Customer Reviews

Detaching The World Vol. 2 - Ambient Music For Massage/Relaxation/Meditation

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Having had so many incredible experiences listening and working with Detaching The World Vol. 1, I purchased Vol. 2 without hesitation. Although different from the first CD, the musicians style of meditative guitar transforms me and resonates with me similiar to Vol. 1. It seems as if the music puts me in a trance sending me to another place - a place where everything is calm and nothing can go wrong. My thoughts disappear and I capture the importance of being in every moment. This CD is mellow enough for deep relaxation yet also great music to play in the car on a long roadtrip. Either way it is definitely a journey that everyone should experience. I also find it important to listen from beginning to end without stopping - each track almost leads you to the next. It's as if a story is formed in track 1 that sends you wanting to know more in track 2. This continues until the "grand finale" which is a "heartbeat"-like song - sending you immediataly inward on your own journey. This is a beautiful CD.

Just got volume 2. Delicious! What an encore. Nicely divergent from Volume 1. It seems to be more 'grounded' than the prior work but still retaining the flavors of space. You can tell this artist respects the delicate atmosphere needed for massage. This cd is successful with a client who is beyond picky with his musical choices during our sessions. Muchas gracias!

Lately I've been submerging myself in yoga, morning meditation, T'ai Chi, and massage therapy to help my mind, body and spirit cope with the loss of a loved one. My sister (who raves about this artist) gave me this cd on my birthday in hopes that it would aid through the grieving process and help me relax.

Soon after my birthday, I finally had an afternoon to do nothing but try and unwind. I took my portable cd player outside with this cd and lied in my hammock. A few minutes after hitting play, I closed my eyes and had the most intense visualizations. It was as if each note from this music embraced my soul and projected a movie of warmth and comfort in my eyelids.

A few hours went by as I lay in my hammock listening to this cd repeat over and over. The calming effects of this music, combined with the hammock, had relaxed me beyond words. It was as if the stress detached my world (no pun intended).

As I look through the liner notes, I notice that this entire cd was created with guitars. Never in my life have I heard guitar sound so angelic and peaceful. All of this cd is great, yet the piece of music that comforts my heart the most is Pulse. Pulse has a calm heartbeat sound with this airy guitar melody that dances gently through the notes. Absoulutly beautiful!

I am bringing this cd to my next massage appointment in hopes that my therapist too will feel the heavenly ambiance that this music provides.

Emil Gagliardi shows what he's made of in this spectacular follow-up. Laying down atmospheric riffs and hypnotic patterns against a backdrop of lush guitar-generated textures, Gagliardi creates canyons of sound that seem to come from the heavens and reverberate across a vast stretch of land beneath a starry expanse of sky. Combining the guitar stylings of Andy Summers, Robert Fripp, Allan Holdsworth, and even George Harrison, Gagliardi forges a unique and unparalleled style all his own. [...]

Each Detaching the World CD in this series is its own entity. With that being said, Detaching the World Vol. 2 breaths a life force of its own. I consider this to be quite different from the other DtW cds (although I love them all). There's more of a trio movement with the guitars on each track. If you allow yourself to sink into the hypnotic magic of Detaching the World Vol. 2, you can hear the guitars communicate with each other almost as if they are on a journey or trek across time and space. "Mirror" might be my all time favorite track from DtW with an ending almost boasting something out of Peter Gabriel's Passion. But don't think synthesizers, think guitars! The artist used no synthesizers in any of his recordings which is almost unheard of from any new age artist! Impressive!!! Some of the guitar sounds from DtW are of the most gentle that I've ever heard. Once you get to the last track "Peace," don't be surprised if you find yourself levitating above the atmosphere... CHEERS!!!

I picked up a copyof Detaching the World Vol 2 here on amazon.com. Some of Emil Gagliardi's CDs in the Detaching the World vein don't have "sound clips" here, so I searched the internet, found his web site, and listened to samples for all the CDs. I don't like to buy music without experiencing some of it.

Music is very subjective. Some find head banging music relaxing. Do take my review with a grain of salt! Just because I like it, you might not. There are people who are crazy about the Pontiac Aztek and I sure don't like it at all.

I like Vol 2. I don't use it for massage. I have it on my mp3 player that I use at work. I work in a lab with a lot of white noise in the background and with a lot of report writing to do, vol 2 is a wonderful background element. It isn't distracting (usually) and it does provide a musical ambient soundscape which enhances my ability to be calmer and be more effective in doing my work.

Some of the tracks sound not like guitars. I don't think that's a bad thing. Some of the music is tonally smearing without a sense of "typical" Western or Eastern musical forms. The music is not modal, major or minor. It just "is". A few of the tracks have strong pizzicato / plucking tones. The track listing here has it appearing in one of the final tracks. It's a bit jarring to me which is why I gave this four stars. I think it sticks out a bit from the surrounding soundscape. That may have been the intention.

Two thumbs up to Emil Gagliardi for creating a lovely and changing soundscape that helps me focus and remain relaxed while working.

I got this gift for my boss since he is so stressed at times. He closes his office door sometimes, pops the cd in and takes a minute for himself.

I was very disappointed with this CD. As soon as I started to play it, it put me in a very low, depressed mood. I wanted some uplifting but meditative music for my massage room, and this was not it!! I sent it back and ordered Deuter - my favorite meditative composer.

This CD was not what I expected. Not being able to listen to samples before I purchased, I was taken in by the title and the heavenly CD cover. Music is not as relaxing or meditative as I what I needed or expected.