Cobalt Blue

Artist: Michael Brook
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music

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Media: Audio Cassette

UPC: 093624500049
EAN: 0093624500049
ASIN: B000005JBX

Release Date: 1992-06-30

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Tracks:

Shona Bridge
Breakdown
Red Shift
Skip Wave
Slipstream
Andean
Slow Breakdown
Ultramarine
Urbana
Lakbossa
Ten
Hawaii

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Customer Reviews:

The Wizard of ERR.......2006-12-21

This is a damn good album. It should be noted; I don't hand out 5 stars to every album I like (or review)- seems kind of pointless. 4 stars is high enough praise in itself.
-Anyway-
For reference purposes: If you have Eno's "Music for Films III"; listen to the the track "Err" - this album is essentially the planet Err came from. There are even some interludes that contain little distilled pieces of Err.

The sound is one you don't hear much; A large number of tracks are built around rhythms which are driven by 2 very different forces: very low, fast-attack/slow-decay, bass and very high, crisp guitar, which is restrained just enough to complement the bass dead-on. Several are relatively fast (almost "catchy" I guess) tempo, but have a whole different character in the absence of a drum kit.

If none of this makes any sense, listen to the samples. Hell, listen to them anyway; that's what got me going. I started out looking for a copy of "Sleeping With the Fishes", and it landed me here.
So, there you go.

PS
This is the kind of stuff which will make those insanely expensive speakers show their worth.

Great, intelligent, relaxing music for the soul........2005-08-03

This is some of the most inventive music around today, made by some of the most inovative musician/producers. It's hard to say if it's ambient, new age, inprov, or whatever. Just say it's gorgeous music--perhaps late-night music. All of the Cobalt Blue CDs are amazing, but their live one is the best I've heard. I tend to avoid live recordings for all the audience noise, but theirs is well-produced. Organic percussion, heavenly guitar, and production to die for. Get one of their CDs if you can--it's great, intelligent, relaxing music for the soul.

My favourite CD.......1998-05-15

Cobalt Blue is a rich and varied piece of work - very special. At work I write documentation for computer processes and at home I paint water-colours. In both environments I like to listen to music, especially non intrusive music. I am not sure how you would classify this music - It is different from most of the Ambient stuff I have heard and is not your run of the mill electronic. I also like Vangelis and J.M. Jarre but this is different.

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