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Waterbone adds its magical musical touch to the sounds from the land of pharoahs and pyramids. The acclaimed studio duo made masterful field recordings of some of the best musicians in Egypt playing everything from the Nay (Egyptian flute) to teacups, and laid them over an electro-world musical foundation. Orion Prophecy is the follow-up to their smash debut, Tibet.
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"This is the best of the best of the new wave of 'world electronica' music. Waterbone brings a warmth and a trippy originality to the normally sterile world of predictable beats."
--Rolling Stone
"In the age of the internet it's rare to find a band that is willing to travel half way around the world just to get it from the source. These guys do it right."
--CNN
Orion Prophecy,Waterbone,New Earth Records,New Age / Meditation,Pop,World Beat
Orion Prophecy
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Orion Prophecy
Waterbone Manufacturer: New Earth Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  General
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ASIN: B000086BBH Release Date: 2003-02-04 |
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Album Description
Waterbone adds its magical musical touch to the sounds from the land of pharoahs and pyramids. The acclaimed studio duo made masterful field recordings of some of the best musicians in Egypt playing everything from the Nay (Egyptian flute) to teacups, and laid them over an electro-world musical foundation. Orion Prophecy is the follow-up to their smash debut, Tibet.
Reviews:
"This is the best of the best of the new wave of 'world electronica' music. Waterbone brings a warmth and a trippy originality to the normally sterile world of predictable beats."
--Rolling Stone
"In the age of the internet it's rare to find a band that is willing to travel half way around the world just to get it from the source. These guys do it right."
--CNN
Customer Reviews:
Beautiful in a different way..........2004-07-01
The first reviewer said that Tibet had no skip songs, but there were two on that CD that I almost always skipped and none on this that I feel compelled to skip. In my opinion, the best tracks on this CD are Vision of Maati, Keepers of the Gates of Mars and Waterchild.
It's good,...but not nearly as good as Tibet!.......2003-08-30
I really tried to love this album. Sometimes I listen to an album for the first time and it doesn't do anything for me, but with repeated listenings it grows on me and I end up loving it. This has not been the case with Orion Prophecy, for after listening to it many times all the way through, I am left feeling empty, with plans to only play about half of the tracks the next time I do listen to it. With Tibet there were no "skippers," for I absolutely loved each track.
In the final analysis, I guess it was mainly the vocals that made the difference between the 2 albums. The voices of Tibet were much more likeable and were not so pervasive. They allowed the exquisite instrumentation to be heard and enjoyed. But on Orion Prophecy I found many of the vocals (not all, but many) to be distracting, so much so that one of my favorites on the album is "Keeper of the Gates of Mars" because it is all instrumental.
I should add that Tibet also offered brighter melodies and sweet synthesizers (with a Tangerine Dream sound on many tracks) that blended in perfectly with the vocals.
Am I seeking, in this review, to dissuade you from buying this album? No, for you may very well like the Egyptian vocals and instrumentation, and thus enjoy the album throughout. You know the old saying, "Different strokes for different folks." But I would encourage you to listen seriously to some samples (preferably at a site that gives you longer samples than here) before laying down your hard-earned cash for an album that, in my opinion, doesn't hold a candle to the charming and seductive sounds of Tibet.
Natasha Atlas meets Enigma.......2003-07-29
Ethereal beat.......2003-04-04
World wide tour.......2003-03-09
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