Inner Places

Track Listings

 
1. Pahla Loka
2. Dusra Loka
3. Tisra Loka
4. Chautha Loka
5. Panchwan Loka
6. Chhatha Loka

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
"I wanted to create some music that could possibly provide sonic worlds which the listener could journey to in their imagination.

The word ‘loka’ in Hindi/Sanskrit can mean a ‘world’ or ‘realm of experience’. The track titles simply translate as ‘First World’, ‘Second World’, etc.; I did not intend to colour the mind with descriptive titles, so that you, the listener, could create your own realm of experience."

David Parsons

Inner Places,David Parsons,Celestial Harmonies,Ambient,Contemporary Instrumental,Progressive Electronic
Piano Portraits
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Too Much of a Good Thing?
  • Outstanding collection of orginal piano work
  • Great CD for easy listening
Piano Portraits

Manufacturer: Sugo Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

RomancesRomances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | New Age | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music
Similar Items:
  1. Somewhere In Time

ASIN: B0000005YW
Release Date: 1993-03-15

Tracks:

  1. Gentle Images - Jim Bajor
  2. Rapture - Jim Bajor
  3. Nancita - Stephen Jacob
  4. The Journey - Stephen Jacob
  5. Inner Peace - Tom Barabas
  6. Moon Dust - Tom Barabas
  7. Yasawa Blue - Christine Brown
  8. Silent Tears - Christine Brown
  9. Eykes - Jim Bajor
  10. Friends - Jim Bajor
  11. Magic In December - Tom Barabas
  12. Pure Light - Tom Barabas
  13. Romanza - Stephen Jacob
  14. Your LIght - Stephen Jacob
  15. Hiding Places - Christine Brown
  16. The Secret Garden - Christine Brown

Product Description

Sugo Records is proud to present this collection of sixteen heart warming inpired solo piano works from four of the most gifted pianist in the United States, who have rendered their musical portraits of friends, family, lovers and life's precious moments.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Too Much of a Good Thing?.......2003-10-24

I'm fairly familiar with two of the pianists in this collection - Jim Bajor, who is local, and Tom Barabas, to whom I have listened for several years. Until this album I haven't had the opportunity to listen to Stephen Jacob and Christine Brown. They all do their work in the styling of light jazz and easy listening that is often labeled incorrectly as New Age. Sometimes I feel that that phrase is used as a euphemism for anything that is pleasant, rather than its original definition, which had more to do with the meditative nature of the composition. In any case they are all accomplished at their art and worth listening to.

It is fair to report that all four musicians produce work that is melodic, technically interesting, and, yes, pleasant to here. None of the pieces demonstrate what I would call the technical brilliance of someone like Jordan Rudess, who drifts in and out of this genre but has a tendency towards keyboeard pyrotechnics. But neither is any of their work plodding or monotonic. 'Very listenable' may not be the highest compliment one can pay a musician, but it is way ahead of whatever is in third place.

If I have a complaint to make, it is that, despite different recording studios and instruments, the tonalities are so close that the entire album could have been the product of a single person. Barabas is slightly more adept, Bajor slightly more melodic, Jacob more controlled, etc., but there are no glaring contrasts. I'm not sure if this is a fault or not, since the result is certainly more than acceptable. Given all the overloads that life throws at us, I'm not sure complaining about too much goodness is entirely fair.

5 out of 5 stars Outstanding collection of orginal piano work.......1998-10-22

This collection of original piano pieces is simply excellent. This instrumental is melodic, sweet, romantic, soothing and timeless. I find myself leaving this CD in my car day after day without tiring of the melodies. Beautiful!

4 out of 5 stars Great CD for easy listening.......1998-08-24

I really find this music conducive to relaxation - I use it in my Shiatsu clinic.
Inner Places
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Outstanding for meditation
Inner Places
David Parsons
Manufacturer: Celestial Harmonies
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

AmbientAmbient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | New Age | Styles | Music
ElectronicElectronic | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music
GeneralGeneral | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music
Similar Items:
  1. Maitreya: The Future Buddha
  2. Ngaio Gamelan
  3. Dorje Ling
  4. Parikrama
  5. Yatra

ASIN: B0007TJ9NI
Release Date: 2005-02-14

Tracks:

  1. Pahla Loka
  2. Dusra Loka
  3. Tisra Loka
  4. Chautha Loka
  5. Panchwan Loka
  6. Chhatha Loka

Album Description

"I wanted to create some music that could possibly provide sonic worlds which the listener could journey to in their imagination.

The word `loka' in Hindi/Sanskrit can mean a `world' or `realm of experience'. The track titles simply translate as `First World', `Second World', etc.; I did not intend to colour the mind with descriptive titles, so that you, the listener, could create your own realm of experience."

David Parsons

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Outstanding for meditation.......2005-05-21

Keeping his tradition of creating unbelievabley fantastic soundwords..this in no exception. David Parsons creates another wonderful CD. For listners that enjoy being in an altered state and taking inner journeys this is a CD that will bring you endless hours of bliss.
Blow up the Spot -- Volume One
Average customer rating: Not rated
    Blow up the Spot -- Volume One

    Manufacturer: Midwest Records / Inner Places Inc.
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B0009QQKJU

    Product Description

    11 songs: (1) 'When I Get Older' by SHANTEE TYLER, (2) 'Honey Coated' by BLK MSamERIKA, (3) 'Food 4 Thought' by IVORY DAMODERNDAYPOET, (4) 'Equipped' by TH'JIGGEES, (5) 'Definition' by BLACK GOD FATHERS, (6) 'High Noon' by CENTRAL RHYME UNIT, (7) 'Keep 'Em Open' by PROBLEMCHILD, (8) 'Marvl'us' by C-NOTE, (9) 'Forever Be My Love' by LESHAY, (10) 'Echoes' by RAJ, & (11) 'Modus Operandi' by RAJ.
    Places of Magic
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      Places of Magic
      Norman Evans
      Manufacturer: DisWho?Productions
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B000CA9QR6
      Release Date: 2001-10-23

      Tracks:

      1. Easy Rider
      2. Confluence
      3. Cotton Candy
      4. In Your Name
      5. Keeping the Faith
      6. Dreamer
      7. Expectations of Wishes
      8. Studio B9
      9. Change of Seasons
      10. Riverwinds
      11. Sorceer
      12. Musical Chairs
      13. Renaissance
      14. Mambo del Soul
      15. Rainy Afternoon

      Rock Music:

      1. Instrumental, Vol. 2 [Import]
      2. Irish Ceili Dance Music
      3. Italian Favourites [Import]
      4. Karuna
      5. King of the Divan: Best of Plastic Bertrand [Import]
      6. Kweli
      7. L' Ecole du Micro D'Argent [Import]
      8. L' Essentiel [Import]
      9. La Good Life [Import]
      10. Les 100 Plus Belles Chansons D'yves Montand [Import]

      Rock Music

      rock music

      Recommended Music:

      Autopilot

      Geoffrey Dorfman, Pianist

      Honky Tonk Angels

      The Essential Ronnie Milsap

      Indigo Suite [Soundtrack]

      Grupo Vem K [Import]

      electronicspartner.com Music Review: 461 Ocean Boulevard (Dts)

      Happy Today

      Ich Fuehle Wie Du [Import]

      Franz Berwald: Piano Trios in E flat Major (No. 1) & D Minor (No. 3) & Piano Quintet in C Minor

      Hum

      Guantanamo [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]

      Got's Like Come on Thru [CD-single]

      Ziehrer: Selected Dances and Marches, Vol. 2

      Brazil Classics, Vol. 3: Forró, Etc.