From the Dark Earth

From the Dark Earth Artist: Meg Bowles
Label: Kumatone Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 600078038723
EAN: 0600078038723
ASIN: B00000J6T2


Release Date: 1999-06-01

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Listmania:

  1. Love & Peace in Time & Space and Other Relative Perceptions

Tracks:

  1. Shapeshifter
  2. Night Sun Journey
  3. The Forgotten Valley
  4. Ancestral Ground
  5. Strange Rapids
  6. Between Shadows and Prayers
  7. Twilight Embrace
  8. Vigil
  9. Neptune's Slumber

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars From the dark earth.......2005-08-28

Good news and bad news. The good. This is the best space music that I have heard. The bad news, then the trumpet comes in. Every song is completely ruined by the trumpet. It is completely in a different mood from the space music. One second you traveling through the cosmos and the next second you are in a lounge act. Mrs. Bowles needs to loose Mr. Bilger. He is a great trumpet player but not for space music. I wish that it were possible to get this album without the trumpet. It would be superior.

Mark Younger

5 out of 5 stars Colorful and evocative.......2001-11-30

On "From The Dark Earth" Meg Bowles paints colorful and evocative ambient soundscapes which wonderfully compliment the beautiful and sensitively rendered trumpet playing of David Bilger. Bowles usually sets up each piece with a dark and brooding palette which sometimes moves effortlessly from sonic soup to austere beauty as in "The Forgotten Valley," with the addition of Cynthia Bilger on horn. These excursions into more melodic territory, with the trumpet leading the way, sometimes recall the melancholy mood set by oboe, cor anglais or cello in the neo-romantic ambient chamber music of Tim Story. Bowles music would certainly be in good company with the likes of recordings by Robert Rich, Steve Roach, Michael Stearns and Mychael Danna, amongst others. Fans of the ethno-ambient trumpet musings of Jon Hassell or Mark Isham's ambient trumpet recording "Tibet" may also want to give this recording a listen. Make no mistake though...this is a recording by a space music/ambient artist which features trumpet, not a trumpet recording attempting to explore that territory.

1 out of 5 stars Styles don't mix.......2001-08-20

After reading a few reviews from other Amazon customers I ventured into buying this record. Let me first say that I love the sound of the trumpet and the synthesizer together. I am a big fan of Mark Isham, Chris Botti and Colin Chin. All these artists have successfully combined the sound of both instruments. Mainly because of their background (jazz) they have created beautiful melodies in the synthesizer which enable the trumpet solos to fit very well. Meg Bowles doesn't bring this to the mix. Space music, which is her forte, dosen't mix that well with the trumpet. Space music in itself lacks melodies. Usually is drones and washes of sounds. By the time the trumpet kicks in you are ready to press the forward button on your CD player. David Bilger is excellent on his solos, however Meg Bowles is not up to par. Skip this one and go directly to Chris Botti - Midnight Without You or Mark Isham - Film Music.

5 out of 5 stars Superior Synthesizer/Instrumental Blend.......1999-11-26

Another work of superior quality. Bowles should receive more recognition from the Space/Ambient world. In my opinion, this work is a shade under her earlier release "Blue Cosmos". Her dark synthesizer work is complemented very well by Bilger's solo "ethereal" trumpet. An excellent step for Bowles, as I look forward to her next release. It would be very interesting to have her generate a work with other classical instruments in a supporting role. Both "Dark Earth" and "Blue Cosmos" are space-essentials.

5 out of 5 stars Exciting and highly original space/ambient music........1999-06-25

Meg Bowles always offers her listeners delicious excursions into the imaginal realms but with this new CD she blazes new territory. Her always brilliant handling of syth has been combined with electrifying trumpet, provided by David Bilger. This superb union delivers a gorgeous, swilrling listen into a brave new world.

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