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Wow/Awesome/that's what I call music

Noelle Eiram | Vermont, United States | 08/17/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Exquisitely beautiful dance inducing dark penetrating music.



I bought this unheard (though I had heard a few 30 second clips of another Helium Vola CD), thanks partially to the two previous reviewers.



I loved The Inhabitants of the Sun (I am sorry, I do not have the CD with me, and I cannot remember how to spell it), but the entire album is gorgeous. It surges and swells and dips - it reminds me of a thick, dark slow moving, perhaps, liquid.



It is intense and enters you"

Fantastic German pop

Anthony Volpe | Collegeville, PA United States | 02/15/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This male-female duo from Germany has made a fantastic record that combines opera and classical influences with German electro and industrial. "Omnis Mundi Creatura" combines a gorgeous orchestration and powerful vocal arrangement with a marching drum machine that propels the song at a nice pace. "Selig" sounds like a demented Christmas song. My personal favorite is "Sancte Stor," which sounds like nothing I've ever heard before; clashing vocal pitches ride alongside a panic-inducing industrial rhythm, and the results are phenomenal. If you like stuff like Front 242, Haujobb and Deine Lakaien, GET THIS NOW!"

A tale of two worlds

Daniel Ambrus | Louisville, KY United States | 01/03/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"charmed by the cover and mysterious name and hearing of their association to e nomine, i was instantly attracted to helium vola. the version i bought had 2 CDs, one, the single for Omnis Mundi Creatura and two the original self-titled release seen above. The single was exactly what i had anticipated; a strong beat that makes you tap your feet and nod your head, a latin choir-based chorus that chants a catchy melody, and mostly satisfactory programming/engineering. however, most of the rest of the release is not like this.



in fact, it seems divided into two worlds. one, the enchantingly beautiful world of 'les habitants du soleil,' 'du bist min' and 'bergirlich in dem hertzen min;' and two, the bizarre, darker world of 'fama tuba,' 'sancte sator' and 'gegen den teufel.' the former reminds one of a stroll through a sunlit monastery courtyard, while the latter invokes a clandestine and rather dark, cultic ritual. this rather dichotomous approach is more consolidated toward the end of the CD with 'do tagte es' which more or less combines the two worlds. 'selig' is more playful than the rest of the CD, and makes a great closing track; probably my favorite of the whole album.



both worlds utilize archaic german vocals, mostly for their magnificently gifted female vocalist, and latin for their darker male soloists and choir. the cd is quite unique in its approach and execution. much more serious than corvus corax, yet not the deathknell that is sopor aeternis, the album certainly makes for an interesting journey.



the album gets four stars from me because i favor the ethereal beauty of 'begirlich in dem hertzen min' so much over the likes of 'gegen einen teufel,' a track i keep finding myself having to fast forward through. it interrupts the atmosphere set by the previous tracks in a most unwelcome way. the darkness of it i suppose is intended to add some variety to an otherwise excellent CD. i would have opted for another track like selig; long, catchy, beautiful, beautiful...



by the way, the man behind helium vola is Michael Popp, also the man behind Deine Lakaien and of course the now ever-so popular Qntal."