is not present. In fact, Iam most certainly impressed. A very relaxing and trance producing CD, that maintains interest all the way through. One of the better purchases for me this year. I was playing it so much I was afraid I was going to burn myself out, so I put it away for a couple of weeks..highly recomended

They don't get any better than this folks!.......2001-05-12

Whoever described this as deep, ancient atmospheres is on the money. It takes you to remote amazon junglescapes, back to your sofa and everywhere inbetween. BRAVO! A superb effort!

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