Acoustic Storm

Track Listings
 
1. Impulse
2. Long Distance Lament
3. Rusty Autos
4. Norwegian Wood
5. Moon over Monterey
6. Gymnopedie #1
7. Acoustic Storm
8. Highway Hypnosis
9. Lady Jane
10. Downhill
11. Love Me Forever

Acoustic Storm,Robert Stanton,Sheffield Lab

Acoustic Storm

Acoustic Storm
Acoustic Soul
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Mellow Island Sounds
  • It'll take you straight to the islands
 Acoustic Soul
John Cruz
Manufacturer: Quiet Storm Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000778JFO
Release Date: 2003-11-11

Tracks:

  1. Island Style
  2. Shine On
  3. Sitting In Limbo
  4. Mama's Lil' Baby
  5. The Way We Used To Do
  6. Impossible Anna
  7. Sittin' Around
  8. Kawailehua'a'alakahonua
  9. The River Runs
  10. Kahala Moon

Product Description

Selling over 100,000 copies of the initial release, John Cruz - Acoustic Soul is now being re-issued by Quiet Storm Records. The album has been digitally re-mastered and the artwork has also been redesigned, making this familiar local favorite... Unique! From the liner notes: Island Style - The first verse and chorus were written in the winter of 94 while I was living in New York City. I was feeling homesick and missing my family, especially my Moms cooking. When I returned to the islands I wrote the Grandma verse and the slack key guitar part. Each track is introduced by John, in his own words, in a similar manner, within the full four-panel, redesigned liner notes. Already a proven winner... yet New & Improved!

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Mellow Island Sounds.......2006-06-15

Acoustic Soul from John Cruz is an amazing collection of original work and remakes - all with island style in mind. I never get tired of listening to it! "Shine On" is one of the most beautiful songs on the planet! Can't wait until a new John Cruz album comes out!

4 out of 5 stars It'll take you straight to the islands.......2005-10-14

This was my first introduction to John Cruz. Picked it up while on transit through Honolulu airport. What great good fortune! The rhythms, guitar work, lyrics, and his voice really do bring you the best of the old days when family, loves, the sea, and friends were the core of existence. I can't listen to it often enough, and I've had it for over a year. It is definitely not background music, but soothes the soul.
The Kingdom of Heaven Must Be Taken by Storm
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Amazing in concert and on cd...
  • Genuine Blues with Overwhelming Emotion
  • Dylan makes commercials now
  • Worthwhile Marriage of Blues and Folk
  • Realer Than Real
 The Kingdom of Heaven Must Be Taken by Storm
Entrance
Manufacturer: Tiger Style
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008AY4D
Release Date: 2003-03-04

Tracks:

  1. Valium Blues
  2. I'm So Glad
  3. The Night Was Dark
  4. Never Afraid
  5. Stranded In A Clearing
  6. Tommy Thank's Summertime Blues
  7. Mirror/Mantra
  8. I Love The Light
  9. A Farewell To My Friends

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Amazing in concert and on cd..........2004-07-21

i saw entrance back in march with the yeay yeah yeahs and he blew me away. He was the opening act and this one man band came on to the stage and at first i thought it was a joke but once he started playing i was hooked. He has an awesome set of blues/folk songs that is just candy to my ears. i just got the cd today and it is just as awesome as when i saw him live. im a sucker for blues guitar rock and this guy has got it. this cd will definitely be on my playlist for a while right there with the soledad brothers.

5 out of 5 stars Genuine Blues with Overwhelming Emotion.......2004-04-25

Entrance, real name Guy Blakeslee, is a rock prodigy and the most genuine artist since I can't remember when. His music is influenced by the old delta blues, such as Robert Johnson, but unlike other artists who simply try to imitate older music, Entrance keeps his influences in the back of his mind and lets his soul write the music. All the raw emotion packed into his tracks explodes from the radio and will overwhelm you. I would relate Entrance and his style, retro lyrics, and original guitar playing to that of the White Stripes. But, to be frank, Entrance blows Jack White out of the water. Entrance is who Jack White wants to be, tries to be, but never will be; he is a better, more innovative guitar player, better, more genuine songwriter, and has a much better voice than Jack's by far. This record is a must for anybody into the new rock scene of the Strokes, the White Stripes, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs and for those into classic rock and blues. Also, although the album is great it is nothing compared to Entrance's live performances, so an Entrance show is a must-see. Enjoy.

4 out of 5 stars Dylan makes commercials now.......2004-04-21

Entrance aka Guy Blakeslee (does everyone have two names?) has been rocking his brand of "Anti-Folk" for a few years now. He is Baltimore part of the Devendra Banhart/Joanna Newsome assault on anything fabricated. But unlike them Entrance hasn't perfected his live act. Most people find him hard to listen to. On record, he seems to make more sense. If you smoke a lot of pot, that will help. His psychedelic take on T. Rex and Bob Dylan is brilliant. Entrance explores the work of blues legend Skip James. The cover of "I'm So Glad" recalls how people like Cream and Led Zeppelin were obsessed with early blues too. He lacks a sense of humor, and childishness, that is the key ingredient with his friend, Banhart, and a love for the blues only goes so far. But he's on tour now with Cat Power, so at least Entrance is somehow affecting other bands, if not really moving his audience.

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4 out of 5 stars Worthwhile Marriage of Blues and Folk.......2003-12-04

Guy Blakeslee's debut solo effort is, in a word, substantial. The album is undoubtably one of the best combinations of legitamate blues with a subtle folk influenced undertone. The music is all fairly unique, the guitar stye displayed here is very atypical, and very gripping. The lyrics on the originals are mostly a pleasant surprise, both clever, relevant, and wholly introspective. The cover songs are also very good, and are both at least as good as their original incarnations(if not possibly more interesting at times). Some say the singing is harsh, but I see it more as a mellow and heartfelt yelp, and I rather like it. This album is recommended mostly to fans of early delta-blues, but would also be recommended to fans of folk music(protest folk mostly). Conversely, I dont really recommend the album to those of an exclusively mainstream radio taste, this is not for you.

5 out of 5 stars Realer Than Real.......2003-04-15

In an age of rock/blues revivalists such as the White Stripes, Entrance is like a breath of fresh air between so much that is artificial. From the beautiful yet bewildering opener of "Valium Blues," to the irreverent cover of Dylan's "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues," (here renamed to "Tommy Thumb's Summertime Blues,") this album is brooding with a mix of raw emotions.
With vocals that fall between Jeff Buckley and an all night speed binge, and some of the most original guitar work heard in years, 'The Kingdom of Heaven...' may not be an instant classic, but will surely be appreciated for years to come.
A Storm of Drones
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • An ambassadorial odyssey
  • Insanely Intense -- Benchmark Your Speakers!
  • Be transported to another time and place
 A Storm of Drones
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Asphodel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001PAQ
Release Date: 1996-09-10

Tracks:

  1. Tangram (Excerpt) - Robert Normandeau
  2. Valley Flow (Excerpt) - Denis Smalley
  3. Marine - Francis Dhomont
  4. Lune Noire (Excerpt) - Patrick Ascione
  5. Terre (Excerpt) - Annette Vande Gorne
  6. II Ritorno (Section 1) - Francis Dhomont
  7. Crystal Music (Excerpt) - Stephane Roy
  8. La Ou Vont Les Nuages...(Excerpt) - Gilles Gobeil
  9. Cristaux Liquides (Excerpt) - Mario Rodrigue
  10. Hot Air (Excerpt) - Jonty Harrison
  11. Veils (Excerpt) - Paul Dolden

Tracks:

  1. Reky Into Dark Territory - Michael Stearns
  2. Merciful Eyes - Steve Roach
  3. Primal Image (Excerpt) - Alan Lamb
  4. Maritime Vision - Darren Copeland
  5. Morning Light - Stuart Dempster
  6. It Is Hard To Know - Fred Szymanski
  7. Change Of Direction, A Condensed Excerpt - Ellan Fullman
  8. Reaching For Tomorrow (Excerpt) - Darren Copeland
  9. Moire - Maggi Payne
  10. The Last Leaf (Excerpt) - Aloof Proof
  11. In The Valley Of The Shadows (DJ Spooky Takes A..) - DJ Spooky
  12. Twinge Of Lunge - Naut Humon

Tracks:

  1. Karyon - Maryanne Amacher
  2. +/-1v - David Kwan
  3. Klystron - Elliot Sharp
  4. Idle Sunder - ISO Orchestra
  5. Flyback Transformer - Antimatter
  6. Temporal Filter Coefficient - Gregory Lenezycki
  7. Passage IV - Mortal Engines
  8. Ephemera - Robert Rich
  9. Out From Under (Excerpt) - Jeff Greinke
  10. Sirens Of Propolis - Voice Of Eye
  11. VOT 3/2 (A Remix) - Vidna Obana/Asmus Tietchens
  12. Plaything - Maryanne Amacher

Album Details

Over Three 1/2 Hours Worth of Music featuring Previously Unreleased Tracks from DJ Spooky, Elliot Sharp, Steve Roach, Michael Sterns, Alan Lamb and Many Others.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars An ambassadorial odyssey.......2002-09-07

Dating from 1995, "A Storm of Drones" is the final episode of the Drones Trilogy, compiled by Naut Humon for the Sombient division of Asphodel Records. In fact, this particular release is itself a trilogy, providing within a single (Opak) box three well-packed (if not terribly well-packaged) CDs, each offering a slightly different take on music that is without any discernible tune, rhythm or beat and totalling in all some 220 minutes of intense musical listening - which, I hope, explains the title.

The three-CD format of "A Storm of Drones" permits a somewhat broader - and deeper - exploration of 'music of the drone' than that undertaken in either of this volume's precursors. This is noticeable from the outset, with the first CD in the set - bearing the subtitle of "Audio" - consisting of some eleven extracts of works previously released in the electroacoustic and acousmatic catalogue of the Canadian recording company DIFFUSION i MéDIA (better known nowadays as electrocd.com, a company that has subsequently released the full versions of some of the works featured on the second CD in this set, by the way.)

The length of the excerpts presented here varies greatly: from a couple of two-minute movements lifted from Francis Dhomont's "...mourir un peu" to major (i.e. 13+ minutes) chunks of works such as Robert Normandeau's "Tangram" and Stéphane Roy's "Crystal Music". The extract from the latter, in fact, consists of almost the entire 14 minutes of the original, although inexplicably missing the opening five seconds-worth and with the final two minutes presented in a different form. ("Tangram" is also presented in a different mix from that appearing on Normandeau's own discs - the version that appears here is more compact in places and would seem to be part of an earlier edition of the work.)

All of the materials included on this disc, though, have been chosen for their slowly unfolding form, as well as for their reliance on textural development as opposed to gestural articulation. They thus provide a concentration of essentially drone-based material which all sits well together while, of course, also fitting into the theme of the series. So consistent is this material, though, that it is hard to believe that it was not written to fit together this way, with each composer's extract segueing seamlessly into the next - and all without a single dull moment, too.

And that's just the first disc of this set! The second, subtitled "Environmental", consists of similarly slow moving, drone-based sound-works, this time nearly all derived from environmental recordings of one kind or another. These range from the luscious thunderstorm materials of Michael Stearns' "Reky into Dark Territory", to the use of wide reverberant spaces as the setting for the recording of improvised trombone playing, as featured in Stuart Dempster's Deep Listening work, "Morning Light" (taken from the New Albion Records release, "Underground Overlays from the Cistern Chapel") and taking in, along the way, Alan Lamb's use of what must count as the world's largest aeolian harp in "Primal Image" (from his "Archival Recordings" album, featuring unprocessed contact microphone recordings of the natural vibrations in telephone cables stretching across the Australian outback). Much (though not all) of the material on this disc is more tonally centred - or at least note or pitch-based - than is the general case on Disc 1, but the material remains every bit as atmospheric and sonically fascinating.

The trend towards a greater pitch-centring of the content continues on the third disc in the set, "Immersion". Here, in a return to music from the artists who provided the mainstay of material on the preceding volumes in this series - such as Steve Roach, Robert Rich, Maryanne Amacher, Gregory Lenczycki - the listener is truly immersed in a veritable 'storm of drones' of almost stunning intensity. As track blends into track, this disc proves itself an impressive culmination to this massive celebration of... well, call it what you will: electroacoustic; acousmatic; industrial techno or dark ambient music of the drone. Whatever. For if there is one thing that this release does teach, it is that labels for music are unimportant; what matters are the feelings behind it. And all of the works here demonstrate an intensity of feeling that is really quite awe inspiring.

Regularly readers of my reviews will know that I normally have little time or patience for compilation albums, especially those featuring bleeding chunks torn from other releases. For once, though, I am more than happy to set aside my prejudices and recommend this collection wholeheartedly. These three CDs do a great job of bringing such beautiful music together in a way that not only makes perfect musical sense, but which also does much to provide a setting that may itself foster further exploration by several disparate audiences into alien musical territories - a truly worthy cause indeed.

Although currently out of print at Asphodel, I do urge would-be buyers to spare no effort hunting for copies of this release while it remains reasonably easy to find. It is a great set of discs - one that should not be missed.

5 out of 5 stars Insanely Intense -- Benchmark Your Speakers!.......1999-10-26

Wow! This set is INCREDIBLY cool. The first CD in particular will do things to your speakers and your head that you did not think possible. If you want to benchmark your speakers or a compression codec, I'd highly recommend this CD. If you want to undergo a surreal voyage into sound, I'd also highly recommend this CD. If you only want shiny plastic disks that play Beck or Beethoven, don't get this disk. IT IS WEIRD, but only in the very best sort of way. =)

5 out of 5 stars Be transported to another time and place.......1998-08-24

This compilation manages to transport the listener to another world through the use of a variety of sound sculptures, atmospherics, and lush synthesizers. The ambience induces relaxation through the creation of organic soundworlds. A must have for any fan of ambient minimalism or anyone else who just wants to relax, ahhhh.
After the Storm
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • You'll enjoy it - even if you've never been a fan of the Blues
 After the Storm

Manufacturer: Bobby Kyle
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007NKEC4
Release Date: 2005-01-25

Product Description

1. Standing in The Background 2. Work It Out 3. After The Storm 4. Can't Make Ends Meet 5. Love of Mine 6. Got What You Wanted 7. Going Out Walking 8. Upper Mill 9. Rolling Up My Sleeves 10. Turning Point

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars You'll enjoy it - even if you've never been a fan of the Blues.......2006-04-29

I was given this CD a while back and wasn't quite sure what to expect since I've never spent much time listening to Blues before. First I was impressed by the power of the music and the power of his voice and the more I listened the more I felt the "Blues". Great lyrics, great singing and great music - what more could you ask for. Enjoy it! I certainly do.
Summer Storm
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Summer Storm
    Tom Lamson
    Manufacturer: Tom Lamson
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | New Age | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B00008TNQZ
    Release Date: 2003-03-03

    Tracks:

    1. Summer Storm
    2. Out For a Walk
    3. Ave Maria
    4. Here, There, and Everywhere
    5. Sing To Me
    6. Arioso
    7. Driving a Green Car
    8. Dance Of the Sugar Plum Fairy
    9. Letter From Home
    10. Nocturne In E Flat Opus 9 Number 2
    11. Charly and the Squirrel
    12. Gaynes Adagio (Gayneh Ballet Suite)
    13. Air On a G String
    14. Lost In Vermont

    Album Description

    "It's a beautiful recording." - Todd Hallawell, 1997 Winfield Fingerpicking Guitar Champion. Summer Storm is Tom Lamson's first album and was engineered and produced by Tom in his home studio. From start to finish it is solo fingerstyle guitar. It includes 6 original songs, several melodic classical pieces, the obligatory Beatles tune, and his arrangement of "Letter From Home," written by his favorite jazz guitarist Pat Metheny.
    After the Storm
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		After the Storm
      Daniel Ward
      Manufacturer: Daniel Ward
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000CADALY
      Release Date: 2005-08-09

      Tracks:

      1. Awakening
      2. Chance Would Have It
      3. After the Storm
      4. Istanbul
      5. Rio Tango
      6. Guaje Pines
      7. New Samba
      8. Humo Negro
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      The Nashville Sessions
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		The Nashville Sessions
        Edwin Lewis
        Manufacturer: Storm Front Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000CAKOQ8
        Release Date: 2005-09-06

        Tracks:

        1. To Nashville
        2. Is It Just Me
        3. Paint It Blue
        4. Phantom of the Grand 'Ole Opry
        5. Let Jesse Rob the Train
        Acoustic Storm
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          		Acoustic Storm
          Robert Stanton
          Manufacturer: Sheffield Lab
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
          RockRock | Imports | Stores | Music
          ASIN: B00008G4T0
          Release Date: 2000-05-20

          Tracks:

          1. Impulse
          2. Long Distance Lament
          3. Rusty Autos
          4. Norwegian Wood
          5. Moon over Monterey
          6. Gymnopedie #1
          7. Acoustic Storm
          8. Highway Hypnosis
          9. Lady Jane
          10. Downhill
          11. Love Me Forever
          Through the Storm
          Average customer rating: Not rated
            		Through the Storm

            Manufacturer: Acoustic America Reco
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B000CAG6RY
            Release Date: 2004-01-01
            Mad Sweeney's Shadow
            Average customer rating: Not rated
              		Mad Sweeney's Shadow

              Manufacturer: Col Legno
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

              ElectronicElectronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music | Computer
              GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
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              ASIN: B0000BX9MQ
              Release Date: 2003-01-01

              Tracks:

              1. Quasi Una Missa: Kyrie
              2. Quasi Una Missa: Gloria
              3. Quasi Una Missa: Sanctus
              4. Quasi Una Missa: Agnus Dei
              5. Piano Trio
              6. Balthazar's Dream
              7. Rosenstock Lieder: Grian. Sun
              8. Rosenstock Lieder: Sliabh. Mountain
              9. Rosenstock Lieder: Iosa. Jesus
              10. Rosenstock Lieder: Selkirk. Alexander Selkirk
              11. Rosenstock Lieder: Stoirm. Storm
              12. Third Wind Quintet "Sweeney's Wind-Cries"
              13. Sweeney's Farewell "Sweeney's Last Poem"

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              2. An Open Mind
              3. Becoming the New Human
              4. Bush It [CD-single]
              5. Christmas
              6. Concerto
              7. December Journey
              8. Deep Serenity
              9. Desert Dwelling
              10. Detach

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