Duality

Duality

Duality

ASIN: B00004U8QJ

Track Listings
 
1. Change of Seasons
2. Traffic Jam
3. Entangled
4. The Road Home
5. Order of Dawn
6. Little Miss Lover
7. Looking In
8. Q-Sonic

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Allow me to introduce...
Prashant Asw

Prashant is a young rapidly rising musician within today's music scene. His brilliant song writing, versatility of musical style combined with his flawless technique and singing tone has made him a force to be reckoned with. His captivating melodies and intricate rhythms create lasting impressions on any listener. Among his many talents, he excels in the following:
* Performance
* Composition
* Sessions Playing
* Music Production and Engineering
* Teaching

AT THE PRESENT TIME


* Prashant's debut album entitled "REVELATION" was released in Europe by Virtuoso Records and in Japan by Soundholic Records in 1998/1999. Greg Howe produced this CD.
* Prashant has a second album, "DUALITY", which has just been completed. Greg Howe also produces this CD.
* Look for "DUALITY" to be released in the coming months.
* Prashant is featured in Greg Howe's latest album,"ASCEND", which was released on Shrapnel Records.
* Prashant has performed many guitar seminars around the world. The most recent seminars were performed in May of 1999 in Tokyo, Japan, for ESP Academy and Musicians Institute.
* In addition, Prashant has had many interviews in some of the top magazines in Europe and Japan. To name a few, Young Guitar, Burrn, Guitar Magazine, Adlib Magazine, Mindview Belgium and Axe Guitar Magazine.
* Prashant also has had several of his guitar technique columns published.
* Prashant endorses the following fine companies:

* The ESP Guitar Co. * Lexicon * D'Addario Strings * Seymour Duncan Pickups * VHT Amplifiers *

EARLY BEGINNINGS
* Prashant's first formal training in music started with learning to play TABLA when he was 8 years old. Two years of intense training gave him solid sense of rhythm.
* When he was 12 he got involved with guitar playing which became his passion.
* A year later, Prashant performed in front of over 500 people as a part of an annual School event "The Garage Band Night" held at the Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, California. He played an original composition, which was much acclaimed.
* When he was 15 years old, he was chosen to play in "The Bay Area's Best Talent" night, sponsored by Reik Music.
* Two years later he was selected to play in Lexington High School Jazz Ensemble in which he played four performances throughout the year.
* In the fourth performance he was the showcased soloist and among the set, performed the song "Room 335" by Larry Carlton.

FORMATIVE YEARS
* Prashant continued his musical endeavor at the world renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston.
* In the second year at the Berklee College of Music, Prashant was selected , through unanimous faculty vote, as one of the top seven guitarists among over a thousand, to perform in the annual "Guitar Night" in front of the entire school, faculty, accomplished musicians and guests. Among the VIPs present were, Steve Morse, Andy Timmons and John Petrucci. Prashant was chosen to represent Instrumental Jazz-Rock fusion.
* In 1994, at age 20, Prashant won "Bay Area's Best Guitarist" competition, sponsored by KSJO radio station and the band Aerosmith. He was awarded a Gibson Les Paul autographed by the band members of Aerosmith
* In 1995, he was introduced to the renowned guitarist Greg Howe by Mike Varney and received advanced training from him.

Product Description
Instrumental Guitar oriented Jazz rock Fusion

Duality,Prashant Aswani,Prashant Aswani,Explosive instrumental jazz/rock guitar fusion embelished with exotic East Indian rythyms and a sweet, soaring tone.
Duality
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Fantastic
  • Yes it is that good
  • Hauntingly beautiful, soothingly mystical, fulfillingly Eastern sound
  • No!... Not Disappointment!!
  • Lisa Gerrard at her finest
Duality
Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke
Manufacturer: 4ad / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000062VG
Release Date: 1998-04-14

Tracks:

  1. Shadow Magnet
  2. Tempest
  3. Forest Veil
  4. The Comforter
  5. The Unfolding
  6. Pilgrimage Of Lost Children
  7. The Human Game
  8. The Circulation Of Shadows
  9. Sacrifice
  10. Nadir (Synchronicity)

Amazon.com

Duality is at once sacred and playful. It is both dark and light, organic and refined, masculine and feminine. Dead Can Dance's Lisa Gerrard partners with Pieter Bourke, formerly of Aussie band Eden, to create this compositional dance of partnership that is classical, ancient, and thoroughly modern. Gerrard's voice is multitracked at times, conjuring a cathedral choir and the droning chants of monks. Drums and synth snake from desert to brilliant stormy sky to shaking earth and the bodies that inhabit those spaces. There are lush multiple layers of strings, bagpipe drone, and, quite literally, the laughter of children. The vocals sans "real" words and multicultural instrumentation will be familiar to Dead Can Dance listeners. Yet there is something more exclusive, more womblike about the music of Bourke and Gerrard; rather than two distinct bodies making music, like mother and in utero child sharing blood and breath, they are mutually dependent. --Paige La Grone

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic.......2007-01-08

This music is a great CD for anyone who is a diehard fan of Dead Can Dance. The songs have a very diverse number of styles. There are a few fast songs and the song "The Human Game" sounds like it could be a soundtrack from a movie.

5 out of 5 stars Yes it is that good.......2006-09-30

I came across some fairly brutal reviews for this album. Ah well, every man to his own. This work is impossibly subtle, daydream for a second and you miss a mindblowing transisition. If you think I'm joking try finding the twenty-something transistions my midi program detected on track 2. The theme is middle easternish which is the perfect atmosphere for Gerrard's impossible voice. What I like most about this album, and the reason I am writing this review is becasue of the way each track ends. No seriously, even if you don't like the track in question, you have to admit.... I mean I haven't seen such stunning fade offs since Tony Gonzalez's "Unrecorded"
Highly recommended for electronica, ambience lovers and aphex twin fanatics.

5 out of 5 stars Hauntingly beautiful, soothingly mystical, fulfillingly Eastern sound.......2006-01-15

I was never a fan of 'Dead can Dance' only because I'd never heard them. But a friend of mine saw that I liked Caroline Lavelle and said: "I think you'll like this album." Let me just say, I've never put this album away and had to replace it twice (once was worn and broken, once a boyfriend stole my copy.) I think I have yet to find someone I know who will listen to it and it doesn't move them somewhat.

This album is incredibly atmospheric. It's one of those beautiful and lovely CDs that you can put on at night in the summer with the windows open and light lots of candles -- actually it's what we did and just had a bottle of wine talking with this in the background thoroughly enjoying the music of Duality.

It is a combination of Eastern, tribal and classical music in my opinion. Specific songs in particular to really revel in would be: Shadow Magnet, Forest Veil, the Human Game, and the Unfolding is very VERY moving if you listen at a louder volume.

I adore this album and have yet to find another like it. For those of you who are Dead Can Dance fans, I don't know what to tell you but I like her solo work. For those out there who are Loreena, Enya or Caroline Lavelle fans, check out Lisa Gerrard and enjoy. This music is good for atmosphere, meditation and something different. Highly recommended.

2 out of 5 stars No!... Not Disappointment!!.......2005-12-15

I must say that after being a fan of Dead Can Dance for years now, and hearing that Lisa was out making music for movies, and sharing her beautiful talents with the world I was looking forward to buying one of her solo albums.

But I'm so disappointed! Maybe two or three songs on the whole cd compel me to emotions that evoke sadness or happiness. The rest are just "blah".

I know that it is not the same band, I know that she is a talented woman, I am just not impressed with the level of creativity on this album.

If you are looking for a moving album, something that is full of life... this is not the one.

4 out of 5 stars Lisa Gerrard at her finest.......2005-05-28

No, this is not `Dead can dance', this is Lisa Gerrard at her finest. There is still the essence of `Dead can dance' in this album (the Middle Eastern influenced sound), yet Lisa puts a more classical spin on the songs. The first few tracks on the album sound very much like `Dead can Dance'; they have a lot of drums, flutes, and very tribal sounding. `Unfolding' and `Sacrifice' stand out as my favorite two songs. Lisa has a wonderful talent for layering her own voice in a way that just sounds haunting a breathtaking. `Human Game' is the only track that doesn't really fit with the album though; however, I still think it's a great song. This song almost sounds like it was intended to be used for a sound track for James Bond or something LOL. Overall, the album is just amazing and great to listen to if you want relaxing, dreamy music.
Duality
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Takes a few listens...
  • Still Strong
  • Sky II
  • Excellent second release for a great band
  • Soak It In
Duality
Ra
Manufacturer: Republic
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Tracks:

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Takes a few listens..........2007-06-13

Ra is a very interesting band to watch grow. Their first release (From One) was an excellent debut that showed off their potential. Its an album that can immediately be digested and have you loving them in no time. With "Duality" the band is still lyrically strong, if not stronger. However, instrumental-wise, the band has fallen into a very generic hole that they need to climb themselves out of. Not to say the instrumental on this album is awful, no, not by any means. It just doesn't stand out nearly as much as their debut album had. I've had this album since the first week it came out. There are a few tracks that you can immediately get into, mostly on the first half, but the rest will fall away from your first listen. Over time though you will grow to appreciate the rest of this album, I did at least.

8/10

5 out of 5 stars Still Strong.......2007-06-10

This album is excellent, It could do without "Every little thing she does is magic" It sucks, really bad. That song does not sound like the Ra I know. Also, "I lost everything today" SUCKS. HORRIBLE vibe for a Ra album, why? WHY???

Anyway, the complaints out of the way this album is excellent for the most part. Fallen Angels, Tell Me, Love, SUPERMAN SAY YOU WILL UNDERTAKEN TAKEN everything is just awesome. I do notice however that the group shied a little bit away from the defining Egyptian roots that made them who they are. Hopefully, Black Sun will patch that gap.

5 out of 5 stars Sky II.......2007-03-12

I picked up both From One and Duality at the same time and I have to say that the band has matured with the release of this cd. Not a bad song on this cd. This has more of a melodic flare, but still rocks out. Another cd that stays in the player for a long time.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent second release for a great band.......2007-01-05

I've been into Ra since they came out with From One a few years ago - since I first heard "Do You Call My Name" on the radio, I was hooked. That CDs probably towards the top of my list just in terms of how much I listened to it.

That being said, I haven't had Duality for long. I actually only knew it was out after I saw them perform at Locobazooka last summer. It was pretty much the next CD I bought, and it does not fail to deliver.

Like on their first CD, Ra continues to play interesting, unique music, backed up by Sahaj's amazing vocals. A friend of mine once said "you know a band is great when they have their own sound - when you can hear them and instantly recognize them, even if you don't know them well." I've always believed this, and for Ra, it's certainly true. They have a very distinctive, unique sound, and that is something which is becoming increasingly hard to find in the music industry these days.

Put simply, Duality is incredible. It starts off with a semi-odd track of a man talking which segues into "Fallen Angels," a hard hitting song that sets the tone for the rest of the album. This CD stays strong towards the middle and end, and doesn't get boring. Especially interesting on this CD (to those of use that remember this song) is Ra's cover of "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic." It's well done, and puts a smile on my face every time I listen to this album.

Overall, this is a great CD that doesn't fail to disappoint. For those of you that haven't heard Ra, this is great for fans of Pulse Ultra, Chevelle, Memento, and old Incubus.

5 out of 5 stars Soak It In.......2006-12-12

I was a huge fan of Ra's first album 'From One' - it stood apart from anything else in the hard rock genre due largely to the strong songwriting and memorable melodies. Ra is truly an original band in that sense. 'Duality' didn't grab me as quickly though it shares the same strengths as their previous effort - strong songs, big vocals, excellent musicianship, pop sensibility. The songs are a bit deeper here, and after about the fourth listen I started to pick up the Sting/Police vibe that was hinted at on the first album. It adds a slightly different - and more mature - color to 'Duality' and I've grown to enjoy it even more than 'From One.'

A must have for fans of 'From One', Sting, the Police, King's X, or just solid melody ridden hard rock.
Duality
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Just an amazing cd!
  • Listen start to end, with lights out
Duality
In the Nursery
Manufacturer: Roadrunner Records
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000008GT6
Release Date: 1992-07-21

Tracks:

  1. Belle Epoque
  2. Always
  3. Red Harvest
  4. Duality
  5. Corruption
  6. Thorns
  7. Pulse
  8. Valediction
  9. Universe
  10. Engraver
  11. Mecciano
  12. Always (Strive to Be the Best) [*]
  13. Desiderata [*]

Amazon.com

Truly risk-taking popular music is hard to find, often buried beneath a mound of play-it-safe "alternative" rock or formulaic electronica. The risk inherent in doing something truly unique is in being tagged "pretentious," an insult almost worse than being called just plain "bad." England's In the Nursery walk a very fine line between the worlds of pop and classical music, making themselves broad targets for archers poised with the "pretentious" arrow. But what ITN almost always do, album after album, is succeed in creating glorious beauty--music so cinematic and lush as to almost spoil your taste for anything else. Duality, originally released in 1992 and remastered with two bonus mixes for this 1999 reissue, is a perfect example of the soundtrack-like work at which twin brothers Klive and Nigel Humberstone excel. Much like its predecessor, 1991's Sense, Duality takes the listener through a self-contained world of swelling (but never cloying) strings, melancholic piano, crisp snare, and rumbling timpani, accented here and there by the ethereal French vocals of Dolores Marguerite C. Duality's brilliant contribution to the ITN catalog was the introduction of classic British poetry to the mix. The Humberstones sample liberally from an old Richard Burton spoken-word album and throw his richly textured voice atop their larger-than-life musical tapestries; it's a perfect fit (check out "Corruption," on which Burton reads John Donne's sonnet "A Feaver" to spine-chilling effect) and a tactic they would use more fully on their magnum opus, 1994's Anatomy of a Poet. Duality's other highlights include "Belle Epoque," the disc's uplifting opener, and the title track, a darkly powerful symphony that builds in emotion and drama to a spectacular climax. ITN provide the music; you provide the imaginary film. --Steve Landau

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Just an amazing cd!.......2007-03-02

This is one of the most amazing cd's I have ever owned, can't even classify it into any one group, a genre for everyone and it's just something you need to relax with and flow with..

my personal opinion is lay down or relax in a good spot, and listen to it from beggining to end, it's amazing the effect you have when your done listening to it, almost puts you in a deep meditative state and just makes you feel good and refreshed when your done listening to it..

I highly recommend this album to anyone who likes, Dead Can Dance,Enigma, Sarah Mclaughlin, & Loreena Mckennitt...

It's pretty damn awesome!

5 out of 5 stars Listen start to end, with lights out.......2000-05-25

This is my No. 1 disc of the 1990s -- a title I don't give lightly, and a title that "Duality" has kept almost from the moment I picked it up in its original 1992 release.

In a darkened room, perhaps with headphones on, the opening synth-horn fanfare, angelic vocals, and heavy percussion of "Belle Epoque" immediately seize the soul and begin your journey into the depths of your mind where, as "Always" notes, "the universe is unfolding as it should."

As In the Nursery's soundtrack plays out, it triggers the greatest hits of your own personal soundtrack, over the typewriter and solemn recitations of "Red Harvest," over the symphonic urgency of "A Valediction" and to the final seconds of "Mecciano" where everything stops and "makes you end where you begun."

Alternately serene and intense, but always intricately structured, compelling and multilayered, the music exudes an incredible level of sophistication that transcends the "Industrial" section into which it usually gets lumped. The electronic instrumentation is flawlessly crisp; the multifaceted percussion knows when to be bold and when to be tame; the spoken-word recitals are just enough to trigger emotional responses without demanding specific vision.

"Duality" is not background music. These are timeless compositions that demand your full attention. In return, you'll get a musical reward the likes of which I have never experienced from any other piece of contemporary music.

Even eight years later, "Duality" can still make me ecstatic and make me cry, all within about the same 45 minutes.

"Duality" was the culmination of a three-disc progression into neoclassical, symphonic and sountrack explorations that began with "L'Esprit" and "Sense." All three are outstanding works, but "Duality" easily stands at the top of the heap and is the one to buy today if you're buying only one.
Duality
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Best classic Die Form album
  • Fantastic album
  • The Tears Of Eros
  • Always In The Top Ten
  • Well, I'm just not quite sure what to think
Duality
Die Form
Manufacturer: Metropolis Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1998-03-24

Tracks:

  1. Invisible World
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Best classic Die Form album.......2006-06-01

This is my favorite album purely for the mood at which the songs put me in. It is very dark and emotional, not something the average person could handle. Die Form is a very different kind of band, its mixed goth with dance beat, but overall very serious and meaningful music. I love serious music like Tool and Loreena Mckennitt (two totally different bands) and I love Die Form too.. go figure. The other Die Form album I recommend is Inhuman. I just ordered Exhuman so I don't know if that is good yet but if it is like Inhman then it will be.

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic album.......2004-04-22

This was the first Die Form album I ever listened to years ago. I still think it's their best. From their huge hit The Hidden Cage to The Shape and Love is Cold, it's an original work of art that takes the listener through many moods and rhythms. There is no other band like them. They are amazing.

5 out of 5 stars The Tears Of Eros.......2003-06-29

Philippe Fichot is definately no slave to convention.
He masterfully weaves his voice( often sounding like Hal of 2001)in contrast with Elaine P's operatic voice over an electronic tapestry.
Mutsumi Oku also sings some songs on this CD.Her voice is very ghostly.
The photographs, are eloquent.(Man Ray meets Octave Mirbeau and Bataille)

5 out of 5 stars Always In The Top Ten.......2002-10-21

One of the Best off Metropolis, full of emotions, chills, and just about every bodily feeling imaginable. Die Form is that good. I host a Industrial Radio show at my college station, and among Apoptygma Berzerk, and Faith & the Muse, Die Form always breaks the top ten. If you are new to Die Form, start here!!!!!

3 out of 5 stars Well, I'm just not quite sure what to think.......2002-06-08

This album started out for me just perfectly. It was sad and dark and I immediately took to it and added it to my list for great melancholic music. But as the CD progressed the music just got a little too mechanical and silly for me. It conjures up images of people who have too much dark sexual obsession having bizarre rites in their upstairs attics. I guess if you're into that kind of thing then this is GREAT! But I couldn't take it seriously.
Duality
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    Duality

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    Album Description

    Taken from the 2004 album 'Vol. 3 - The Subliminal Verses'. Three non-LP tracks, 'Duality' (edit), 'Don't Get Close' (B-side), 'Disasterpiece' (taken from live DVD), & 'Duality' (Video). Polygram.
    Duality
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Just an amazing cd!
    • Listen start to end, with lights out
    Duality
    In the Nursery
    Manufacturer: ITN Corporation
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    ASIN: B00000HYVN
    Release Date: 2007-06-01

    Tracks:

    1. Belle Epoque
    2. Always
    3. Red Harvest
    4. Duality
    5. Corruption
    6. Thorns
    7. Pulse
    8. A Valediction
    9. Universe
    10. The Engraver
    11. Mecciano
    12. Always(Strive To Be)
    13. Desiderata

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    Truly risk-taking popular music is hard to find, often buried beneath a mound of play-it-safe "alternative" rock or formulaic electronica. The risk inherent in doing something truly unique is in being tagged "pretentious," an insult almost worse than being called just plain "bad." England's In the Nursery walk a very fine line between the worlds of pop and classical music, making themselves broad targets for archers poised with the "pretentious" arrow. But what ITN almost always do, album after album, is succeed in creating glorious beauty--music so cinematic and lush as to almost spoil your taste for anything else. Duality, originally released in 1992 and remastered with two bonus mixes for this 1999 reissue, is a perfect example of the soundtrack-like work at which twin brothers Klive and Nigel Humberstone excel. Much like its predecessor, 1991's Sense, Duality takes the listener through a self-contained world of swelling (but never cloying) strings, melancholic piano, crisp snare, and rumbling timpani, accented here and there by the ethereal French vocals of Dolores Marguerite C. Duality's brilliant contribution to the ITN catalog was the introduction of classic British poetry to the mix. The Humberstones sample liberally from an old Richard Burton spoken-word album and throw his richly textured voice atop their larger-than-life musical tapestries; it's a perfect fit (check out "Corruption," on which Burton reads John Donne's sonnet "A Feaver" to spine-chilling effect) and a tactic they would use more fully on their magnum opus, 1994's Anatomy of a Poet. Duality's other highlights include "Belle Epoque," the disc's uplifting opener, and the title track, a darkly powerful symphony that builds in emotion and drama to a spectacular climax. ITN provide the music; you provide the imaginary film. --Steve Landau

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Just an amazing cd!.......2007-03-02

    This is one of the most amazing cd's I have ever owned, can't even classify it into any one group, a genre for everyone and it's just something you need to relax with and flow with..

    my personal opinion is lay down or relax in a good spot, and listen to it from beggining to end, it's amazing the effect you have when your done listening to it, almost puts you in a deep meditative state and just makes you feel good and refreshed when your done listening to it..

    I highly recommend this album to anyone who likes, Dead Can Dance,Enigma, Sarah Mclaughlin, & Loreena Mckennitt...

    It's pretty damn awesome!

    5 out of 5 stars Listen start to end, with lights out.......2000-05-25

    This is my No. 1 disc of the 1990s -- a title I don't give lightly, and a title that "Duality" has kept almost from the moment I picked it up in its original 1992 release.

    In a darkened room, perhaps with headphones on, the opening synth-horn fanfare, angelic vocals, and heavy percussion of "Belle Epoque" immediately seize the soul and begin your journey into the depths of your mind where, as "Always" notes, "the universe is unfolding as it should."

    As In the Nursery's soundtrack plays out, it triggers the greatest hits of your own personal soundtrack, over the typewriter and solemn recitations of "Red Harvest," over the symphonic urgency of "A Valediction" and to the final seconds of "Mecciano" where everything stops and "makes you end where you begun."

    Alternately serene and intense, but always intricately structured, compelling and multilayered, the music exudes an incredible level of sophistication that transcends the "Industrial" section into which it usually gets lumped. The electronic instrumentation is flawlessly crisp; the multifaceted percussion knows when to be bold and when to be tame; the spoken-word recitals are just enough to trigger emotional responses without demanding specific vision.

    "Duality" is not background music. These are timeless compositions that demand your full attention. In return, you'll get a musical reward the likes of which I have never experienced from any other piece of contemporary music.

    Even eight years later, "Duality" can still make me ecstatic and make me cry, all within about the same 45 minutes.

    "Duality" was the culmination of a three-disc progression into neoclassical, symphonic and sountrack explorations that began with "L'Esprit" and "Sense." All three are outstanding works, but "Duality" easily stands at the top of the heap and is the one to buy today if you're buying only one.
    Duality
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • What a talent
    • extremely melodic, great listening
    Duality
    Julian Coryell
    Manufacturer: Encoded Music
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    ASIN: B000001YNZ
    Release Date: 1997-07-29

    Tracks:

    1. Gay's Flight
    2. Seryozha's Lament
    3. Deacon Blues
    4. The Compression
    5. Mr. Snike
    6. River
    7. All I Really Want To Do
    8. The New Duality
    9. Shipbuilding
    10. Darkman
    11. Truth

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars What a talent.......2002-12-31

    Great compositions, superbly executed. From smooth jazz to uptempo straight ahead jazz. Highly recommended.

    4 out of 5 stars extremely melodic, great listening.......1999-10-16

    This CD offers a fascinatingly blended Duality in musical content, identity and even form: some funkier "modern" but smooth jazz selections are presented, some more "classic" jazz cuts are brilliantly executed, and all proclaim the versatile, well-trained and FRESH melodic guitar skills of emerging young star Julian Coryell, son of Larry Coryell.
    Star Trek - The Next Generation: Music From The Original Television Soundtrack, Volumes One, Two And Three
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • GREAT COLLECTION
    • If you want a good price for good CDs, buy this....
    Star Trek - The Next Generation: Music From The Original Television Soundtrack, Volumes One, Two And Three

    Manufacturer: Gnp Crescendo
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    Film ScoresFilm Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
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    1. Star Trek - Deep Space Nine: Music From The Original Television Soundtrack (The Emissary)
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    4. Star Trek: Music From The Original Television Soundtracks, Volumes One, Two And Three
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    ASIN: B000001OZT
    Release Date: 1993-04-19

    Tracks:

    1. Star Trek: The Next Generation-Main Title - Dennis McCarthy
    2. Stardate - Dennis McCarthy
    3. Troi Senses - Dennis McCarthy
    4. Picard's Plan/First Chase - Dennis McCarthy
    5. Detaching/Separation - Dennis McCarthy
    6. Shaken/Court Time/There Goes Da Judge - Dennis McCarthy
    7. USS Hood/On Manual - Dennis McCarthy
    8. End Credit - Dennis McCarthy
    9. Personal Log/Admiral/Old Lovers - Dennis McCarthy
    10. Caverns - Dennis McCarthy
    11. Splashing/The Woods/Memories - Dennis McCarthy
    12. Scanned/Big Guns/Unknown - Dennis McCarthy
    13. Revealed/Reaching Out - Dennis McCarthy
    14. Departure - Dennis McCarthy
    15. Main Title-Version #2 (Alternate M.T.) - Dennis McCarthy

    Tracks:

    1. Star Trek: The Next Generation Main Title - Ron Jones
    2. New Providence - Ron Jones
    3. Hansen's Message - Ron Jones
    4. Borg Engaged - Ron Jones
    5. First Attack - Ron Jones
    6. Borg Take Picard - Ron Jones
    7. Death Is Irrevelant - Ron Jones
    8. Away Team Ready - Ron Jones
    9. On The Borg Ship - Ron Jones
    10. Nodes - Ron Jones
    11. Captain Borg - Ron Jones
    12. Energy Weapon Fails - Ron Jones
    13. Humanity Taken - Ron Jones
    14. Contact Lost - Ron Jones
    15. Cemetery Of Dead Ships - Ron Jones
    16. Intervention - Ron Jones
    17. The Link - Ron Jones
    18. Sleep Command - Ron Jones
    19. Destruct Mode/Picard Is Back - Ron Jones
    20. Picard's Nightmare - Ron Jones
    21. Star Trek: The Next Generation-End Credit - Ron Jones

    Tracks:

    1. Star Trek: The Next Generation-Main Title - Dennis McCarthy
    2. Yesterday's Enterprise: Duality/Enterprise C - Dennis McCarthy
    3. Yesterday's Enterprise: Averted/Richard/Gulnan/Back To Battle/Cmdr. Garrett - Dennis McCarthy
    4. Yesterday's Enterprise: First Kiss/Not To Be/Empty Death/Reporting For Duty - Dennis McCarthy
    5. Yesterday's Enterprise: Klingons/Skin Of Teeth - Dennis McCarthy
    6. Unification I & II: In Case You Forgot - Dennis McCarthy
    7. Unification I & II: Sarek - Dennis McCarthy
    8. Unification I & II: Sarek Drifts Away - Dennis McCarthy
    9. Unification I & II: Another Captain/Food Fight - Dennis McCarthy
    10. Unification I & II: Victims Of Holography - Dennis McCarthy
    11. Unification I & II: Sacrificed/Mind Meld - Dennis McCarthy
    12. Hollow Pursuits: Barclay Mitty - Dennis McCarthy
    13. Hollow Pursuits: Tissue Samples/Sad Sack/Staff Confab/Hololust - Dennis McCarthy
    14. Hollow Pursuits: Lady Gates/Swordplay - Dennis McCarthy
    15. Hollow Pursuits: Madame Trol/Blissful/Out Of Control/Warp Nine - Dennis McCarthy
    16. Hollow Pursuits: Warposity - Dennis McCarthy
    17. Hollow Pursuits: Plan 9 - Dennis McCarthy
    18. Star Trek: The Next Generation-End Credit - Dennis McCarthy

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars GREAT COLLECTION.......2004-03-29

    You want great Star Trek music look no further! This CD has the best music from TNG

    5 out of 5 stars If you want a good price for good CDs, buy this...........2000-06-18

    If you love TNG and want all of the best of the soundtracks, then buy this! It'll save you money, and the TNG soundtracks are some of the best. The magic of this series can come alive, and it has a ton of music from all episodes, including mixed in versions that are really "cool".
    Duality
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • WOW!
    Duality

    Manufacturer: Reservoir Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    Bebop GeneralBebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B000001UMN
    Release Date: 1995-02-14

    Tracks:

    1. Pas De Trios
    2. Epistrophy
    3. For B.C.
    4. H & L
    5. O'Grand Amour
    6. Dancing In The Dark
    7. Last Night When We Were Young
    8. Duality
    9. After The Morning
    10. Chelsea Bridge
    11. I Hear A Rhapsody

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars WOW!.......2004-12-03

    Very tight combo! Leitch & Hicks fit together like a matched pair of gloves! Guitar & Piano, Bop-based sequences by two great improvisors, great jazz!
    Duality
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      Duality
      Steve Homan and Joe Gilman
      Manufacturer: Nefertiti
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B000CAFGPM
      Release Date: 2004-03-16

      Jazz Music:

      1. Fabulous Paul Bley Quintet
      2. Freedom Jazz Dance [Import]
      3. Git
      4. How High the Moon
      5. In Concert [Live]
      6. In The Bush
      7. Intuition [Box set]
      8. Is That You
      9. Jazz Family
      10. Jazz Quartete [Import]

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