Walkabout

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On previous discs such as Rainbow Serpent and Woolunda, didgeridoo player David Hudson made refreshingly simple, but beautiful albums featuring his unique aboriginal wind instrument making music in its purest of forms. On Walkabout the didg virtuoso (and throat behind the Survivor: The Australian Outback opening theme) showcases his instrument's versatility. Putting dance beats or an ambient background behind the didgeridoo has been done before, but Hudson's great playing on these six extended tunes makes them noteworthy. Those familiar only with the instrument's trademark croak will be surprised by the energetic setting behind these mesmerizing tunes. --Jason Verlinde

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Average customer rating: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra needs a guitar player! Persuaders Theme! A Variety Of Classics! Incredible Barry Collection " one of cinema's greatest composers...John Barry"

John Barry: The Collection Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Soundtracks | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Music of John Williams: 40 Years of Film Music Beyondness of Things Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection Eternal Echoes ASIN: B00005BADD Release Date: 2001-05-22

Tracks:

1. Zulu
2. From Russia With Love
3. From Russia With Love - 007
4. Goldfinger
5. The Ipcress File
6. The Knack
7. Mister Moses
8. Thunderball
9. The Wrong Box
10. Born Free
11. The Quiller Memorandum
12. You Only Live Twice
13. The Girl With The Sun In Her Hair
14. Deadfall

Tracks:

1. The Lion In Winter
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
4. Midnight Cowboy
5. Midnight Cowboy
6. The Appointment
7. The Last Valley
8. Walkabout
9. Monte Walsh
10. Diamonds Are Forever
11. The Persuaders
12. Mary Queen Of Scots
13. The Man With The Golden Gun
14. The Dove

Tracks:

1. The Tamarind Seed
2. King Kong
3. Eleanor And Franklin
4. Robin And Marian
5. The Deep
6. Hanover Street
7. The Black Hole
8. Moonraker
9. Somewhere In Time
10. Raise The Titanic
11. Body Heat
12. Frances
13. Octopussy
14. The Cotton Club

Tracks:

1. High Road To China
2. A View To A Kill
3. Out Of Africa
4. The Living Daylights
5. Dances With Wolves
6. Dances With Wolves
7. Chaplin
8. Moviola
9. Indecent Proposal
10. The Specialist
11. The Scarlet Letter
12. Cry The Beloved Country
13. Mercury Rising
14. The James Bond Theme

Customer Reviews:

The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra needs a guitar player!.......2006-11-09

Granted, they only need it for one composition (the last one, "The James Bond Theme") but still, without the guitar it's just not the same. Barry didn't compose this one so I suppose it was a bonus and I shouldn't complain, really. The rest of the music on all the CDs is fantastic. Some of the stuff I had heard before without realizing who had composed it. Very enjoyable, to say the least.

Persuaders Theme!.......2006-03-02

Buy it for the Persuaders theme, probably the best TV theme song ever written.

A Variety Of Classics!.......2005-12-06

John Barry has been composing film scores for over forty years and this is only scratching the surface of his productions. Never mind that the entire set is recorded by the Prague Philharmonic; it's pure to Barry's themes. While John Williams compositions ("Star Wars", etc.) are wild and flamboyant and Jerry Goldsmith's (Hoosier's, etc.) are mood pieces, John Barry crosses over all barriers and is amazingly diverse. Barry has recorded most of the exciting James Bond themes, melodramatic classics like "The Lion In Winter' and moody theme hits like "Midnight Cowboy". He also tugs at the heartstrings with compositions from, "Somewhere In Time", "Frances" and "Out Of Africa". He varies his themes for all types of films and few composers capture it so well.

There is over four hours of music in this set with a colorful and informative booklet.

Incredible Barry Collection.......2004-03-11

Any fan of movies will absolutley love this collection. Being a movie buff I couldn't wait to get this boxed set. Knowing Barry from all the James Bond movies, I did not realize his involvement with so many others. The orchestra is magnificent in all these themes. I'm listening to "High Road to China" right now and I'm drifting in the clouds in a Tiger Moth with Tom Selleck and Bess Armstrong. If you are familiar with a movie it will definitely have you seeing it again, if not the scores are still beautiful. Any fan of classical music will be pleased as well. Travellers will defintitely enjoy it for a long drive. I know from when I use to travel that music like this made the miles float by faster. I highly recommend these four CDs even if you just know a handful of the songs.

" one of cinema's greatest composers...John Barry".......2001-07-06

This collection of four compact discs...are worth their weight in GOLD! Barry creates visual moods for each film he scores...romantic, sentimental, action, adventure, suspense and mystery...the list could go on. Strings, brass and lush-velvet arrangements overlay each cue in his distinctive style of legendary scoring...we have ~ "John Barry:The Collection", Silva Screen's release traces 40 years of film music, featuring "The City Of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra" ~ conducted by Mr. Nic Raine (outstanding)..."Crouch End Festival Chorus" ~ David Temple, Choir Master...perform 56 selections, over four hours of symphonic suites with a full orchestra sound...all individually wrapped-up into one neat package...just the way "film-score-buffs" like 'em!

Must ask the following to take a bow ~ James Fitzpatrick (compilation producer), always in their pitching, Reynold da Silva (executive producer), Nic Raine (conductor, arranger, orchestrator & associate producer), a tremen!dous asset to every project he undertakes...and the man who made it all possible...a legendary icon always leading the way in film scoring ~ JOHN BARRY!

Total Time: 258:76 on 56 Tracks ~ SSD-1128 ~ (2001)

You might try other albums from Silva Screen, all worthy of a good listen ~ "The Essential James Bond" (SSD-1034)..."Bond:Back In Action" (SSD-1100)..."Bond:Back In Action 2" (SSD-1119)..."Zulu" (SSD-1095)..."Raise The Titanic" (SSD-1102)..."Walkabout" (SSD-1120)...check out my reviews on amazon.com/music.

Average customer rating: Beautiful dark spirituality from a great band! Walkabout vs. Ink? Spareness and atmospherics Walkabout or Phantoms - which is better? Built for the future

Walkabout The Fixx Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music All Bargain Titles | Oldies | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Phantoms Ink Calm Animals React Reach the Beach ASIN: B000008FN1 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Secret Separation
2. Built for the Future
3. Treasure It
4. Chase the Fire
5. Can't Finish
6. Walkabout
7. One Look Up
8. Read Between the Lines
9. Sense the Adventure
10. Camphor

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful dark spirituality from a great band!.......2006-04-02

For the sake of good music re-release this masterpiece... I've only got a grubby old cassette!

One of my favourite albums by any band from the eighties. I could never figure out why The Fixx were almost completely ignored over here in their native England and United Kingdom. They made some fantastic albums. Most people know them for a few hit singles and the classic album "Reach The Beach", but I feel this relatively unknown album from 1986 is artistically and spiritually stronger and their best.

As usual with The Fixx, there are some great atmospheric, dark, distinctive keyboards that compliment similarly tasteful and accomplished guitar-playing. The vocals from Cy Curnin are passionate and intelligent. The lyrics on this album are outstanding. Soul-searching, politically and spiritually aware, full of joy and appreciation for life, positive and deep explorations of emotional and psychological experience. Brilliant stuff!

To the unitiated, you could possibly place The Fixx in the territory of The Police, In Excess, maybe Duran Duran, eighties Rush, but they had their own distinctive sound and identity. The production from Rupert Hine is first class.

Walkabout vs. Ink?.......2005-12-09

I enjoyed "Phantoms," like the other reviewer, but when it comes to the Fixx I'm always torn between "Walkabout" and "Ink" when picking a favorite. "Ink" was definitely more mainstream than this one; those who enjoyed the Fixx's slightly offbeat, new wave sound in those early "Red Skies" and "Stand or Fall" days will probably prefer this 1986 release. That this is in the "Shame It's Out-of-Print" File is just a flat-out injustice, especially considering that two of the staples of their various Greatest Hits collections appear on this album; "Built For the Future" and "Secret Separation." Added to which, "Read Between the Lines" is a beautifully haunting ballad, one of their very best songs. Until someone gets wise and re-issues this, I'm just gonna have to take darn good care of the 20 year-old CD copy I have.

Spareness and atmospherics.......2005-09-20

Someone knowing once compared this record to the spareness and atmospherics of a Pat Metheny release. Not far wrong. I love the drama of Read between the Lines, the cool burn of Camphor and the swing of Treasure It. Secret Separation is The Fixx at their most romantic and hit #19 in the Billboard charts in 1986. Produced with care and restraint by Rupert Hine, this is The Fixx at their best. Savor it.

Walkabout or Phantoms - which is better?.......2005-08-08

I can never bring myself to decide which of these two Fixx recordings is my favourite. As mentioned before, t'is a shame this CD has never been re-released/remastered. All of the musicianship is amazing, especially that of bassist Dan K. Brown - truly one of the most innovative and unique rock bass players of our time. Much of the music has a bittersweet flavour to it (which I personally love), and the lyrics are always intriguing and suit the mood of the music. With the re-release/remaster of Phantoms a few years back, there is always hope the same will be done with Walkabout.

Built for the future.......2005-05-07

I bought this recording on vinyl in 1986.
When I listened to it then, it didn't strike me as their best work.
Listening to it now, after languishing unplayed,in my collection for 19 years(geeeeez, I feel old!), I'm struck by how good this album is. Not an all-out singles fest that Reach The Beach was, it still captures that quintisential Fixx sound that was established on Shuttered Room. Stand out tracks are Secret Separation and Built for the Future.

Average customer rating: Good, not great Indeed it is. Wonderful! This really is the Best of Babylon 5!

Best of Babylon 5 Manufacturer: Sonic Images ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Babylon 5: Messages From Earth (Compilation From TV Series) Babylon 5: Sleeping in Light Babylon 5 (Compilation From TV Series) Babylon 5 - The Lost Tales Babylon 5 - The Legend of the Rangers ASIN: B00005NVYJ Release Date: 2001-09-11

Tracks:

1. Main Title 2nd Season
2. The Geometry Of Shadows III
3. Sheridan & Father
4. Mobilization
5. The Big Battle
6. The Signal
7. Awakening
8. Countdown
9. Main Title 3rd Season
10. Into The Abyss
11. Begin To Attack The Shadows
12. Emergency Treatment
13. The Geometry Of Shadows II
14. The Geometry Of Shadows I
15. Main Title 4th Season
16. Main Title 5th Season
17. Dying Station
18. Bonus Theme

Customer Reviews:

Good, not great.......2007-01-07

There are some gems on this CD. Most of the music is nondescript when you listen to it; it is much more suited to being the background music of a TV show, of course. In other words, it's not like regular music you get on a regular commercial band's CD. In my opinion, the best songs are the Main Titles, in particular the 5th season.

Indeed it is........2007-01-05

With his compositions Franke shows how much he understands the B5 universe
of JMS. A true epic.

Wonderful!.......2001-11-05

This is a wonderful sound track. Chirstopher Franke catches the mood of the series with his music and it sounds even better when you listen to a recording, away from the episodes. Buy this.

This really is the Best of Babylon 5!.......2001-11-04

Thank you to Christopher Franke and Sonic Images for The Best of Babylon 5! Although I have most of these tracks on other B5 CD's, I really enjoyed this one because of the consistently great music. I would rank this one as excellent, along with my other two favorites, Babylon 5 Volume 2, "Messages from Earth" and the episodic CD, "Sleeping in Light." Two tracks deserve special mention: Track 2 is (I believe) a reworking of music from the album Babylon 5 Volume 1. With the "Battle of the Line" music in the background, Chris Franke adds new ideas to enhance the musical experience. The other notable track is the last one, Track 18 "Bonus Theme." This is a fabulous new track, which I understand was written for the (unfortunately never released) Babylon 5 CD-Rom game. This is six minutes of great music, that cannot be mistaken for anything other than "Babylon 5-style" music. It's a thrilling piece, which alone makes me glad I bought the CD. Let's hope we get the same quality offering with the "Legend of the Rangers" movie soundtrack, which I hope will be released next year.

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Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout Chiara String Quartet Manufacturer: New Voice Singles ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Strange Imaginary Animals A Thousand Splendid Suns ASIN: B000MGAHW8 Release Date: 2007-01-11

Tracks:

1. Toyos
2. Tarqueada
3. Himno de Zampoñas
4. Chasqui
5. Canto de Velorio
6. Coqueteos

Product Description

Groovy Andean folk-inspired classical music from composer Gabriela Lena Frank, performed by the trailblazing Chiara String Quartet! The Chiara Quartet is Rebecca Fischer, violin Julie Yoon, violin Jonah Sirota, viola Gregory Beaver, cello From the CD liner notes: Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout for string quartet, mixes elements from the western classical and Andean folk music traditions. Toyos depicts a large Andean panpipe of the same name. Tarqueada is a forceful number featuring the tarka, a heavy wooden flute that is blown harshly in order to split the tone. Himno de Zampoñas features a panpipe ensemble that divides up melodies through a technique known as hocketing. Chasqui depicts a legendary runner from the Inca era who delivered messages between towns separated by the Andean peaks. Canto de Velorio portrays professional crying women known as lloronas who sing in an emotional funeral service. Lastly, Coqueteos is a flirtatious love song, lively and bold in spirit. -Gabriela Lena Frank Performer Bio: The Chiara Quartet is forging a new path for the string quartet medium. In the concert hall and in more intimate galleries and clubs, the Chiara transforms the audience experience from mere listening to active engagement with the music. The group presents thrilling contemporary works-through their club tours and New Voice Singles recordings-to a growing circle of newcomers and committed chamber music fans alike, while exploring more established repertoire with fresh ears. Praised for a "marvelously dramatic," "no-holds-barred" approach (Philadelphia Inquirer; The Strad) paired with a "warm, integrated sound" (New York Times), they are known as four unique and strong voices that combine into a powerful whole. The Chiara Quartet is essential listening. Chiara (key-ARE-uh) is an Italian word, meaning "clear, pure, or light." Visit the Chiara Quartet online at chiaraquartet.net and at myspace.com/chiarastringquartet. Composer Bio: A longtime friend of

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Babylon 5: Walkabout (TV Series Episode) Christopher Franke Manufacturer: Sonic Images ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Progressive | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Babylon 5: The Long Night (TV Series Episode) Babylon 5: Whatever Happened To Mr. Garibaldi? (TV Series Episode) Babylon 5: Falling Towards Apotheosis Babylon 5: Severed Dreams (TV Series Episode) Babylon 5: War Without End, Part 1 (TV Series Episode) ASIN: B000002VUW Release Date: 1997-11-18

Tracks:

1. Where Is The Captain/Vorlon Ship Arrival/Main Title (With Narration)
2. Swedish Meatballs/G'Kar & Na'Kal/The New Vorlon/Changing Places/Conversational Developments
3. Sheridan & Lyta/Sheridan And The Vorlon Mystery/Song: Good Bye/Caylin Introduced
4. En Route/Caylin & Franklin/Lyta & Sheridan/Begin To Attack The Shadows 5. Battle, Part 1/Battle, Part 2/Caylin Unconscious/Caylin Diagnosed
5. The Return/Song: All Of Me

Average customer rating: Eclectic and electric, this duo kicks out another gem

Walkabout Optimo Manufacturer: Endless Flight ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Scotland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: DJ Kicks From Here We Go Sublime Mirrored Le Pop, Vol. 4 Walls ASIN: B000N4SJT2 Release Date: 2007-04-03

Tracks:

1. Walkabout - Throbbing Gristle
2. Grungerman - Grungerman
3. Hapatus - Pan Sonic
4. Electrofrogs - Databrain
5. Aibe Stracie - Like a Tim
6. Virus - Lenny Dee, Nicolai Vorkapich
7. Kuvio, Pt. 3 - Philus
8. Fillertet, Pt. 2 - Shane Berry
9. My Machine - Boris
10. Grass Runs Red - Godsy
11. Radiation - Suicide
12. Control a Zoid - Eventell & Metaboman,
13. Momomexico - Thomas Brinkmann
14. Tighten - 6K
15. Bay of Figs - Marc Houle
16. Moving Like a Train [Smith N Hack Remix] - Herbert
17. Manoman - Black Dice

Customer Reviews:

Eclectic and electric, this duo kicks out another gem.......2007-04-27

It's time for another mix disc from Optimo, which basically means that once again, you will be reminded that the duo has a much cooler record collection than you. Never one to bow to convention, in the past they've slammed together songs from kids choirs and Gang Of Four (How To Kill The DJ [Part 2]) to progressive rock and industrial (last years Psyche Out). Originally only released in Japan, Walkabout has finally hit a larger stage, and fans of the two will again want to go ahead and plop down the money now, because this is yet another solid (and varied) batch of music.

Basically, toss a dart at the board and you'll hit something odd and great here. With everything from post-industrial to minimal house to avant noise and post-punk, Walkabout is just about what you'd expect from the UK-based twosome. After opening with the album-titled track from Throbbing Gristle (a favorite of Optimo it seems), the mix slides right into a great minimal selection that blends tracks from Grungeman and Pan Sonic into six minutes that feel like they belong perfectly together. With a submerged thump and some swirling, but quiet layers of feedback, the former is particularly eerie.

As can be expected, it pretty much goes everywhere from there, with old school beats from Lenny Dee and Nicolai Vorkapich, the bleepy, but gorgeous "Fillertet 2" from Shane Berry, and the washed-out guitar haze of Boris on "My Machine." It livens up even more during the second half, with the buzzing but catchy "Radiation" from Suicide (from their Ric Ocasek-produced second album) and the Smith N Hack Remix of "Moving Like A Train" by Herbert, with horn blasts that get chopped to nuggets and slippery house beat that gets things chugging.

As with all Optimo mixes, most of the joy comes from hearing how they put the sometimes seemingly disparate tracks together in a way that makes sense. Other than a couple WTF transitions, Walkabout again pulls things off with flying colors, ending with the mutant dancefloor of "Manoman" by Black Dice. They're nowhere near as smooth as other DJs, but at this point I don't really think that they care. Instead, Optimo just wants to share some of their eclectic collection with a world in a way that instills body-moving and perhaps a bit of head-scratching. With this seventy-minute plus mix, they've certainly managed to do that again.

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Sonic Circuits 6 Manufacturer: INNOVA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Computer | Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000G14V Release Date: 2000-12-06

Tracks:

1. The White Witch Of The Moon - Warren Burt
2. Panic In Legoland - David Barnes
3. Walkabout - Paul Koonce
4. 1st Of 3 Shorts About Noise And Rhythm - Pedro Rebelo
5. Inner Steps - Andre Ruschkowski
6. The Necessity - Rasmus B. Lunding/Line Tjornhoj-Thomsen/Henrik Corfitsen
7. Tigida Pipa - Stephen Montague/Singcircle/Gregory Rose

Average customer rating: Walkabout Surprise Pleasure Matt Wharton, didgeridoo fan from Solo Piano Publications

Walkabout David Hudson Manufacturer: Real Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Australia & New Zealand | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music | Ambient | Celtic | Environmental | General | International | Jazz | Meditation Music | Piano | World Dance General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Australia & New Zealand | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Didgeralia ASIN: B00005A8J9 Release Date: 2001-03-13

Tracks:

1. Walkabout
2. Traveling Man
3. Journey
4. Dream Wanderer
5. Searcher
6. Crossroads

Amazon.com

On previous discs such as Rainbow Serpent and Woolunda, didgeridoo player David Hudson made refreshingly simple, but beautiful albums featuring his unique aboriginal wind instrument making music in its purest of forms. On Walkabout the didg virtuoso (and throat behind the Survivor: The Australian Outback opening theme) showcases his instrument's versatility. Putting dance beats or an ambient background behind the didgeridoo has been done before, but Hudson's great playing on these six extended tunes makes them noteworthy. Those familiar only with the instrument's trademark croak will be surprised by the energetic setting behind these mesmerizing tunes. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

Walkabout.......2004-10-25

I have recently received Walkabout, and enjoy it tremendously. The rhythms and beats are fabulous, one want to dance to this music. Mr Hudson makes that didge talk, he is a very talented artist and composer. This CD truly shows the versatility of the artist. Way to go David.

Surprise Pleasure.......2003-12-24

I very much enjoyed this music with the unpredictable sounds used. I recommend this CD to anyone who likes something different.

Matt Wharton, didgeridoo fan.......2001-06-20

This album is a complete disappointment. I bought it because I greatly enjoy David Hudson's other albums (Woolunda, Gunyal and Rainbow Serpent). Synthesized new age slop all but erases Hudson's didgeridoo artistry. The claim that the album is as heard on the television series "Survivor" is false. The "evocative melding of didgeridoo and world rhythms" gives me the feeling of being in an airport bookstore.

from Solo Piano Publications.......2001-04-07

Since I usually write piano reviews, "Walkabout" was a very enjoyable adventure for me. I was familiar with David Hudson from his work with Yanni on "Tribute", but was not aware that he has several albums under his own name as well as with Steve Roach. Musically, didgeridoo is probably about as far from piano as you can get, but "Walkabout" melds many musical styles and instruments in conjunction with this primitive Australian instrument. In doing some research, I discovered that Hudson is a member of the Tjapukai tribe of Northern Queensland, and is considered to be a master of his aboriginal instrument. He also plays guitar and percussion on "Walkabout", and is joined by Wayne McIntosh on guitar, Mark Mannock on keyboards, Russell Harris on Flugal horn, and Nigel Pegrum on percussion. Various rhythms are prominent, keeping the droning of the didgeridoo from becoming overbearing or monotonous for those of us entrenched in Western musical traditions.

I really like all six tracks on this CD, but my favorites are "Dream Wanderer" and "Crossroads". "Dream Wanderer" is the least upbeat of the pieces, and is hypnotic. This piece is basically a quartet for piano, percussion, guitar and didg, which is an amazing combination! There are definite jazz elements here - especially in the piano part - but the blending of musical styles from the most basic to the most sophisticated is fascinating. "Crossroads" reminds me a little of some of Alan Parsons' instrumental work from the `80's. The shifting time signatures keep it on edge, and the rhythm is completely infectious. Piano again comes to the forefront several times with jazz/rock improvisation, but it is the percussion and growling didg that really dominate. I love this piece! Open the sunroof, turn up the volume, and let `er rip!

The combination of instruments and musical styles should give "Walkabout" a broad audience appeal. David Hudson's creativity and willingness to blend many musical traditions and cultural styles is a step toward true "world music". AND, it's a lot of fun to listen to! Highly recommended!

Average customer rating: Gentle, inspiring music One of my favourite "trancey" Australian CDs

Walkabout Koorunba Manufacturer: Etherean ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Fusion & World Fusion | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000008P0V Release Date: 1994-09-15

Tracks:

1. Dawn Of The Journey
2. Age Of Time
3. Circular Efficacy
4. Intrinsic Garden
5. Momentary Window
6. Awakened Perceptions
7. Forest Of Truth
8. Rivers Of The Soul
9. Locus Of Desire... Efficacy Part II
10. Echo Of The Dawn

Customer Reviews:

Gentle, inspiring music.......2001-07-17

This relaxing, evocative music is ideal for quiet, contempetive times, massage , or easing into the day. The images that come to mind when listening to the CD are of a fresh spring morning, a world in harmony and balance, peace and contentment. It's got the same quality of gentleness all the way through. The music is contemporary orchestral vs electronic and would appeal to almost anyone. I play this at work - a dental office- and everyone wants to know "what is this great music?!!"

One of my favourite "trancey" Australian CDs.......2001-01-17

This CD has been around for a while, but there is a reason that it has such staying power! The songs are a mix of beat-oriented trance-type music with traditional Australian instruments. The tracks all have a nice feel to them and each one is different, yet interesting. One of my favourite cuts is "Rivers of the Soul". Each pice is melodic, often upbeat and almost dancey, but in a smooth kind of way. I play music from this CD often on a Public Radio program in Alaska, and consistently get asked about the source.

As a side, it seems that the dreaded "New Age" music goes through these phases where there is a love affair with some source of World music. Back in 1994, Australian music, and Digiridoos were the thing. There was a lot of questionable music put out that had caterwaulings on the Dig. This is NOT ONE OF THEM! This is a really fine CD. Think of Steve Roach's classic "Dreamtime Return", only with melodies and a beat....

Average customer rating: Lush arrangements and a firmer vision mark Najwa's latest effort

Walkabout Najwa Manufacturer: Dro ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B000HCO7VE Release Date: 2006-02-13

Tracks:

1. I'll Wait for Us
2. So Often
3. Just in Case
4. Capable
5. Push It
6. Tien, Le Mien
7. I Like It
8. Sexy Light
9. One of Those Days
10. Being Safe

Customer Reviews:

Lush arrangements and a firmer vision mark Najwa's latest effort.......2007-01-16

While she may have wandered a bit following going solo after groundbreaking work with superproducer Carlos Jean, Najwa Nimri Urrutikoetxea appears to have firmly found her voice and a creative vision. This vision lies somewhere between those fantastic trip-hop platters from the NajwaJean days and her later work, melding rhythms with lush strings, ethereal, sometimes forlorn vocals and an aesthetic that is more her own. She ranges from the airy work of "I'll Wait For Us" to the deeper beats and house of "Capable". She goes from these themes to one of the most beautiful pieces she's ever done, "I Like It". She is clearly growing with each LP and deserves to be more widely heard in the U.S.

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