Equilibrium

Equilibrium

ASIN: B00007L7LX

Editorial Reviews
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Delaware-born pianist Matthew Shipp has a rare gift for taking the jazz traditions of the past and translating them into the aural lingua franca of today's popular idioms. On this CD, his fourth in his label's so-called Blue Series, Shipp, along with bassist William Parker, drummer Gerald Cleaver, vibraphonist Khan Jamal, and synth-programmer Flam, brilliantly melds the aural imagery of Andrew Hill's '60s Blue Note classic Judgment! with contemporary electronica effects. Shipp's sound, which ingeniously blends Duke Ellington, Cecil Taylor, and McCoy Tyner, is elegantly anchored by Jamal's shimmering vibes. That floating kind of dreamtime is aurally illustrated on the title track, "Nebula Theory," and "Nu Matrix." The byte-size backbeats on "Vamp to Vibe" and "The Root" never get in the way of the swing, and "The Key," the most "straight-ahead" tune on the CD, reveals the logic and lyricism of Shipp's improvisations. This recording offers a recipe for jazz-based music that speaks to our times. "We are continuing to move into the future, exploring beat elements with modern jazz," Shipp writes in the liner notes. "Ultimately, the goal of this album is to take your mind on a trip." --Eugene Holley Jr.

Equilibrium,Matthew Shipp,Thirsty Ear,Avant-Garde Jazz,Free Jazz,Jazz,Jazz Music,Pop,Post-Bop

Spirit
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Quite a different sound

Finally..

Resurrecting the sounds of rituals and celebration

Mindblowing pagan metal...

Spirit
Eluveitie
Manufacturer: Fear Dark
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000EZ52RC

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01. Spirit 02. Uis Elveti 03. Your Gaulish War 04. ...Of Fire, Wind & Wisdom 05. Aidû 06. The Song Of Life 07. Tegernakô 08. Siraxta 09. The Dance Of Victory 10. The Endless Knot 11. AnDro Total Running Time: 50.50

Customer Reviews:

Quite a different sound.......2007-07-07

I'll admit, I admire the folk music, but I can't say that I'm the biggest fan. I listen to more of the general rock music, ranging from the classics to the more aggressive modern metal/screamo combinations. But THIS, this is practically a class in itself. The mixing of folk and metal sounded very bizarre when I heard of the concept, but when I actually heard the music, I quickly became a fan.

Just the imagination and originality of it is phenonmenal. Not only that, there has to be a lot of talent required, considering that the artists need to be skilled not only with the folk instruments, but also with the modern ones as well.

Finally.........2006-11-21

Spirit, the debut full lenght from Eluveitie, can be hard to describe. The album, in my opinion, suffers few, if any, flaws. The flutes, the whistles, the pipes, the accordions, the hurdygurdies, the whatever-other-obscure-folk-instruments are all perfect. Good folk metal is something hard to truely achieve (most of the good ones are mainly viking/scandiavian metal bands, i.e. Odinir, Korpiklaani, Finntroll even). But enough for Scandinavian Folk...we needed some good celtic metal. I'm sorry, but Cruachan and Skyclad (and many others) have all failed to make an amazing celtic folk metal album, one of the standards of Spirit. This album manages to be original and complex in a genre of music (I mean metal here, not just folk metal) that leaves little room for something different. A mind blowing work and a must have. Spirit is one of the best metal albums, ever.

Resurrecting the sounds of rituals and celebration.......2006-08-06

Spirit is an intense musical alliance of the old and new. Eluveitie started as a project to reconstruct a helvetian(continental) celtic dialect. Resurrecting the sounds of rituals and celebration to bind up in union with the violent intensity of metal, Eluveitie has emerged as the champion of the field!

With enough instruments to make the Chieftains envy, this album is the standard for originality. The instruments are well balanced, the guitars don't claim any superiority but leave enough room for your ears to capture the sounds of flutes, pipes, horn, whistles, fiddles, mandola, hurdygurdy, gaita, and accordian.

Six of the eleven songs are sung in english.
The list is as follows:
-Spirit
-Uis Elveti (This track was on Ven)
-Your Gaulish War
-Of Fire, Wind, and Wisdom
-Aidu
-The Song of Life
-Tegernako
-Siraxta
-The Dance of Victory
-The Endless Knot
-An Dro (instrumental)

This is the second album from Eluveitie, the first was Ven.
I personally like the album Ven over Spirit but I know most would disagree with me. I know all who have heard Eluveitie would agree with me that you should buy these albums while you can.

Mindblowing pagan metal..........2006-06-22

This is quite some mindblowing stuff concidering that 'Spirit' is actually Eluveitie's debut album... The quality of their EP of 2004 was OK, the songs were good, and now with 'Spirit' they are perfected... Violins, accordions, fluits, whistles, bagpipes (or whatever) give their very recognizable and distinct sound to the rough metal Eluveitie makes... Eluveitie means 'I am an Helvetian', a continental Celt... Some songs are sung in Celtic, others in English... All are about Celtic culture and wars...
I love Chrigels voice! His clean vocals and his screams are both awesome...
You've got to hear this band playing live! It's a party every time I see them...

This is one great band and this is definately one of the best releases I know of...

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666 BILLION ''STAR's'' is not enough for this!!
Soul Sacrifice
Their absolute best
Slow and Heavy
Unknown to many, absloutely phenomenal album!

Forest of Equilibrium
Cathedral
Manufacturer: Earache Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Ethereal Mirror
Endtyme
The Garden of Unearthly Delights
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Supernatural Birth Machine

ASIN: B000005831
Release Date: 1995-06-13

Tracks:

PICTURE OF BEAUTY & INNOCENCE (INTRO) COMISERATING THE CELEBRATION
EBONY TEARS
SERPENT EVE
SOUL SACRIFICE
A FUNERAL REQUEST
EQUILIBRIUM
REACHING HAPPINESS, TOUCHING PAIN

Customer Reviews:

666 BILLION ''STAR's'' is not enough for this!!.......2005-10-08

FOREST OF EQUILBRIUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1991!!!!!!!!!BUT NO TIME..It's TIMELESS!!
EARACHE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some of the most BEAUTIFUL artwork ever is on this album! AN ALBUM COVER THAT MATCHE's it's MUSIC..100%%%!!

If you played a MILLION copies of this all at once..THE EARTH WOULD EXPLODE!!!!! IT's LIKE TEN MILLION BOULDER'S..ALL FALLING ON YOUR HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HEAVEEEEEEYYYYYY..CANT EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE THIS HELL!!!!!

This is one of the best DOOM album's..it's also near DOOM DEATH..it's just not as DEATH like as WINTER and disEMBOWELMENT!!!! CATHEDRAL's first EP..was more DOOM DEATH..but this is close!!

This is just one of the ALBUM's that I will always BLAST!!! A TOTAL MASTERPEICE..and also one of the very few album's that SCARE's me!!! the feeling on this is so ERIE that you get shiver's when this hit's the CREEPEY part's..the ENDING of this album come's to mind!!!!!

EVERY FUKKING SONG..IS A MASTERPEICE!!!!!! I BLEED FOR THIS ALBUM!!!! THIS OF COURSE INFLUENCED TON's just like CANDLEMASS,SABBATH,KING CRIMSON and WITCHFINDER GENERAL before them!!

I HAVE NO MORE WORD's..MAYBE THE BEST ALBUM EVER MADE..IN ANY FORM OF MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DOOM PERFECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

''ALL LOVE IS BROKEN SOMBRE IN DEVOTION, THE HEARSE OF SELFISHNESS HAS DROVE IT ALL AWAY''-REACHING HAPINESS, TOUCHING PAIN lyrcis by DORIAN!

Soul Sacrifice.......2005-08-07

When Lee Dorian announced the formation of Cathedral, no one quite knew what the hell to expect. Dorian had been part of the first legendary line up of Napalm Death, so a Doom Metal band seemed like the polar opposite. Add to that a guitarist from one of the UK's leading Thrash bands of the time, and it seemed like a very odd proposition. Would this be the first ever high-speed Doom band?

The first few notes of "Comiserating The Celebration" showed what was in store. Cathedral was slow, heavy and well, doom-laden. The rhythm guitar came straight from the Tony Iommi school of riffs. Discordant guitar lines played counter to the rhythm, seemingly out of tune, but fitting perfectly. Dorian's psychotic screech was gone, replaced by a deep, soulful moan. Like a mammoth struggling for it's life in a prehistoric tar pit, the whole effect is one of sinking, a hopeless inescapable fate.

And basically, that was the tone for the entire album. The band explores the plummeting depths of despair repeatedly. There is not an element of cheer anywhere on the album. "Soul Sacrifice" picks up the pace a little, and apart from a final flourish, hardly raises the tempo beyond a slow march. "Equilibrium" also rumbles like a rolling shockwave of an earthquake across a continent.

Lee Dorian's vocals were something of a revelation. Until the release of this album, Doom vocalists basically emulated Ozzy Osbourne's high-pitched tenor. Some like Trouble's Eric Wagner favoured the tripped out, stoned Ozzy, while others like Candlemass' Messiah Marcolin went with full operatic pomposity. Paradise Lost predates `Forest Of Equilibrium', with Nich Holmes employing a similar vocal technique, but there was a large Death Metal component to Paradise Lost's sound. Cathedral was pure Doom. Dorian sounds like he's on the ultimate downer trip, all life and energy sapped from his body, his voice the croak of a man who has seen his own demise and has accepted it resignedly. The lyrics are tales of mysticism and natural majick, but Dorian would inspire dread no matter what the subject matter.

Guitarist Adam Lehan was also treading new ground. He'd formerly been a member of UK Apple Core nutters Acid Reign. It might have been tempting to play old Acid Reign riffs at half pace, but there is nothing here which even hints at Thrash. The odd ropey riff is excusable in Thrash, because playing at high speed mean it's gone again fairly quickly. However, playing at the leaden pace of Cathedral Lehan and fellow guitarist Gary Jennings had to deliberately place every note, or it would hang there rotting like a corpse in a gibbet.

`Forest Of Equilibrium' helped relaunch Doom Metal into the general Metal conscious. It attracted notice because of the band members' previous gigs, but kept the interest because of it's own musical merit. It was also Cathedral's only pure Doom release. From `The Ethereal Mirror' and beyond, a large Stoner Rock component was added to the sound. `Forest Of Equilibrium' stands alone as a dread monolith in Cathedral's career.

Their absolute best.......2005-03-12

This is Cathedral's punishing and crushing debut effort and it's still, in my opinion, the best thing they've ever put out. I just bought this today used. I had it before, but had to pair down my CD collection when I moved to Japan a few years ago. So today was the first time I've heard it in about 3 years, but when I put it on, it sounded even better than I remember.

The only other Cathedral album that I've really liked since this one is ENDTYME. ETHEREAL MIRROR had its' moments, most of their other stuff was pretty mediocre, although I confess to not hearing anything after ENDTYME. I think one of the things I really like about this one is Lee Dorian's vocal style, which was doubled to great effect. Some of the most eerie, depressing and drunken doom vocals I've ever heard. Sadly, that eerieness was never captured quite as well on subsequent releases. Lee tried to sing after that, and well, he can't. Some of Lee's vocals on later Cathedral stuff is actually pretty embarrassing at times, sounds like he's trying too hard.

I would rate this one of my top ten Doom releases of all time. Too bad they never reached this high again. Go and grab a copy.

Slow and Heavy.......2005-01-29

Metal is a bipolar genre, on one end of the spectrum, musicians like Jason Becker, Racer X and Yngwie Malmsteen play lightning fast guitar, sometimes at tempos exceeding 200. Then at the other side of the spectrum, bands like Cathedral crank out music that moves at snail speed. But this ain't no normal slug, this is a 200 Ton slug made out of pure metal.

The songs are long. They are played very slow. And they are mighty heavy. There is enough distortion on this album to destroy most small amplifiers. That said, I like it. I like it alot. The album starts on a good note with an ambient melody, then segues into ultra-heavy, honest to Satan, sludge metal. The vocals are few and far between, but I doubt that you will notice as you will be nodding along with the distorted yet strangely melodic guitar. Then, they start sloing. Cathedral seems to be able to take it up a notch and unleash perfectly acceptable metal solos right out of the slow moving riff. Each song, lasts for about ten minutes, giving you plenty of time to get into it.

If slow heavy music is your thing, then you really can't go wrong with Cathedral. If it is not your thing, well, then grab a joint, you it will be.

Unknown to many, absloutely phenomenal album!.......2004-01-26

Just from reading the titles like "Commiserationg the Celebration", "Ebony Tears", "Funeral Request" or "Reaching Happiness, Touching Pain" you can understand that these guys aren't the happiest lot around. But I promise, your expectations for oppressingly slow, heavy and gloomy music will be superceded by what you'll hear.

Lee Dorrian, an ex-singer for grind-core legends Napalm Death, has made a U-turn and delved into the opposite end of musical extremes. To say that this album is slow won't tell you just how painfully sluggish and crushingly heavy these riffs are. Of 58 minutes, perhaps only in 2 or 3 minute-time the tempo rises above 80 bpm. The ending part of "Ethereal Architect", while pretty mid-tempo will seem to you like a Slayer-esque break in.

The music is based on Black Sabbath inspired down-tuned dual guitar work. Solos are sparse and chaotic. Lee Dorrian shines throughout the album. His singing is mixed of 2 tracks, 1 is a tortured, low, moaning growl, and the second is painful moaning tone. These over-dubbed vocals work extremely well to create an atmosphere of cold inevitable depression. It seems that Lee's voice is coming from a grave, breaking it's way through shovel-loads of earth that are being thrown from above. The other highlight of this record is the drummer's work. It takes much of skill to be a doom-metal drummer, because you need to be inventive to fill in the gaps between the sparse rhythm beats. Mike Smail's performance is exemplary in this department. Too bad he is buried somewhat deep in the mix, and the cymbals are barely audible. And there's more to this album - the flute! It only appears in 2 tracks, but it plays in such a haunting screaming manner that it gives you chills.

This is an excellent album, that firmly steps on an unknown before ground, and stays there alone. Unless you are naturally depressed, buy this album. (If you are, then stay away from it, you might not survive, and I'm not joking).

Equilibrium
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Definition of Power

Tired and lazy, too much beer...

Be wary of this CD

another good cd from crowbar

prey the lid off your coffin N.O.L.A.!

Equilibrium
Crowbar
Manufacturer: Spitfire
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2000-03-07

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I Feel The Burning Sun
Equilibrium
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Command Of Myself
Down Into The Rotting Earth
To Touch The Hand Of God
Uncovering
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Things You Can't Understand
Euphoria Minus One
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Customer Reviews:

Definition of Power.......2005-05-08

"Equilibrium" is yet another great Album by Crowbar. Actually the first Crowbar Album i ever heard, and i've been hooked from then on. This Album seems to be one of their slowest, and some songs aren't as powerful and/or memorable as other songs. Kirk Windstein's vocals, as always, are truly brutal and fit this type of music perfectly. All in all, i tend to think this is still one of Crowbar's best.

The most outstanding songs on this Album would be "I Feel The Burning Sun", "Down Into The Rotting Earth", "Uncovering", "Buried Once Again", "Things You Can't Understand" and "Euphoria Minus One". Those songs are the most brutally heavy, and easily listenable on this CD. "Buried Once Again" has an awesome feel to it. It's both extremely heavy, and almost groovy. And after around 2 minutes, goes into a truly headbanging riff that you wish would never end. The song "Equilibrium" also does this at around the 2:05 minute mark, going into a massive-sounding brutally heavy riff with Kirk Windstein screaming "Power Leading Me". And that's exactly what this Album is. It's about Power. It's the definition of Power.

"Down Into The Rotting Earth" reminds me alot of Crowbar's song, "To Build A Mountain", off their Album "Sonic Excess In It's Purest Form". They both have almost has the same kind of song structure, as it starts off extremely heavy with Kirk Windstein giving his all vocally, then at around the 2:25 minute mark it slows down into a slow-and-sludgey riff that eventually fades away towards the end of the song. "To Touch The Hand Of God", the next song, is a Piano track that i really don't think fits on this CD. Unlike other acoustic songs by Crowbar, this is one song i tend to always skip. But the Album picks up again with the headbanging, heavy song "Uncovering" that will no doubt have every fan throwing the \m/ sign into the air.

The cover song of "Dream Weaver", i've read is one of Kirk Windstein's favourite songs ever. And it's really not that bad of a cover song. They cover it, with Kirk giving his trademark gruff/growls/screaming..whatever you want to call it, but it's very distinct anyway..and the heavy riffing is there too. It's a very slow, sludgey type of (cover) song, that i think is an alright ending to this great Album. Although it's not the "true" ending..because if you fast forward after the cover of "Dream Weaver", you get a hidden track titled "In a Gadda Da Vida" which is another cover song, done originally by a band called Iron Butterfly, i think..it goes for only 1:09 minutes, sounding obviously recorded when they were drunk or something, they do the song with no instruments, just their voices.

Overall, there is enough consistency on this Album to keep any Crowbar fan, who hasn't yet picked this up, happy. I think it's one of their best, and it's very highly recommended to all newcomers as well. Also check out "Sonic Excess In It's Purest Form" and "Lifesblood For The Downtrodden", which shouldn't be missed either.

Tired and lazy, too much beer..........2003-07-03

Crowbar is niether at thier slowest or fastest here. Piddling somewhere in the middle. Great songs, great riffs... Kinda loose and sloppy with the lyrics, definately not the greatest Crowbar album. Will not stand on it's own in your collection like the others. Including a cover of Dream Weaver kinda, to tell the truth, cheeseballed this outta my stack. Campy, loosely knit, and just not a great Crowbar album. Follow up is 100X better.

Be wary of this CD.......2001-03-12

This CD is good, and shows a lot of promise from Crowbar, but in my opinion the melodies dont move. There is no feeling of aggression or adrenaline as you get in a song like Pantera's "Revolution is my name" when the guitar riffs stop and the power cords start. So...Definitely an angry album, filled with obvious personal experiences from the band, but also boring.

another good cd from crowbar.......2000-07-08

equilibruim, the sixth full length from the sludge/doomcore band crowbar is another good example of southern metal. from the opening track i fell the burning sun to the cover of dream weaver the cd is pretty flawless. some tracks sound alike but some are different for crowbar like to touch the hand of god and dream weaver. sammy doesn't do any solos like on odd fellows rest but has some good riffs, good bridges and breakdowns. this isn't really anything new for crowbar but another good cd. fav tracks: i fell the burning sun, buried once again, command of myself, and equilibrium.

prey the lid off your coffin N.O.L.A.!.......2000-06-07

Leveraging their mighty weight against the grain of trendy modern metal landscape New Orlean's sons Crowbar return to set a new balance in aggression and domination. Twelve years and six full length releases into a career that has helped define the NOLA scene Crowbar continue redefining toxic grind. Their gritty, doom inspired sludge weilds an overwhelming power, fully matching the thick buyau air from which it was conceived. Crowbar are truly southern swill, laiden with enough inner thunder to match a hurricane and the girth of the mighty Mississippi river which the storm crosses. The dark, humming distortion of the guitars that has been a Crowbar signature is met with new recording and production techniques, building upon the harmonic experimentation of Odd Fellows Rest. The richer textures add additional dimension and depth and further build upon the doomy Crowbar myth. The lyrics continue to be deep and introspecive, a personal purgery of angst by frontman Kirk Windstein. The delivery however, is somewhat more billowing and haunting with the inclusion of harmonic effects and vocal layering. The addition of Sammy Satan Pierre-Duet to the current line-up lends a feverish Acid Bath-esque element to the already titanic sound. Throughout Equiliberium, Crowbar experiment with tempos and vocal structures to break up the monotonaty of the drawl. Each slab served up has its own musical personality ranging from uptempo crust to near gothic grinds. There are some serious corrosive forces at work in the new ellements of Crowbar's sound, stripping away the expectation of a stero-typical doom-metal offering. Crowbar equate heavy with the weight of the primordial ooze and metal with casket nails, so be prepared to have the lid pryed off your coffin by the southern grit and swampy sludge spewed forth by one of metal's heaviest quartets.

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it took me back were real music !
Brilliant release that reestablished my faith in MELODIC ROCK!
Former TOTO singer's solo debut
Holy Retro 80's Batman!!
Fergie Frederiksen Updates

Equilibrium
Fergie Frederiksen
Manufacturer: Renaissance
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ASIN: B00002MYWM
Release Date: 1999-10-26

Tracks:

Blaze of Love
Mata Hari
Equilibrium
All for Love
Best I Can Be
Crazy
Tell Me Diana
Falling into Place
Died in the Midst of a Dream
Truth Is Good Enough
Language of Love

Album Description

NEH Records brings you another great Melodic Rock import. A sure classic, Equilibrium features songwriters Martin Page (writer for HEART, BAD ENGLISH, STARSHIP), Richard Page (MR. MISTER), Jim Peterik (SURVIVOR), Bobby Caldwell (writer for CHICAGO and TOTO) and Steve Kipner (CHICAGO, THINK OUT LOUD) and a star studded line up of musicians including Steve Porcaro (TOTO), Neal Schon (JOURNEY, BAD ENGLISH), Tim Pierce (RICK SPRINGFIELD), Rocket Ritchotte (CHER, STAN BUSH), Guy Allison (DOOBIE BROTHERS, AIR SUPPLY), Ron Wikso (STORM, FOREIGNER), Kelly Hansen (UNRULY CHILD, HURRICANE), Jason Scheff (CHICAGO) and Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN). Great songs and great players make this a superb debut solo album for one of rock's premier vocalists.

Customer Reviews:

it took me back were real music !.......2005-11-30

Great songs, great vocals, from toto's isolation album singer. A whole mix between Toto, Journey and Chicago.If you like this bands, this album is for you.Thanx Fergie for this jewle of music A+...

Brilliant release that reestablished my faith in MELODIC ROCK!.......2005-11-19

Radio rock during the 1990s REALLY SUCKED for the most part with alternacrap in the first half of the decade, and hip-hop/thrash/whatever coming after that...it was nearly the end of me..dejected and full of despair, I gave up listening to modern rock radio as it still blasts out garbage on a daily basis...then, praise the Lord, I discovered this gem among other great bands (Street Talk, Brazen Abbot, Jim Jamison's Survivor)

Like many others I first heard Fergie's voice on the 1984 Toto album "Isolation". I'm not sure what happened to him between then and this release (recording-wise)..anyhow this is an excellent melodic release that gives a tip of the hat to Mr. Mister, Survivor, Journey, etc. Most of the tracks are mid paced ballads but Fergie delivers with such passion, expertly singing above catchy bass lines ("Mata Hari") and conveying deep emotion ("Equilibrium", "Died In The Midst of A Dream"). The only track that doesn't seem to fit is "Crazy" but that's just a minor gripe. Musically this CD will stand the test of time, it's that strong of a release. Toto were utter fools getting rid of him..I FRIGGIN LOVE THIS CD!!

BUY IT, PUT IT IN YOUR CD PLAYER AND CRANK IT UP!!

There is one bonus track on the Japanese release, a live version of "Angel Don't Cry" which first appeared on Isolation. The original is better.

Former TOTO singer's solo debut.......2003-03-06

Fergie Frederiksen is the voice behind my favourite album of all time - TOTO's "Isolation". Some years ago I found a postal address for him and quickly sent off a sprawling, vaguely gushing handwritten letter to him. A few months later I was more than a bit surprised to find he'd sent me some original signed promotional material for his brand new solo album. I ordered it instantly.

Initially I was slightly disappointed - his voice doesn't soar QUITE as freely as it had 15 years earlier, and this time he wasn't singing songs written by the great David Paich. However after a few listens it grew on me, and there are in fact no weak moments on the CD at all. Fergie and longtime friend and producer Ricky Phillips chose excellent material from a wide range of sources to fill up the disc, including a few self-penned titles. Absolute highlights are "Mata Hari", "All For Love", "Died In The Midst Of A Dream" and "The Truth Is Good Enough".

Since releasing this album Fergie has done guest vocal spots on the two Radioactive albums (the 2nd is forthcoming) and was a member for the first "Mecca" album. All of these are only available as imports, but if you like TOTO (especially "Isolation") or Journey, you'll probably feel you've got your moneys worth.

Fergie is due to start work on his second solo effort soon - can't wait.

Holy Retro 80's Batman!!.......2002-03-07

If you had no idea that this album was released in 1999, you'd swear that it was an 80's recording. This is understandable when you realize that the songwriters on this album were responsible for some of the 80's most successful tunes. If you like 80's music, you'll really enjoy this album. Unless you are a Toto fan, you will probably have no idea who Fergie is. Think of it this way: if Toto and Chicago ever had a love child, it would be Fergie Fredericksen! Don't sweat it though. The man can hold his own and he's got some great songwriters and musicians (including Journey's Neal Schon), to back him up. The tunes are rockin', catchy pop music that'll still be in your head days after you've listened to it. For an import, you can't beat the price. Get one now while you can.

Fergie Frederiksen Updates.......2002-01-08

Fergie Frederiksen known by vocalist of TOTO's Isolation is now part of another great rock project Mecca produced by Jim Peterik which will be released around May 2002. Fergie's solo Equilibrium best represents his vocal appeal maybe better than Isolation. His vocal range is diverse enough to cover the songs written by different great songwriters who produced 80's big hits. Pure delight for 80's rock fan for sure.

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ha ha ha
And I got my own theme song...
Hands down one of the best releases of 2005!
Yo, yeeeaaa it ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-majik most!
Top 10 album for 2005 in all music

Molesting Hip Hop
Majik Most
Manufacturer: Domination Recordings
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Mother Molesters feat. Apathy, louis logic & Celph Titled

Product Description

Creative powerhouse, long time Demigodz affiliate, and Equilibrium group member, Majik Most slams back hard on the scene with his incredible first full length CD + DVD "Molesting Hip Hop". The CD features beats and rhymes from Celph Titled, Apathy, J-Zone, Louis Logic, Lord Digga, JJ Brown, Eternia, Jade Foxx, Get Large and many more. Jam packed with certified bangers, hilarious concepts, and insane skits, this instant classic is no doubt one of the most solid underground releases to hit the scene in years. The DVD features over 2 hours of non stop entertainment - Including Music videos, behind the scenes/show footage, Video freestyles, skits and hilarious outtakes. Appearances from J-Zone, Vinny Paz, Celph Titled, Apathy, Louis Logic, Gutta Mouf, JJ Brown, Rise, Big Scoob, Dutch Massive and many more. Solid independent hip hop!

Customer Reviews:

ha ha ha.......2006-04-05

this dude is nutts on the mic, can't say I knew much about him prior to this album. Had heard him on 1 or 2 songs, and knew he was down with Celph Titled. This album is really solid. It's way over the top, and really fun. A lot of people might find it tasteless and disrespectful, but the content is so obviously aggerated one should be able to laugh at it. Skits are almost always a low point for me, but this album has some outstanding skits. The one where he's dreaming the Devil was talking to him and telling him "you're album's not coming out!" kills me. It's so rediclious and stupid! Lyrically Majik is much like his homie Celph Titled, and always saying something unexpected. The talk of Russian Mafia dudes on ski's shooting at them is beyond explination. Him & Celph get busy togeather over the same beat Dre & Ren flipped over almost 20 years ago. There's not any real touching moments, no songs about his mom, love or whatever. This is just a really retarded record, and it works.

And I got my own theme song..........2005-12-20

Oh man where does one start trying to sum up Majik Most? Maybe his personal website complete with links to XXX rated websites? Or his over the top claims such as slapping Suge Knight? Or maybe its the wacky skits about his streets being so being so real that you're liable to get attacked by russians armed with machine guns on skis or diseased outbreak monkeys? That's getting closer but its probably his bio that best summarizes his personality when at the tender age of 2 "made a karaoke machine explode" and " at the age of 5 one of his metaphors made and elderly man flip out of a wheelchair'. "

While it almost sounds ridiculous to describe Majik Most to anyone who's never heard of him, he's one of the more entertaining rappers around connected to some extra talented friends, such as the always amazing Louis Logic, battle vet Apathy or the incredibly underrated Celph Titled whom all make guest appearances.

As the album title implies, the entire album is done tongue and cheek, and probably at that, tongue and cheek as in tongue and that other cheek. Its completely offensive and completely entertaining. As if that wasn't enough, there's a DVD complete with Majik Most and Dutchmassive talking crap to tourists and Majik kicking a free style while a girl strips naked in the background. One has to wonder what this cat would do if he had production money. Molesting Hip Hop is a Mixtape... so its not meant to be taken as an official album, which generally puts an album to second rate standards (a trend that is starting to wear hip hop heads out listening to C material or horrid remixes). While there's a little beat jacking and short songs lasting a verse or two, it feels more like an album except with an over abundance of skits. If I were to hold this to mixtapes standards, this quite possibly is the greatest mixtape ever created hands down. If it were a stand alone album I'd be a little more critical and probably give it a four star rating. Its a toss up but given the fact I keep coming back to this album and re-listening as it keeps growing on me even that's arguable.

There's also a strange air of intelligence as Majik Most parodies a bit of the all already ridiculous rap life, that's been ripe for a lot of bland stand up bits and bad skits. Instead of succumbing to the usual tired jokes, Majik Most fully embraces rap/hip hop (as he's obviously a fan) and uses humor to subtly criticize some negatives by just pushing the envelope too far. Other clever moments include the should-be-famous JJ Brown's sampling of the Austin Power's soundtrack (without being obvious) on the album's most listenable joint, Chicks Don't Mind, with an attitude much in line of Mr Powers himself (read again, no direct references to Austin Powers) and skits that are self parody of his own skits, that often include bloopers of those who are supposed to be making the skits. It becomes a strange juxtaposition of then-and-now when comical rap skits that used to make fun of rap skits have become so cliched that it takes a voice actor scratching her head "What am I supposed to say?" when trying to perform parody of a comical rap skit making fun of a comical skit. Its convoluted, genius and funny. Just buy the damn album already.

Hands down one of the best releases of 2005!.......2005-11-02

I can't describe how much I love this CD! It is just non-stop entertainment from start to finish. You can let it play all the way through and not feel the urge to skip anything. The way the skits and interludes are intertwined throughout the songs is comedy genius. The production & sound quality on this CD is astounding. Majik Most is a true entertainer and it really shows through on amazing tracks like "Deranged Barber", "Skinny Girls", "Nasty Toes", and "Chicks Don't Mind". Not to mention the insanely dope guest appearances from the likes of Celph Titled, Apathy, Louis Logic, Guttamouf and many more - every MC seemed to have put forth their best effort.

If you're a fan of hip hop from the likes of the Beatnuts, Alkaholiks, J-Zone, Demigodz, etc. Then it's guaranteed you will enjoy this release. I can't say anything more other than to make sure you pick this CD up... it's a must have.

Yo, yeeeaaa it ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-majik most!.......2005-10-08

Most of the beats where made by Celph Titled of the Demigodz.. Celph and Majik are very close, but there were plenty of other producers on there too.

And as for me, well I love Majik. He goes to HCC with my boy Good Feezie and the man is a lyrical genius. Glad to see some support from across the whole US..

And yea, I posted up the customer graphic.. (On mama's account though)

Top 10 album for 2005 in all music.......2005-10-01

The Lyrics and the beats are above average but what makes this album so good is it ever lasting replay value and very good song structure and formating on this LP.I have not heard of Majik Most and it is a shame that only 2 people have reviewed this album because it is fun and will take you back.
If is not a pure classic it is very close to it.

Average customer rating:

Amazing.
???
Sadly Underrated
I think I love Ms. Vazquez...
Oh yeah! beotch!

IX Equilibrium
Emperor
Manufacturer: Century Media
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise
Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
In the Nightside Eclipse
Sons of Northern Darkness
Scattered Ashes: Decade of Emperial Wrath

ASIN: B00000IKI3
Release Date: 1999-04-27

Tracks:

Curse You All Men!
Decrystallizing Reason
An Elegy Of Icaros
The Source Of Icon E
Sworn
Nonus Aequilibrium
The Warriors Of Modern Death
Of Blindness & Subsequent Seers
Bonus Track

Album Description

1999 and third album by one of the most important dark metal bands of all time! Eight tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Amazing........2007-04-16

I have no idea why people say this is Emperor's worst album. I have "In the Nightside Eclipse" and "Athems to the Welkin at Dusk" and "Prometheus"- and personally I think this is their best album. The production is so much better than in "In the Nightside Eclipse" and "Anthems to Welkin at Dusk". The music is very full and majestic...as it is in other Emperor albums also...but it just goes to show their touch has not been lost. Just overall it is very beautiful with much clearer production and some improved vocals. I highly recommend this album.

???.......2007-01-11

I have to be honest in saying that like other reviewers, I don't hear where the bad blood about this recording is coming from. I'm a fan of both stages of Emperor. I loved the early stuff as well as the more symphonic Emperor. I think this is as great a recording as, Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk. A lot of people think that one was their best. If it were up to me, I'd list all of their albums as the best. If you liked the Welkin CD, you will like this. Emperor seemed a bit more heavier on Anthems, but not so much that you will hear this and be bummed out at all.
Hail the mighty Emperor!

Sadly Underrated.......2006-02-04

Most fans of the band say this is Emperor's worst album, but I don't hear it. While it's certainly not as good as their first two albums its still excellent. "Curse You All Men" is their best opener and one of their best tracks. "An Elegy of Icaros", "Nonus Equilibrium", "The Source of Icon E" and the epic closer "Of Blindness and Subsequent Seers" are all excellent tracks. The only weak track is "The Warriors of Modern Death". Otherwise this album is great: great songs, great production, great musicianship. Highly recommended.

I think I love Ms. Vazquez..........2005-10-10

Could ther be a guitar slinging woman out there who actually LOVES black metal??? Damn, I think I'm in love.

Oh yeah, and this album is a nuclear bomb. If you don't know about these guys who pioneered then perfected an overlooked genre of metal, well, go on then, see what it is you have been missing.

If you enjoy it, try Immortal, early Satyricon, and the first( and only as far as I'm concerned) album by Mayhem. Also Borknagar, and Vintersorg for mind expansion purposes.

Oh yeah! beotch!.......2005-10-02

you don't even have to say emperor you just say prometheus or nine equilibrium and if you don't know what that means you ain't no friend of mine prometheus should be your first purchase but this one is just as good. also if you like wierd awesome highly talented norwegian metal check out ASMEGIN

Flute & Piano Music By Italian Composers

Average customer rating:

Flute & Piano Music By Italian Composers
Karl Kraber , and Michael Rogers
Manufacturer: Equilibrium Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00007IG23
Release Date: 2002-12-24

Average customer rating:

Romanze of Weissenborn

Manufacturer: Equilibrium Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00081U7A4
Release Date: 2005-04-26

Average customer rating:

Sounds, Shapes, and Symbols

Manufacturer: Equilibrium Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000AUHSG
Release Date: 2003-08-26

Average customer rating:

Equilibrium
Exotic Birds
Manufacturer: EMI Distribution
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000008FG9
Release Date: 1990-10-02

Jazz Music:

Jazz Music

Jazz Music