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Evokes The Explorer Within You!

Kristian Persson | Helsingborg, Sweden | 02/05/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Wow! What can I say!? This is one of the finest releases by Mark Dwane I have listened to so far from his catalog of imaginary space music.



His music fills me with emotions and lifts me up to a higher level each time I listen to it. And this album in particular is a magnificent piece of art. With such a flow in the songs and the use of those lush MIDI guitars & electro-acoustic guitars things just can't go wrong, especially when Mark's doing the job. You will quickly enter a sonic soundscape!



The tempo of the songs are excellent from the first track to the last, with some being more of the ethereal electronic kind with a groovy rhythm added to them while others are full of heartfelt MIDI guitar work played flawless with swooshing synths washing over you. But on top of this there are a couple of tracks though which contains some vocals, but the vocal mix with the MIDI guitar & synths makes this something I have never heard before. It's such a "in your face" experience so to speak, its a blend of the best from both worlds, both musicaly and vocalwise.



There isn't much more to say really about this CD, more than it's really an essential one for the fans of Mark's earlier works such as 'Variants' and 'Archives'. A job very well done, a solid release!



I give it my warmest recommendations. It's sure to evoke the explorer within you! Must Have!"