Cobalt Blue

Michael Brook | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 30, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000005JBW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #135,813 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Shona Bridge

2. Breakdown

3. Red Shift

4. Skip Wave

5. Slipstream

6. Andean

7. Slow Breakdown

8. Ultramarine

9. Urbana

10. Lakbossa

11. Ten

12. Hawaii

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite CD, May 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Cobalt Blue (Audio CD)

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.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Wizard of ERR, December 20, 2006

By 

William Brink "Ambience Coordinator" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Cobalt Blue (Audio CD)

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.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, intelligent, relaxing music for the soul., August 2, 2005

By 

William Jens Jensen (North America) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Cobalt Blue (Audio CD)

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.