Search - Jim Oliver :: Music for Relaxation

Joyous and contemplative seamless music

A Lover of Good Books | Gill, MA USA | 05/21/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Jim Oliver is unique among "New Age" musicians. His pieces unfold over a half hour or more, an unbroken flow of layered shifting tones that create a joyous, peaceful feeling of flow. Musicians will find his themes and chordal changes fascinating as is the way he uses a wide and creative range of synthesized tones. This is no tired rehash of world music sounds as is so much other new age schlock. Since buying it first in the early 1990s on tape I've worn out this recording and came here to buy the CD."

Excellent

A Lover of Good Books | 01/11/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I first heard this in a massage parlor. It's very soothing and restrained although it functions best as background music. Play it on loop while sleeping and you will have interesting dreams and wake up feeling refreshed. Even fans of Brian Eno and Air can get into this... it's not cliche'd like most New Age music."