From the Dark Earth [CD]

Meg Bowles | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 1, 1999)
• Original Release Date: May 1, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: CD
• Label: Kumatone Records
• ASIN: B00000J6T2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #339,237 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Colorful and evocative, November 29, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: From the Dark Earth (Audio CD)

On "From The Dark Earth" Meg Bowles paints colorful and evocative ambient soundscapes which wonderfully compliment the beautiful and sensitively rendered trumpet playing of David Bilger. Bowles usually sets up each piece with a dark and brooding palette which sometimes moves effortlessly from sonic soup to austere beauty as in "The Forgotten Valley," with the addition of Cynthia Bilger on horn. These excursions into more melodic territory, with the trumpet leading the way, sometimes recall the melancholy mood set by oboe, cor anglais or cello in the neo-romantic ambient chamber music of Tim Story. Bowles music would certainly be in good company with the likes of recordings by Robert Rich, Steve Roach, Michael Stearns and Mychael Danna, amongst others. Fans of the ethno-ambient trumpet musings of Jon Hassell or Mark Isham's ambient trumpet recording "Tibet" may also want to give this recording a listen. Make no mistake though...this is a recording by a space music/ambient artist which features trumpet, not a trumpet recording attempting to explore that territory.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting and highly original space/ambient music., June 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: From the Dark Earth (Audio CD)

Meg Bowles always offers her listeners delicious excursions into the imaginal realms but with this new CD she blazes new territory. Her always brilliant handling of syth has been combined with electrifying trumpet, provided by David Bilger. This superb union delivers a gorgeous, swilrling listen into a brave new world.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superior Synthesizer/Instrumental Blend, November 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: From the Dark Earth (Audio CD)

Another work of superior quality. Bowles should receive more recognition from the Space/Ambient world. In my opinion, this work is a shade under her earlier release "Blue Cosmos". Her dark synthesizer work is complemented very well by Bilger's solo "ethereal" trumpet. An excellent step for Bowles, as I look forward to her next release. It would be very interesting to have her generate a work with other classical instruments in a supporting role. Both "Dark Earth" and "Blue Cosmos" are space-essentials.