Painting Twilight

Editorial Reviews
Amazing Sounds, January 1999
The 13 compositions that integrate this album can be described on the whole as Ambient Music, of a Classical character. This is a beautiful work, based on the synthesizers, that leads the listener to think of wide, pure, natural spaces...

Product Description
Painting Twilight is a textural, almost ambient work. More minimalistic in structure and subtle in melodic themes, it evokes a sense of awe and wonderment that suggests the magical hues that fill the night sky just after sunset. Elements of drums and percussion break up the deeper spaces with polyrhythmic tracks that have become a trademark of Mark Rownd's unique style.

Painting Twilight

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Painting Twilight

Painting Twilight

Average customer rating:

Beautifully atmospheric

The Sounds of PaintedTwilight

Superb ambient soundscapes from dusk to darkness

Here's new scope for a liberal education ...

Spotted Peccary Strikes Again!

Painting Twilight
Mark Rownd
Manufacturer: Spotted Peccary
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music
Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music
General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music
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ASIN: B0000067WD
Release Date: 1998-04-07

Tracks:

The First Day
Before There Was Rain
Earthbody Spiritbody
Portrait Of Parting
From Somewhere Else
At The Edge Of Calm Waters - I
Through The Valley Of Shadow
Eyes Of Azure
At The Edge Of Calm Waters - II
A Moment Alone
Place Of Grace
Storm's Passage
Painting Twilight

Album Description

Painting Twilight is a textural, almost ambient work. More minimalistic in structure and subtle in melodic themes, it evokes a sense of awe and wonderment that suggests the magical hues that fill the night sky just after sunset. Elements of drums and percussion break up the deeper spaces with polyrhythmic tracks that have become a trademark of Mark Rownd's unique style.

Customer Reviews:

Beautifully atmospheric.......2002-03-11

This is a gorgeous album to be savored while one relaxes. I love to read and paint to it or just sit back and close my eyes and think of nothing in particular. I never get tired of listening to this one; it's earthy and somehow spacey all at the same time. Pretty good trick I'd say. Enjoy!

The Sounds of PaintedTwilight.......2000-08-02

I'll admit that I had a hard time getting into this album at first. I listened to it once and thought-HMMM it's OK. I was talking to another music freak about the album and he suggested that I listen to the album while watching the sunset. Boy, was I wrong. I never really though about somebody "painting" an album, but that is how this artist communicates (and at the time I did not know he was a painter). I love this album because it has given me a new perspective on how music is expressed. It has expanded my musical horizons and I highly recommend it.

Superb ambient soundscapes from dusk to darkness.......2000-07-07

Mark Rownd's PAINTING TWILIGHT is the perfect music to listen to as the sun sets and night settles in. While the music has some elements of dark ambient, most of the time the melodic content and the overall feel is lighter. Yet this is not "new age" music or lightweight. Instead, it inhabits a netherworld of shadows and fireflies, of crescent moons behind clouds. There is a warmth and a safety in even the minor key numbers and this makes the album much more accessible. It also allows the listener to enjoy repeated playings. A lot of ambient music wears out its welcome quite soon, but this is one CD that gets better with every playing.

If you're looking for an entry point into the world of electronic ambient music, this would be a good place to start. It's not formless or morose, but it's also not structured in the traditional sense. Instead, it is a well-produced and densely layered series of synthesizer works that would play very well in a dark room or on headphones. Once again, Spotted Peccary shows impecable taste in what it releases on its label.

Here's new scope for a liberal education ..........1999-10-09

I, too, am a painter; the etherworld of twilight predominates my landscape works, as well as my abstracts. It is so true, the idea that all things resonate on both a chromatic, and audio level, respectively. It is through the immense insight of such souls as Mark Rownd, and his peers, that this abstract thought can be translated into such altruistically, sublime beauty. I wonder if more people see and think this way? Just a last, passing thought before departing: it seems, that many, if not all taciturn experiences, also illicit colour and sound sensation ...

Spotted Peccary Strikes Again!.......1998-07-10

First Spotted Peccary blew me away with David Helpling's debut, now "Painting Twilight" by Mark Rownds is amazing me.

It inhabits somewhat the same universe as Helpling and his influences Pat O'Hearn, Brian Eno and Jon Hassell. The music is a series of tone poems -- not a lot of melody -- based on gorgeous digital sweeps of color and subtle percussion. Mostly it is very laid back and contemplative. Excellent for reading, relaxing, or just getting lost in the 3-dimensional sound.

Now I wanna hear everything else on Spotted Peccary!

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